Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal

Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal
founding	1972
resolution	1975
history	Canadien junior de Montréal 1933–1972 Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal 1972–1975 Junior de Montréal 1975–1982 Junior de Verdun 1982–1984 Canadien junior de Verdun 1984–1989 Laser de Saint-Hyacinthe 1989–1996 Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda since 1996
Stadion	Forum de Montréal
Location	Montreal , Quebec
Team colors	red, white & blue
Memorial Cups	no
Coupes du President	no

The Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal (English Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge) were an ice hockey junior team from Montreal that played between 1972 and 1975 in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League . The team was originally founded in 1933 as Montréal Junior Canadiens . In 1975 the team was renamed Montreal Juniors . The franchise moved several more times within the QMJHL and has been playing under the name Rouyn-Noranda Huskies since 1996 .

history

In their first season, the team under head coach Roger Bedard earned 26 wins, lost 36 games and won three draws. In the league, which was only played with nine teams at that time, the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge qualified seventh for the play-offs, only the last-placed Drummondville Rangers missed the leap into the finals. In the quarter-finals, the team lost four games against the Cornwall Royals and was eliminated from the competition.

In the 1973/74 season, the QMJHL was held for the first time in two divisions, the western and eastern divisions each comprised six and five teams. The Montreal franchise achieved its best scoring of the regular season , with a total of 89 points with a record of 43 wins, 24 losses and three draws. As second in the table in the West Division, the team met the Sherbrooke Castors , who were defeated with 4-1 wins. In the semi-finals, they were eliminated from the play-offs, the Sorel Éperviers won four games and secured their place in the finals for the Coupe du Président .

Also in the following, and at the same time last, season, the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge made it into the finals. After the Cornwall Royals were defeated in four games, the team lost to the Laval National . In 1975 the franchise was moved and re-established as Junior de Montréal .

Team records

Career records

Games: 187 Jean-Luc Phaneuf

Goals: 139 Normand Dupont

Assists: 172 Jean-Luc Phaneuf

Points: 283 Normand Dupont

Penalty minutes: 623 Robert Picard

Former players

The following players who played for the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal played in the National Hockey League during their career :

Mike Backman Rick Bowness Michel Dion Normand Dupont

Dave Logan Gilles Lupien Garth MacGuigan Blair MacKasey

Mike McDougall Pierre Mondou Robert Picard Jean Savard

Bob Sirois André St. Laurent Mario Tremblay Mike Wong

Web links

• All Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal seasonal statistics
• Player list of the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal