Titan de Laval

Titan de Laval
founding	1969
resolution	1998
history	National de Rosemont 1969–1971 National de Laval 1971–1979 Voisins de Laval 1979–1985 Titan de Laval 1985–1994 Titan Collège Français de Laval 1994–1998 Titan d'Acadie-Bathurst since 1998
Stadion	Colisee de Laval
Location	Laval , Quebec
league	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Memorial Cups	no
Coupes du President	1983/84 , 1988/89 , 1989/90 , 1992/93

The Titan de Laval ( English Laval Titan ) were a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Laval in the province of Québec , which played between 1971 and 1998 in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ).

history

The franchise was founded in 1969 in Rosemont , a suburb of Montréal , where it initially took part in the LHJMQ's gaming operations under the name National de Rosemont . After two seasons, the team moved within the league to nearby Laval in 1971, where it played under different names for the next 27 years. The original name in Laval was National de Laval (Eng. Laval Nationals ), which was first changed in 1979 to Voisins de Laval (Eng. Laval Voisins ) and 1985 in Titan de Laval.

From 1994 the name became Titan Collège Français de Laval (English Laval Titan Collège Français ) when the LHJMQ franchise of the Collège Français de Verdun was dissolved as part of a merger with the Titan de Laval. As a result of the “merger”, the team in Laval received additional support from sponsors and from the management of the former Verdun team. In 1998 the Titan de Laval were relocated to Bathurst in the province of New Brunswick , where they have since played in the LHJMQ under the name Titan d'Acadie-Bathurst .

The team was successful during their time in Laval: they won the Coupe du Président four times and made it to the Memorial Cup finals five times .

Well-known former players

Various players who spent their junior years with the Titan de Laval later made careers in the National Hockey League . Some of them are:

Jean-Sébastien Aubin Donald Audette François Beauchemin Sylvain Blouin Patrick Boileau Claude Boivin Paulin Bordeleau Mike Bossy Philippe Boucher Francis Bouillon Patrice Brisebois Mario Brunetta Fred Burchell Sébastien Charpentier Ed Courtenay Yves Courteau

Sylvain Couturier Glen Currie Pierre Dagenais Jean-Jacques Daigneault Pat Daley Vincent Damphousse Gerard Desaulniers Jacques Deslauriers Jason Doig Bobby Dollas Gord Donnelly Gordie Dwyer Manny Fernandez Steven Finn Ryan Flinn Michael Gaul

Jonathan Girard Daniel Goneau Benoit Gratton François Guay Gilles Hamel Pierre Hamel Jean-Marc Lanthier Daniel Laperrière Claude Lapointe Martin Lapointe Georges Laraque Sylvain Lefebvre Jocelyn Lemieux Mario Lemieux Dave Logan Donald MacLean Jimmy Mann

George McAvoy Sandy McCarthy Michel Mongeau Pete Morin Rob Murphy Myrvold is different Gino Odjick Yves Preston Roland Rousseau Bob Sauvé Daniel Shank Jon Sim Bob Sirois Yvon Vautour Claude Vilgrain Colin White

Bold = player is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .