Nova Scotia Voyageurs

Nova Scotia Voyageurs
founding	1971
resolution	1984
history	Voyageurs de Montréal 1969–1971 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1971–1984 Canadiens de Sherbrooke 1984–1990 Fredericton Canadiens 1990–1997 Citadelles de Québec 1999–2002 Hamilton Bulldogs 2002–2015 St. John's IceCaps 2015–2017 Rocket de Laval since 2017
Stadion	Halifax Forum (1971–1978) Halifax Metro Center (1978–1984)
Location	Halifax , Nova Scotia
Team colors	red, white, blue
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Montréal Canadiens
Calder cups	1971/72 , 1975/76 , 1976/77

The Nova Scotia Voyageurs were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League from Halifax , Nova Scotia . The venues of the Voyageurs were the Halifax Forum (1971–1978) and the Halifax Metro Center (1978–1984).

history

The Montreal Voyageurs were relocated to Halifax , Nova Scotia in 1971 , where they played as a farm team for the Montreal Canadiens under the name Nova Scotia Voyageurs in the American Hockey League . In their first AHL season, the team was able to win the Calder Cup in the 1971/72 season - as the first Canadian team ever. The following year, the Voyageurs moved into the final again, where they were defeated by the Cincinnati Swords with 1: 4 wins. In 1976 and 1977 Nova Scotia won titles two and three against the Hershey Bears and the Rochester Americans, respectively . In the following seven years, the Voyageurs failed at the latest in the second playoff round, before they were relocated to Sherbrooke , Québec , in 1984 , where they then played as Canadiens de Sherbrooke in the AHL.

The void created in Halifax by the resettlement of the voyageurs was filled by the two AHL clubs Nova Scotia Oilers (1984–1988) and Halifax Citadels (1988–1993).

Team records

Career records

Games: 371 Jim Cahoon

Goals: 103 Dan Metivier

Assists: 163 Wayne Thompson

Points: 251 Don Howse

Penalty Minutes: 1084 Dave Allison

Well-known former players

• Guy Carbonneau
• Brian Engblom
• Rick Meagher
• Larry Robinson
• Richard Sévigny
• Brian Skrudland
• Michel Therrien
• John Van Boxmeer
• Rick Wamsley

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Nova Scotia Voyageurs
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Nova Scotia Voyageurs