Olympiques de Gatineau
Olympiques de Gatineau | |
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founding | 1960s |
history |
Hawks de Hull 1960s - 1970 Festivals de Hull 1970–1976 Olympiques de Hull 1976–2003 Olympiques de Gatineau since 2003 |
Stadion | Robert Guertin Center |
Location | Gatineau |
Team colors | black, purple, yellow, orange |
league | Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Quebec |
division | Telus Division |
Head coach | Benoît Groulx |
General manager | Benoît Groulx |
Memorial Cups | 1997 |
Coupes du President |
1985/86 , 1987/88 , 1994/95 , 1996/97 , 2002/03 , 2003/04 , 2007/08 |
The Olympiques de Gatineau ( English Gatineau Olympiques ) are a Canadian ice hockey team of the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ) based in Gatineau . The team has existed since 1973, then as the Hull Festivals , later as the Hull Olympiques, and plays its home games in the Robert Guertin Arena .
history
The team was founded in the 1960s under the name Castors de Hull as a member of the Central Junior A Hockey League . The name was later changed to Hawks de Hull . After the club was relegated to the second level of the Central Junior A Hockey League, she managed to get the license for a franchise in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec on April 24, 1973 . The name was changed to Festivals de Hull as early as 1970 . On the occasion of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal , the club was named Olympiques de Hull . In 2002 the Canadian city of Hull was incorporated into Gatineau and the Hull Olympiques became the Gatineau Olympiques .
Since the mid-1980s, the Olympiques have been one of the LHJMQ's most successful franchises. They were able to win the LHJMQ championship, the Coupe du Président , a total of seven times . This was last achieved in 2008. The greatest success of the Olympiques was victory in the Memorial Cup , the championship of the Canadian Hockey League , in the 1996/97 season.
Logos
Logo in the 2002/03 season
Well-known former players
- Gregor Baumgartner
- Martin Biron
- Sébastien Bordeleau
- Benoît Brunet
- Paul Byron
- Jim Campbell
- Eric Dazé
- Nicolas Deslauriers
- Benoît Doucet
- Christian Dubé
- Gerrit Fauser
- Jiří Fischer
- Martin Gélinas
- Claude Giroux
- Aleš Hemský
- Mike Hoffman
- Doug Honegger
- David Krejčí
- John LeBlanc
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau
- Stephane Richer
- Luc Robitaille
- Jeremy Roenick
- Cam Russell
- Michael Ryder
- Glen Sharpley
- Valentin Sykov
- José Théodore
- Pascal Trepanier
- Sylvain Turgeon
- Alain Vigneault
- Radim Vrbata
Blocked numbers
- 15 Luc Robitaille
- 16 Sam Lang
- 33 José Théodore
- 77 Guy Rouleau
Web links
- Official website (French and English)