- Valleyfield Braves
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Les Braves de Valleyfield 
City Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada League Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League Division Sher-Wood Founded Unknown Home arena Aréna Salaberry Colors
Owner(s) Daniel Larocque General manager TBD Head coach Simon Turcot Media CKOD-FM, Le Soleil de Valleyfield, Le Journal St-François, INFOSuroit.com Franchise history 19xx-1994 Chateauguay Elites 1994-1998 Valleyfield Elites 1998-Present Valleyfield Braves Les Braves de Valleyfield are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada. They are a part of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League.
History
Valleyfield won their first league championship in 1999. The Braves advanced to the Fred Page Cup in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The tournament was won by the Charlottetown Abbies. In 2002, the Braves returned to the Fred Page Cup in Truro, Nova Scotia. The Valleyfield Braves playing a semi-final games against the CJHL's Ottawa Jr. Senators in a must-win game between both teams. The Halifax Oland Exports got a bye to the final and were hosting the Royal Bank Cup and the Central representative was to be decided between Valleyfield and Ottawa. Ottawa won 7-2 and advanced to the Royal Bank Cup, while Valleyfield returned home. The town of Salleberry-de-Valleyfield and the Valleyfield Braves were chosen to host the Fred Page Cup in 2004. The Valleyfield Braves out-powered 5th ranked St-Eustance Gladiateurs 4 games 1 in the finals. The tournament was eventually won by the CJHL's Nepean Raiders.
In 1999-00, the Valleyfield Braves played the CJHL's Brockville Braves in an inter-locking home and home series.
In addition, many Top players have worn this uniform throughout their history. Stellar names, like Léon Martin, Éric Lauriault, Martin Gascon. Alongside Josh Tordjman, who is currently playing for the Phoenix Coyotes' AHL affiliation team in San Antonio.
The success of the Valleyfield Braves transcend beyond the ice surface. Conducted masterfully by a genius in the matter of the name of Mario Hebert, this organization is a business model through LHJAAAQ.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Points Finish Playoffs 1990-91 44 33 10 1 - 278 169 67 1st QPJHL 1991-92 48 23 21 4 - 235 220 50 8th QPJHL 1992-93 50 30 17 3 - 269 216 63 6th QPJHL Won League 1993-94 Statistics Not Available Won League 1994-95 48 29 15 - 4 258 198 62 3rd QPJHL 1995-96 48 19 26 - 3 210 257 41 9th QPJHL 1996-97 48 30 16 - 2 226 191 62 4th QPJHL 1997-98 54 28 22 - 4 256 231 60 8th QJAAAHL 1998-99 52 33 18 - 1 300 241 67 5th QJAAAHL Won League 1999-00 58 25 30 - 3 263 277 53 10th QJAAAHL 2000-01 49 34 12 2 2 301 205 72 1st QJAAAHL 2001-02 53 36 14 1 2 299 211 75 2nd QJAAAHL Won League 2002-03 50 29 14 3 4 264 213 65 2nd QJAAAHL 2003-04 50 30 13 1 6 246 189 67 3rd QJAAAHL Won League 2004-05 48 29 15 2 2 226 172 62 4th QJAAAHL 2005-06 51 25 21 0 5 226 216 55 7th QJAAAHL Lost Quarter-final 2006-07 54 36 14 4 0 257 206 76 4th QJAAAHL Lost Semi-final 2007-08 52 26 23 0 3 228 210 55 9th QJAAAHL 2008-09 49 21 20 - 8 220 214 50 8th QJAAAHL 2009-10 51 16 33 - 2 183 284 34 12th QJAAAHL DNQ 2010-11 49 31 16 - 2 222 171 64 6th QJAAAHL Lost Final External links
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TeamsCategories:- Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA Quebec teams
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