Drummondville Voltigeurs

Drummondville Voltigeurs
City	Drummondville, Quebec
League	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Conference	Telus
Division	Central
Founded	1982 (1982)–83
Home arena	Centre Marcel Dionne
Colours	Black, red, silver and white
General manager	Dominic Ricard
Head coach	Mario Duhamel
Website www.voltigeurs.ca

The Drummondville Voltigeurs ("Infantrymen") are a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The franchise was originally granted for the 1982–83 season, and are based out of Drummondville, Quebec. The team plays its home games at the Centre Marcel Dionne. They have won the league's President's Cup only once, in 2009.

History

Drummondville had a QMJHL team at the foundation of the league in 1969, called the Drummondville Rangers. However, the team folded at the end of the 1973–74 season. In 1982 the city was granted an expansion franchise, along with the Longueuil Chevaliers. The team was named for a Quebec-based regiment that fought in the War of 1812, the Canadian Voltigeurs. There is no literal translation of the name "Voltigeurs" from French into English, but "Infantrymen" or "Musketeers" captures the essence of it. The Voltigeurs have not enjoyed a tremendous amount of success on the ice in their history, and have only won the President's Cup and Jean Rougeau Trophy once respectively, both in 2009.

The Voltigeurs have participated in the Memorial Cup tournament three times. In 1988 and 1991, they participated as the league runner-up and in 2009 as the league champions. In 1988 they finished last in the round-robin, but in 1991 the team made it to the Cup final, where they lost to the Spokane Chiefs. In the 2009 Memorial Cup tournament, the Voltigeurs finished second in the round robin, but lost to the Windsor Spitfires in the semi-finals.

Championships

Memorial Cup 1988 4th place (in Chicoutimi, QC) 1991 Finalists vs. Spokane Chiefs (in Quebec City, QC) 2009 Semi-Finalists vs. Windsor Spitfires (in Rimouski, QC) President's Cup 1988 Finalists vs. Hull Olympiques (lost 4-3) 1991 Finalists vs. Chicoutimi Saguenéens (lost 4-0) 2009 Champions vs. Shawinigan Cataractes (won 4-3) Jean Rougeau Trophy 2008–09 112 points

Team records

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	112	2008–09
Most wins	54	2008–09
Most goals for	379	1984–85
Least goals for	176	2002–03
Most goals against	491	1982–83

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Rene Corbet	79	1992–93
Most assists	Ian Laperriere and Daniel Briere	96	1992–93; 1995–96
Most points	Daniel Briere	163	1995–96
Most points, rookie	Daniel Briere	123	1994–95
Most points, defenseman	Steve Duchesne	81	1984–85
Best GAA (goalie)	Sylvain Michaud	2.71	2004–05
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

NHL alumni

Serge Aubin Lubos Bartecko Daniel Berthiaume Claude Boivin Guy Boucher Derick Brassard Daniel Briere Patrice Brisebois Frederic Chabot Jose Charbonneau Denis Chasse

Rene Corbet Marcel Cousineau Sean Couturier Daniel Dore Mario Doyon Steve Duchesne Yanick Dupre Gordie Dwyer Dmitri Kulikov Denis Gauthier Guillaume Latendresse Ian Laperriere

Francis Lessard Rob Murphy Alain Nasreddine Daniel Poudrier Vincent Riendeau Serge Roberge Andre Roy Philippe Sauve Dan Vincelette Miroslav Zalesak

External links

• Official Site
• QMJHL Arena Guide profile