Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League based in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The team plays its home games at the Aréna Glencore. The Huskies finished first overall in the QMJHL, during the 2007–08, 2015–16 and 2018–19 seasons, winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy. The team has won two President's Cups, and represented the QMJHL at the 2016 Memorial Cup, and as the 2019 Memorial Cup winners.

History

The Rouyn-Noranda franchise started out as the Montreal Junior Canadiens. While in Montreal, the team won three Memorial Cups in 1950, 1969 and 1970. The team has since played in Verdun and Saint-Hyacinthe.

The team won its second President's Cup in the 2018-19 season, and went on to win the 2019 Memorial Cup. Mario Pouliot retired from his positions for health reasons on May 25, 2021. In three seasons with the Huskies, he led the team to 113 victories combined in the regular seasons and playoffs.

Coaches

Charles Thiffault (1996–1997)
Jean Pronovost (1997–2001)
Bob Mongrain (2001–2003)
André Tourigny (2003–2013)
Gilles Bouchard (2013–2018)
Mario Pouliot (2018–2021)
Brad Yetman (2021–2023)
Martin Dagenais (2023–2024)
Steve Hartley (2024–present)

Awards

George Parsons Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike at the Memorial Cup)

2015-16 Francis Perron

Jean Béliveau Trophy (Top Scorer)

1998–99 Mike Ribeiro
2018–19 Peter Abbandonato
2023–24 Antonin Verreault

RDS Cup (Rookie of the year)

1997–98 Mike Ribeiro

Michel Bergeron Trophy (Offensive Rookie of the Year)

1997–98 Mike Ribeiro

Paul Dumont Trophy (Personality of the year)

1997–98 Mike Ribeiro

Telus Cup – Offensive (Offensive player of the year)

1997–98 Pierre Dagenais
1998–99 James Desmarais

Telus Cup – Defensive (Defensive player of the year)

2000–01 Maxime Ouellet

Marcel Robert Trophy (Scholastic player of the year)

2002–03 Éric L'Italien

Players

NHL alumni

Sven Andrighetto
Jean-Christophe Beaudin
Alexandre Bolduc
Marc-André Bourdon
Mathieu Carle
Jordan Caron
Sébastien Centomo
Patrice Cormier
Philippe Cornet
Pierre Dagenais
Jean-Sébastien Dea
Guillaume Desbiens
Nicolas Deslauriers
Noah Dobson
William Dufour
Pascal Dupuis
Philippe Dupuis
Alexandre Fortin
Alexandre Giroux
A.J. Greer
Rafaël Harvey-Pinard
Nikita Kucherov
Jakub Lauko
Jérémy Lauzon
Guillaume Lefebvre
Maxime Macenauer
Olivier Magnan
Timo Meier
Philippe Myers
Liam O'Brien
Maxime Ouellet
Mike Ribeiro
Rémi Royer
Maxime Talbot
Joël Teasdale
Ivan Vishnevskiy

Yearly results

Regular season

thumb|right|upright|Goaltender Mickael Audette, wearing the jersey as of September 2010

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

! Season || Games || Won || Lost || Tied || OTL || SL || Points || Pct % || Goals for || Goals || Standing

|1996–97||70||16||49|| 5|| -||-|| 37||0.264||174||324||7th Lebel

|1997–98||70||43||23|| 4|| -||-|| 90||0.643||338||245||1st Lebel

|1998–99||70||36||23||11|| -||-|| 83||0.593||314||261||2nd Lebel

|1999–2000||72||33||33|| 4|| 2||-|| 72||0.486||272||288||2nd West

|2000–01||72||43||22|| 5|| 2||-|| 93||0.632||318||251||2nd West

|2001–02||72||26||36|| 6|| 4||-|| 62||0.403||232||281||3rd West

|2002–03||72||31||33|| 0|| 8||-|| 70||0.431||268||273||4th West

|2003–04||70||30||27|| 9|| 4||-|| 73||0.493 ||260||265||3rd West

|2004–05||70||31||23||11|| 5||-|| 78||0.521 ||266||244||1st West

|2005–06||70||43||22||-|| 2|| 3|| 91||0.614||305||259||3rd West

|2006–07||70||36||27||-|| 3|| 4|| 79||0.564||265||266||6th Telus

|2007–08||70||47||20||-|| 2|| 1|| 97||0.693||294||238||1st Telus

|2008–09||68||30||30||-|| 5|| 3|| 68||0.441||210||245||3rd West

|2009–10||68||41||21||-|| 2|| 4|| 88||0.603||256||205||1st West

|2010–11||68||12||50||-|| 4|| 2|| 30||0.221||151||339||6th West

|2011–12||68||24||36||-|| 4|| 4|| 56||0.412||227||296||5th Telus West

|2012–13||68||40||24||-|| 1|| 3|| 84||0.618||283||255||2nd Telus West

|2013–14||68||35||28||-|| 3|| 2|| 75||0.551||254||243||5th Telus West

|2014–15||68||33||30||-|| 4|| 1|| 71||0.522||246||245||4th West

|2015–16||68||54||9||-|| 3|| 2|| 113||0.831||302||181||1st West

|2016–17||68||43||18||-|| 0|| 2|| 93||0.684||272||181||1st West

|2017–18||68||39||19||-|| 7|| 3|| 88||0.647||239||179||3rd West

|2018–19||68||59||8||-|| 8|| 1||119||0.875||320||138||1st QMJHL

|2019–20||63||29||30||-|| 2|| 2|| 62||0.492||180||209||2nd West

|2020–21||40||17||18||-|| 4|| 1|| 39||0.488||100||146||5th West

|2021–22||68||28||35||-|| 1|| 4|| 61||0.449||190||256||3rd West

|2022–23||68||37||24||-|| 4|| 3|| 81||0.596||240||227||2nd West

|2023–24||68||47||15||-|| 1|| 5||100||0.735||301||192||1st West

|2024–25||64||37||19||-|| 3|| 5|| 82||0.641||258||210||1st West

Playoffs

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Season!!1st round!!2nd round!!3rd round!!Finals

|1996–97 ||colspan="4" |Did not qualify

|1997–98 ||L, 2–4, Hull ||–||–||–

|1998–99 ||Bye ||W, 4–3, Sherbrooke ||L, 0–4, Hull ||–

|1999–2000 ||W, 4–1, Sherbrooke ||L, 2–4, Hull ||–||–

|2000–01 ||W, 4–1, Hull ||L, 0–4, Shawinigan ||–||–

|2001–02 ||L, 0–4, Victoriaville ||–||–||–

|2002–03 ||L, 0–4, Hull ||–||–||–

|2003–04 ||W, 4–3, Lewiston ||L, 0–4, Gatineau ||–||–

|2004–05 ||Bye ||W, 4–2, Moncton ||L, 0–4, Halifax ||–

|2005–06 ||L, 1–4, Shawinigan ||–||–||–

|2006–07 ||W, 4–1, Gatineau ||W, 4–3, Drummondville ||L, 0–4, Lewiston ||–

|2007–08 ||W, 4–0, Val-d'Or ||W, 4–0, Rimouski ||W, 4–0, Saint John ||L, 1–4, Gatineau

|2008–09 ||L, 2–4, Montreal ||–||–||–

|2009–10 ||W, 4–2, Val-d'Or ||L, 1–4, Moncton ||–||–

|2010–11 ||colspan="4" |Did not qualify

|2011–12 ||L, 0–4, Shawinigan ||–||–||–

|2012–13 ||W, 4–1, Drummondville ||W, 4–1, Quebec ||L, 0–4, Halifax ||–

|2013–14 ||W, 4–1, Quebec ||L, 0–4, Baie-Comeau ||–||–

|2014–15 ||L, 2–4, Val-d'Or ||–||–||–

|2015–16 ||W, 4–0, Drummondville ||W, 4–1, Blainville-Boisbriand ||W, 4–2, Moncton ||W, 4–1, Shawinigan

|2016–17 ||W, 4–2, Halifax ||L, 3–4, Chicoutimi ||–||–

|2017–18 ||L, 3–4, Sherbrooke ||–||–||–

|2018–19 ||W, 4–2, Shawinigan ||W, 4–0, Victoriaville ||W, 4–0, Rimouski ||W, 4–2, Halifax

|2019–20 ||colspan="4" |QMJHL playoffs cancelled

|2020–21 ||L, 0–3, Victoriaville ||–||–||–

|2021–22 ||L, 0–3, Shawinigan ||–||–||–

|2022–23 ||W, 4–1, Shawinigan ||L, 0–4, Gatineau ||–||–

|2023–24 ||W, 4–1, Gatineau ||L, 1–4, Victoriaville ||–||–

|2024–25 ||W, 4–0, Gatineau ||W, 4–0, Halifax ||L, 0–4, Moncton ||–

|2025–26 ||W, 4–3, Gatineau ||W, 4–0, Shawinigan ||L, 2–4, Chicoutimi ||–

Memorial Cup

2016 Finished round-robin portion in 3rd place with 1–2 record. Defeated Red Deer Rebels 3–1 in semifinal. Lost to London Knights 3–2 in final. Finished 2nd place in Memorial Cup.

2019 Finished round-robin portion in 3rd place with 2–1 record. Defeated Guelph Storm 6–4 in semifinal. Defeated Halifax Mooseheads 4–2 in final. Won Memorial Cup.

References

External links

Huskies official website