The Beauport Harfangs (Snow Owls) were a

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team in the

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(QMJHL) from 1990 to 1997. The team played its home games at the Aréna Marcel-Bédard in the

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suburb of Beauport. The team's first coach was Alain Chainey, who had previously been an assistant coach with the

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(NHL)'s

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. The Harfangs played for seven seasons before relocating to Quebec City in 1997 to become the second incarnation of the

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Coaches

Jos Canale coached the Harfangs for two and a half seasons from 1993 to 1995. Alain Vigneault, who coached the Harfangs in the team's final two seasons, guided them to the QMJHL finals in 1995-96. Vigneault has since gone on to serve as a head coach in the NHL. Jocelyn "Joe" Hardy, who coached the Harfangs during part of the 1992–93 season, also played briefly in the NHL, and was a local sportsman.

NHL alumni

Nineteen players graduated to play in the NHL. * Matthew Barnaby * Éric Bélanger * Martin Biron * Marc Chouinard * Patrick Côté * Marcel Cousineau * Éric Dazé * Gordie Dwyer * Simon Gagné * Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre * Christian Laflamme * Jean-Yves Leroux * Don MacLean * Marquis Mathieu * André Roy * Gaétan Royer * Yannick Tremblay * Jean-Guy Trudel * Derrick Walser

External links

Season-by-season results

All-time roster

List of NHL alumni
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