The Chicoutimi Saguenéens are a

junior ice hockey Junior hockey is a level of competitive ice hockey generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age. Junior hockey leagues in the United States and Canada are considered amateur (with some exceptions) and operate within regions of each cou ...

team which plays in the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The ...

(QMJHL). The team is based out of

Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada (now a part of the city of Saguenay) and owned by the City of Saguenay. The team plays its home games at the

Centre Georges-Vézina The Centre Georges-Vézina, formerly the Colisée de Chicoutimi, is a 4,724 capacity (3,683 seated) multi-purpose arena in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. The arena was built in 1949 and features an Olympic-sized ice pad of 200' X 100'. It is named ...

History

The Chicoutimi Saguenéens franchise was granted for the 1973–74 season. The team's name, ''Saguenéens'', literally means "People from the Saguenay." The current junior team is only the most recent to use the name. The "Sags", as they are popularly nicknamed, have won the

President's Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...

twice in their history, in 1990–91 and in 1993–94. In both instances they advanced to the

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between t ...

, failing to advance past the round-robin stage on each occasion. The Sags also participated in the

1997 Memorial Cup The 1997 Memorial Cup occurred May 10–18 at the Robert Guertin Centre in Hull, Quebec. It was the 79th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating t ...

, as the host

Hull Olympiques The Gatineau Olympiques are a junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey team based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, that plays in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Starting with the 2021–22 season, the Olympiques play home games at Ce ...

had won the QMJHL title that year; the Saguenéens also did not advance past the round-robin that year. Finally, the Centre Georges-Vézina hosted Memorial Cup festivities in 1988, but the team did not participate as then-current QMJHL rules forced the host team to make it to at least the President's Cup final, which the Saguenéens did not do in that year.

Yearly results

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

Playoffs

Players

NHL alumni

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* Ľuboš Bartečko *

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* Michel Bolduc *

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* François Breault * Julien Brouillette *

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* Marc Bureau *

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* Stéphane Charbonneau *

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* Alain Côté * Patrick Coulombe *

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* Laurent Dauphin *

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* Nicolas Deschamps *

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* Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers * Luc Dufour *

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* Éric Gélinas *

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* Denis Hamel *

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* Yves Héroux * Charles Hudon * Chris Langevin * Steve Larouche * Alain Lemieux * Normand Léveillé *

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* Jean-Gabriel Pageau *

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* Daniel Poulin * Yves Preston * Jean-Marc Richard * Stéphane Richer * Antoine Roussel *

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* Nicolas Roy * Stéphane Roy *

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* Louis Sleigher * Sam St. Laurent *

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* Bob Sullivan * Jimmy Waite Centre Georges-Vézina intérieur

Retired numbers

* 14 – Alain Côté * 16 – Normand Leveille * 18 –

Sylvain Locas Sylvain Locas (born February 17, 1958 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a former professional ice hockey centre. Prior to turning professional Locas played four seasons (1974–78) in the QMJHL with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Sherbrooke Beavers. Loc ...

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References

External links

Official site
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