Les Marquis De Jonquière or the Jonquière Marquis are a professional

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team in the

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a semi-Professional sports league organization, professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdu ...

(LNAH), which is based in the province of

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. They play at the Palais des Sports. The team has a long hockey history and have been known as Gladiateurs (1996–1997), Chiefs (1997–2008) and Marquis (2009–present).

History

1996–1997: Saint-Lin-Laurentides Gladiateurs

The team started as the Saint-Lin-Laurentides Gladiateurs in 1996–1997.

1997–2004: The Chiefs

The team moved to Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec to become the Sainte-Thérèse Chiefs in 1997–1998. It moved to Laval in 1998–1999, playing at the

Colisée de Laval The Colisée de Laval is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1954, it has been the home of many minor league ice hockey, minor league and junior ice hockey teams. In 2019, the Les Pétroliers du Nord of the Ligue ...

as the Laval Chiefs. During its time at Laval, the team won the

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in 2001–2002 and 2002–2003. The Laval Chiefs were also featured in a 2004 documentary on the Chiefs' enforcers, ''

Les Chiefs ''Les Chiefs'' is a 2004 Canadian documentary film directed by Jason Gileno. Les Chiefs follows the Laval Chiefs, a semi-pro team that plays in the LHSPQ, from the beginning of the 2001-2002 season until the start of the 2002-2003 season. Plot ...

''. The Chiefs were part of the

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QSPHL (1998–2003) and QSMHL (2003–2004).

2005–2008: Summum Chiefs

The team was sold to Genex Communications in 2005–2006 and were rechristened the Summum Chiefs after one of Genex's magazines, ''Summum''. Accordingly, the Laval Chiefs were renamed as the Laval Summum Chiefs for 2005–2006 season. Genex sold the team to a group from

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and it moved there for the 2006–2007 season, playing at the Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur and renamed from 2006 to 2008 as the St-Jean Summum Chiefs. The Saint-Jean Summum Chiefs won the Futura Cup in 2006–2007, after having played their last two playoff series in their former home, the Colisée de Laval.

2008–2012: Saguenay 98.3 / Saguenay Marquis

With a move to Saguenay in 2008, it became known as the Saguenay 98.3, after the local radio station that sponsored the team,

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(at the time under ownership of

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.) The players were sold but not the name "Summum Chiefs", which was retained by Genex; the Chiefs name instead transferred to the Saint-Hyacinthe franchise, which became the

Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs The Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs was a semi-pro ice hockey team based in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, which is now defunct. The team was part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey L ...

. The Saguenay team adopted the name "Marquis" beginning in 2009.

2012–present: Jonquière Marquis

Since 2012, the team is playing in

Jonquière Jonquière (; ; Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 60,250) is a List of boroughs in Quebec, borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Sag ...

, a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay,

and is known as the Jonquière Marquis.

Notable players alumni

(As Saint-Jean Summum Chiefs) * Patrick Boileau *

Garrett Burnett Garrett "Rocky" Burnett (September 23, 1975 – April 11, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim of the National Hockey League in the 2003–04 season. Playing career Undrafted, Burnett pl ...

* Patrick Côté *

David Gosselin David Gosselin (born June 22, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played 13 games in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators between 2000 and 2001. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1998 to 20 ...

* Eric Lecompte *

Guillaume Lefebvre Guillaume Lefebvre (born May 7, 1981) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins. Playing career Lefeb ...

François Leroux François Leroux (born April 18, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. At 6'6" and over 240 pounds, Leroux was a physical, defensive-minded defenceman who amassed 577 penalty minutes in his NHL career. In his NHL career, he p ...

* Olivier Michaud *

Nathan Perrott Nathan A. Perrott (born December 8, 1976) is a Canadian professional boxer and former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Dallas Stars between 2001 and 20 ...

* Christian Proulx * Sean McMorrow

References

External links

Jonquière Marquis official site
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