The Quebec Remparts () are a Canadian

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based in

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, Quebec. The team plays in the

Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL; , LHJMQ), formerly the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The league includes teams in Quebec ...

(QMJHL), and is named after the

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(). There have been two franchises named the Quebec Remparts. The first edition played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has played since 1997. The current team plays at

Videotron Centre Vidéotron Centre ( French: ''Centre Vidéotron'') is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 18,259-seat arena replaced Colisée Pepsi as Quebec City's primary venue for indoor events. The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, ser ...

Original Remparts

The original Quebec Remparts team was founded in 1969 by a group of investors who purchased the assets of the junior

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team. Some of the new owners included Paul Dumont, and Gérard Bolduc. The Remparts took up residence in the same arena as the Aces in the

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. The Remparts were finalists for the George Richardson Memorial Trophy in 1969–70, and eastern Canadian champions in 1970–71. It was this team, which featured future

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, that won a

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

championship in 1971. The team also won the President's Cup five times. Gilles Courteau was the general manager of the Remparts from 1980 to 1985. After the 1984–85 season, the team went into dormancy for three seasons before being resurrected. After returning to play, then-sponsored by "Le Collège Français", the team moved to

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to become the

Longueuil Collège Français The Longueuil Collège Français are a junior "A" ice hockey team from Longueuil, Quebec, and a member of the Quebec Junior Hockey League. The Collège Français headquarters are in Longueuil, Quebec, while the team plays at Colisée Jean B ...

. The team played for three seasons before moving to

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in 1991 to become the Verdun Collège Français. The franchise ceased operations in 1994.

Revived Remparts

The current Remparts franchise was granted for the 1990–91 season and was known as the

Beauport Harfangs The Beauport Harfangs (Snow Owls) were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 1990 to 1997. The team played its home games at the Aréna Marcel-Bédard in the Quebec City suburb of Beauport. The team's firs ...

, a suburb in the Quebec City metropolitan area. In 1997 the team moved to Quebec City, playing two seasons at

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on the campus of

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between 1997 and 1999. In 1999 the team moved into the

. On May 28, 2006, the Remparts won the

, beating the

Moncton Wildcats The Moncton Wildcats are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Moncton, New Brunswick. The franchise was granted for the 1995–96 QMJHL season, 1995–96 season known as the Moncton A ...

6–2 in the

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. Then-head coach

Patrick Roy Patrick Jacques Roy (; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former player who is the head coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Roy previously served as head coach for ...

became the seventh coach to win the Cup in his first year as head coach, and the first to do so since Claude Julien of the

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. It was also the first time in Memorial Cup history that the finals involved two teams from the QMJHL. Quebec also won the Cup without winning a League championship and without hosting the event, another first in Memorial Cup history. On November 27, 2014, the Remparts were sold to

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for an estimated price between $20 million and $25 million. The Remparts were chosen to be the host of the

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. They defeated the

Rimouski Océanic The Rimouski Océanic are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The franchise was granted for the 1969–70 season as the Sherbrooke Castors. The Castors played in Sherbrooke from 1969 to 1982 ...

in tie-breaker 5-2, but were eliminated by the

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in the semi-finals 9-3. The team moved to

Centre Vidéotron Vidéotron Centre ( French: ''Centre Vidéotron'') is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 18,259-seat arena replaced Colisée Pepsi as Quebec City's primary venue for indoor events. The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, serv ...

on September 12, 2015. On June 4, 2023, the Remparts won the Memorial Cup, beating the

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5–0 in the championship game; head coach Patrick Roy had previously announced that this was his last year as head coach, thus completing the book end to his first year Cup win.

NHL alumni

;Original Remparts Michel Goulet, and Guy Lafleur have been inducted into the

. *

Pierre Aubry Pierre Aubry (born April 15, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played five seasons in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques and Detroit Red Wings from 1980–81 to 1984–85. Career Aubry play ...

Rick Bowness Richard Gary Bowness (born January 25, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach and player. He was selected in the second round, 26th overall, by the Atlanta Flames in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. Bowness has also played for the D ...

* Stéphane Brochu * Mario Brunetta * Nelson Burton * Guy Chouinard *

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* Alain Côté *

Sylvain Côté Sylvain Côté (born January 19, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent 19 seasons in the NHL, the majority of them with the Washington Capitals. He also played for the Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Bl ...

André Doré André Doré (born February 11, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 257 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues and Quebec Nordiques between 1979 and 1985. Playing career As ...

* Gaétan Duchesne *

Peter Folco Peter Folco (born August 13, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League and the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association between 1974 and ...

Eddy Godin Joseph Eddy Alain Godin (born March 29, 1957) is a ice hockey">anadian former professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey)">forward. He played 27 games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1977–78 NHL season, 1 ...

Michel Goulet Michel Bernard Goulet (born April 21, 1960) is a Canadian former professional forward (ice hockey), ice hockey forward who played for the Birmingham Bulls (WHA), Birmingham Bulls in the World Hockey Association and the Quebec Nordiques and Chicag ...

* Richard Grenier * Val James * Michel Lachance * Pierre Lacroix *

* Jean-Marc Lanthier *

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Gilles Lupien Joseph Leonard Gilles Lupien (April 20, 1954May 18, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Hartford Wha ...

Mario Marois Mario Marois (born December 15, 1957) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. Biography As a youth, Marois played in the 1968, 1969 and 1970 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from L'Ancienne-Lorett ...

* Pat Mayer *

Gilles Meloche Gilles Emile Meloche (born July 12, 1950) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, scout and former player. Meloche played as a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black Hawks, California Golden Seals, Cleveland Ba ...

* Rich Nantais * Paul Pageau *

Dave Pichette Dave Pichette (born February 4, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 322 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Quebec Nordiques, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, and New York Rangers. As a you ...

* Jacques Richard * Mario Roberge * Serge Roberge *

Normand Rochefort Normand Rochefort (born January 28, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Biography Rochefort was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a mi ...

* Roberto Romano * André Savard * Jean Savard * Martin Simard * Gaston Therrien * Vincent Tremblay ;Modern Remparts * Maxim Balmochnykh * Zachary Bolduc *

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* Louis Crevier * Jean-Philippe Côté *

Cédrick Desjardins Cédrick Desjardins (born September 30, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Juniors Cédrick Desjardins (nicknamed Cédrick th ...

* Louis Domingue *

Anthony Duclair Anthony Duclair (born August 26, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Duclair was selected by the New York Rangers in the third round, 80th overall, of the 2013 NHL ...

* Gordie Dwyer * Adam Erne *

Simon Gagné Simon Gagné (; born February 29, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent the fi ...

* Alexandre Grenier *

Martin Grenier Martin Grenier (born November 2, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Phoenix Coyotes, Vancouver Canucks, and Philadelphia Flyers. Playing career As a youth, Grenie ...

* Mikhail Grigorenko *

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* Aaron Johnson * Juraj Kolnik *

Nikita Kucherov Nikita Igorevich Kucherov (; born 17 June 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Regarded as one of the best players in the world, Kucherov ...

* Kristian Kudroc *

Philipp Kurashev Philipp Kurashev (; born 12 October 1999) is a Swiss-Russian professional ice hockey centre for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kurashev was drafted 120th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2018 NHL Entry Dra ...

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 ...

* James Malatesta * Jonathan Marchessault *

Maxime Ouellet Maxime Ouellet (born June 17, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2006. He also played se ...

Alexander Radulov Alexander Valerievich Radulov (; born 5 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He had previously had two separate stints with the Nashville Predators, the NHL team w ...

Mike Ribeiro Michael Tavares Ribeiro (born February 10, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Originally selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, 45th overall, of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Ribeiro has played in the NHL for ...

* Kirill Safronov * Logan Shaw * Timofei Shishkanov * Jordan Smotherman *

Antoine Vermette Antoine Vermette (born July 20, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played for 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Vermette played in the NHL for the Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Arizona Coyotes ...

* Marc-Édouard Vlasic

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