The Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge ( Blue, White and Red in English) were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1972 to 1975. They played at the Montreal Forum in Montreal , Quebec, Canada.
16-906: The Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge were the result of several years of disputes between the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) . In 1972 the QMJHL threatened a lawsuit to force the Montreal Junior Canadiens to return to the Quebec-based league, after departing in 1961 for the OHA. Over the summer of 1972, the Junior Canadiens ownership were granted "one-year suspension" of operations by
32-592: A new logo. The change recognized the league's expansion into the Maritime provinces , whose teams had been a part of the QMJHL for almost 30 years. This is a list of Canadian Hockey League career and single season records accomplished by QMJHL players. Current teams are shown in blue. Gold stars denote Gilles-Courteau Trophy (League championship) winners. This is a complete list of team histories since 1969. 1991–1994; 2008–2011 The Memorial Cup has been captured fifteen times by ten different QMJHL teams since
48-742: The Atlantic Canada region along with a surge in players coming out of the New England area: the QMJHL has territorial rights to draft and recruit players from New England as part of an agreement where players from the United States can be drafted by the CHL league that is in a similar geographic area. In December 2023, the QMJHL changed its name to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League and released
64-716: The Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Officially the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League until 2023, the league includes teams in Quebec and the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island . The Gilles-Courteau Trophy is the championship trophy of the league. The QMJHL champion then goes on to compete in the Memorial Cup against the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) champions, and
80-766: The Granby Prédateurs , the Hull Olympiques , Halifax Mooseheads , Rouyn-Noranda Huskies , Rimouski Océanic , and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan each winning once, the Quebec Remparts winning three times(once in their first edition 1969–1985, and twice in their second edition 1997–present) and the Cornwall Royals winning three times. Starting in 1994, the QMJHL began to expand further east, outside of Quebec. The "Q" filled
96-654: The Alouettes joined the higher calibre Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , and played for three seasons, from 1969 to 1972. Nine alumni of the Saint-Jérôme Alouettes graduated to play in the National Hockey League . Federal Court of Appeals judge Marc Nadon was drafted by the team in the 1960s. This Quebec -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Canadian ice hockey team-related article
112-548: The Bleu Blanc Rouge graduated 16 players to the NHL in only 3 years of play. Jean Béliveau Trophy (Top Scorer) Frank J. Selke Commemorative Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player) Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ; French : Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec , LHJMQ ) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute
128-531: The CHL host team. The QMJHL had traditionally adopted a rapid and offensive style of hockey. Former QMJHL players hold many of the Canadian Hockey League's career and single season offensive records . Hockey Hall of Fame alumni of the QMJHL include Mario Lemieux , Guy Lafleur , Ray Bourque , Pat LaFontaine , Mike Bossy , Denis Savard , Michel Goulet , Luc Robitaille , and goaltenders Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur . The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
144-657: The MMJHL. The eight teams from the QJHL were the Drummondville Rangers , Quebec Remparts , Saint-Jérôme Alouettes , Shawinigan Bruins , Sherbrooke Castors , Sorel Éperviers , Trois-Rivières Ducs and the Verdun Maple Leafs . Most of the teams were within a few hours' drive of Montreal . From the first season in 1969–70, only Shawinigan remains in the same city with an uninterrupted history, although
160-534: The OHA. The QMJHL then allowed team ownership to transfer the team and its players into the QMJHL for the 1972-73 season. To avoid litigation from the OHA by using the Junior Canadiens name, the team was renamed Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge. Neither the team nor any of its players would return to the OHA, while the "suspended" franchise was reactivated by the OHA for the 1973-74 season as the Kingston Canadians . The Bleu Blanc Rouge played for three seasons in
176-546: The league's founding in 1969: This is a list of QMJHL trophies. The trophy's first season being awarded is shown in brackets. Saint-J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me Alouettes The Saint-Jérôme Alouettes were a junior ice hockey team that played in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec , Canada. The team originated during the late 1950s in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, and played there until 1969. After which,
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#1732787251905192-557: The shadow of the Montreal Canadiens , before being renamed Montreal Juniors . Norm Dupont is the all-time points leader for the Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge. He played 142 games, scoring 139 goals and 144 assists, totalling 283 points. Jean-Luc Phaneuf is a close 2nd place. In 187 games he scored 104 goals and 172 assists for 276 points, but was deemed to be too small to play in the NHL. Nonetheless,
208-674: The team and players into the QMJHL, renaming themselves the Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge in the process. The OHA then reactivated the suspended franchise for the 1973–74 season in Kingston, Ontario , under new ownership and with new players, calling the team the Kingston Canadians . QMJHL teams have won the Memorial Cup twelve times since 1969, with the Shawinigan Cataractes , Saint John Sea Dogs ,
224-535: The team's name has changed to the Cataractes . In 1972 the QMJHL had been in operation for three years, and wanted a team in the province's largest city. It threatened a lawsuit to force the Montreal Junior Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association into the Quebec-based league. Over the summer of 1972, the OHA granted the Junior Habs a "one-year suspension" of operations, while team ownership transferred
240-543: The void in Atlantic Canada after the exodus of American Hockey League franchises, when the AHL had a strong presence in the 1980s and 1990s; all of the Maritime Division cities save for Bathurst, New Brunswick are former homes of AHL franchises. To date, Fredericton, New Brunswick is the lone former AHL market that has not established a QMJHL franchise. In recent seasons, the QMJHL has been scouting players from
256-701: Was founded in 1969 , through the merger of the best teams from the existing Quebec Junior Hockey League and the Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League , declaring themselves a "major junior" league. Of the original eleven QMJHL teams, eight came from the QJHL, two from the MMJHL, and the Cornwall Royals , from Cornwall, Ontario , near the Quebec border, who transferred from the Central Junior A Hockey League . The Rosemont National and Laval Saints transferred from
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