League hockey major junior of Quebec

The Ligue of hockey major junior of Quebec is one of the three leagues major junior of level has tier I which constitute the Canadian Ligue of hockey. She is regarded as fastest and offensive of the circuit Canadian junior, and she produced players such as Guy Lafleur, Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, Guy Carbonneau, Raymond Bourque, Pat Lafontaine, Luc Robitaille, Dale Hawerchuk, Simon Gagné, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Bossy, Mathieu Biron, Felix Potvin, Martin Biron, Stephan Fiset, Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Brodeur, Mathieu Garon, Jose Theodore and lately Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards, Patrice Bergeron, Antoine Vermette, Marc-Andre Fleury, Sidney Crosby, Guillaume Latendresse, Alexander Radulov and David Perron. Its current police chief is Gilles Courteau.

Teams of the circuit

Division TELUS (Western)

Division Is

the Titan d' Acadie-Bathurst
the Screaming Eagles of Cape-Breton the
the Mooseheads de Halifax
the MAINEiacs de Lewiston
the Wildcats of Moncton
the Rocket of the Island-of-Prince-Edouard
the Sea Dogs of Midsummer's Day
the Fog Devils of St John' S

Arenas of the league

History

1969: First season of the league. Two divisions are present. In that of the East, one finds the Ramparts of Quebec, Bruins of Shawinigan, Rangers of Drummondville, Black Hawks of Sorel, the Dukes of Three-Rivers, and the Beavers of Sherbrooke. In Western division: larks of Saint-Jerome, Royals of Cornwall, the National of Rosemont, Maple Leafs of Verdun, and Saints of Laval.
1970 : The system of divisions disappears, and the frankness from Laval is withdrawn.
1971 : The National of Rosemont moves in Laval.
1972 : The Larks of Saint-Jerome and Maple Leafs de Verdun disappear. The White and Blue Red of Montreal is transferred from the Ligue of hockey of Ontario (OHL) to the LHJMQ.
1973 : The league resépare in two divisions. In that of the East, teams of Sorel, Quebec, Shawinigan, Three-Rivers and Chicoutimi. In the West, one finds Cornwall, Montreal, Sherbrooke, Laval, Drummondville and Hull. Saguenéens of Chicoutimi and the Festivals of Hull are born then. Bruins de Shawinigan become the Dynamos of Shawinigan.
1974 : Rangers de Drummondville disappear, and the frankness from the Dukes of Three-Rivers is re-elected in Draveurs from Three-Rivers.
1975 : The White and Blue Red of Montreal becomes the Juniors of Montreal.
1976 : Divisions are famous. The East becomes Dilio division, and the West takes the name of Lebel division.
1977 : The concession of Sorel is moved in Verdun. Sherbrooke plays from now on in Dilio division, while Verdun plays in Lebel division.
1978 : The Dynamos of Shawinigan are famous in Cataracts of Shawinigan.
1979 : Black Hawks de Verdun are famous in Black Hawks de Verdun/Sorel. The National of Laval becomes the Neighbors of Laval.
1980 : Black Hawks de Sorel/Verdun become Black Hawks de Sorel.
1981 : The system of division is cancelled, whereas Cornwall joint with the League of hockey of Ontario. Black Hawks de Sorel are moved with Granby.
1982 : Divisions Lebel and Dilio are reintroduced. Shawinigan, Chicoutimi, Three-Rivers, Quebec, and Drummondville play in Dilio division, whereas Laval, Verdun, Longueuil, Midsummer's Day, Hull, and Granby play in Lebel division. The Beavers of Sherbrooke are moved with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The Juniors of Montreal move in Verdun. Drummondville obtains a frankness; acrobats, whereas the Knights of Longueuil are created.
1984 : The league decrees a frankness at the town of Plattsburgh (Pioneers), but the concession is dissolved after only three months. During the season, they played in Lebel division, whereas Granby was moved in Dilio division. The Juniors of Verdun become the Canadians Junior.
1985 : The Ramparts of Quebec disappear. The Neighbors of Laval become Titan of Laval.
1987 : The Knights of Longueuil move with Victoriaville, and play in Dilio division. Granby plays from now on in Lebel division.
1988 : The system of divisions is dissolu, and equips it with the College-French of Longueuil is created.
1989 : The Canadians Junior of Verdun are moved with Saint-Hyacinthe. The Beavers of Midsummer's Day become the Lynxes of Midsummer's Day.
1990 : Divisions Lebel and Dilio are recreated. Teams of Chicoutimi, Three-Rivers, Drummondville, Shawinigan, Quebec, and Victoriaville play in Dilio division. Longueuil, Hull, Laval, Saint-Hyacinthe, Granby, and Midsummer's Day evolve/move in Lebel division. Harfangs de Beauport are created in the town of Quebec.
1992 : Draveurs of Three-Rivers are moved in Sherbrooke.
1993 : The Borers of Valley-in Or are created; they play in Lebel division.
1994 : The team of the College-French of Verdun moves with Halifax. The new formation evolves/moves in Dilio division. Titan of Laval is famous in Titan College-French of Laval.
1995 : The Lynxes of Midsummer's Day move with Rimouski. The frankness from Alpine from Moncton is created. These two new teams play in Dilio division. Drummondville and Sherbrooke are transferred in Lebel division. The Bisons of Granby become the Predatory ones of Granby.
1996 : The Laser of Saint-Hyacinthe moves with Rouyn-Noranda. The Alpine ones of Moncton are famous in Wildcats of Moncton.
1997 : The Predatory ones of Granby move with the Breton Cape and become Screaming Eagles, and play in Dilio division. Drakkar of Bay-Comeau is created, and plays in Dilio division. Shawinigan is transferred in Lebel division.
1998 : The frankness from Laval is yielded to Acadie-Bathurst, and becomes Titan. This team plays in Dilio division.
1999 : Lebel division becomes Lebel association, and separates in two parts: western division (Hull, Rouyn-Noranda, Montreal, Valley-in Or) and Central division (Shawinigan, Drummondville, Sherbrooke, Victoriaville). Dilio division becomes Dilio association, and also separates in two entities: division Is (Rimouski, Quebec, Bay-Comeau, Chicoutimi) and the division of Maritime (Moncton, Halifax, Cape Breton, Acadie-Bathurst). The town of Montreal obtains a frankness, Rocket.
2003 : The league innovates and proposes a new format of three divisions. Atlantic division (Cape Breton, Moncton, Island-of-Prince-Edouard, Halifax, Acadie-Bathurst), division Is (Rimouski, Chicoutimi, Lewiston, Quebec, Bay-Comeau) and Western division (Gatineau, Shawinigan, Rouyn-Noranda, Valley-in Or, Drummondville, Victoriaville). The Beavers of Sherbrooke are transferred to Lewiston, in the American State of the Maine. Rocket of Montreal is moved with Charlottetown and adopts the name of Rocket of the Island-of-Prince-Edouard (Î-P-E). The Olympic ones of Hull become the Olympic ones of Gatineau.
2004 : The league announces its project of expansion to pass from sixteen to eighteen teams. The towns of Midsummer's Day, in New Brunswick, like Midsummer's Day, in Newfoundland, were seen allotting franknesses.
2005 : New format for accueiller two new franknesses: the ten teams located at Quebec are from now on in Western division, while the others (whose two news) will be in division Is.

Challenges of the League in 2005

Vis-a-vis the other Canadian leagues major junior

The LHJMQ always adopted a style fast and exciting, based on the offensive talent of its players. Whereas the two other Canadian leagues junior, is the Ligue of hockey of Ontario (OHL) and the Ligue of hockey of the West (WHL), were moulded with the style more defensive and closed majority of the teams of the National league of hockey, the Courteau circuit put more on the rough talent of its young products. The League was always recognized for its excellent guards, and its talented offensive players.

The league and the fishing out amateur of the LNH in 2004

The year 2004 was, according to the opinion of many experts of the world of hockey, one year disastrous for the LHJMQ at the time of the fishing out of the LNH. Whereas the eyes of the repêcheurs all were turned towards the Europe, OHL and WHL, the LHJMQ made poor figure with only one player fished out in first round (Alexandre Picard). Several analysts support however that they are only cyclic periods, and that in a few years, the LHJMQ will produce more. Nevertheless, one cannot deny that the two other Canadian Leagues are currently preferred professional repêcheurs: whereas the Ontarian League produces excellent players who are at ease in all the situations, the League of the west has been dissociated by the exceptional quality of its defenders for a few years (One has only to think of Dion Phaneuf, Cam Barker, Braydon Coburn, Brent Seabrooke, Shawn Belle, all fished out in first round).

Given trophies

External bonds

Official site of the League of hockey major junior of Quebec

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