Saguenéens de Chicoutimi

The Saguenéens de Chicoutimi are a club of Hockey of the Ligue of hockey major junior of Quebec (LHJMQ) since 1973. Saguenéens de Chicoutimi is one of the oldest teams of the league. Based with Saguenay (city) with the Saguenay-Lake-Saint-Jean, the team evolves/moves with the Center Georges-Vézina.

In 2005, the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi were named best the frankness from the Canadian Ligue of hockey.

History

It is in 1972 qu' a group wishes to equip Chicoutimi with a team in the LHJMQ. Its shareholders (Gilles Tremblay, Gaston Seneshal, Jean-Marc Charon, Jean-Marc Lavoie, Roland Hébert, Denis Cantin, Jacques Gagnon, Georges Quenneville, Jules Bouchard and daN Walker) knew that the challenge was enormous, but that the play was worth the candle of it. After many discussions, one granted a frankness to the town of Georges Vézina; Saguenéens had been born. One decided to give them the same name as the frankness from the late league senior. The same year, the Festivals of Hull (today the Olympic ones) began their activities.

September 30th, 1973, Sags disputed the first meeting of their history vis-a-vis the Junior of Montreal, a defeat of 7-2 front a crowd of more than 6000 spectators. Irony of fate, the first goal of the history of the team was marked by Marc Desforges, today Co-shareholder of the formation.

The concession changed hand with some recoveries with the passing of years. In the middle of the Eighties, the town of Chicoutimi controls to some extent the frankness, but decides to be separated some. At the dawn of the season 1988-89, Sags become the property of the Corporation of economic development of Chicoutimi. Two years later, the team is sold in Cegerco, Multisoda and Autocar Jasmine. The concession is still sold on May 28th, 1993 and fall between the hands from Yvon Bouchard, Benoit Boulianne and Marc Tremblay. This last will pass to a hair to put the team out of Saguenay.

December 28th, 1998, the owner Marc Tremblay exchanges Marc Bouchard, Ramzi Abid and Mathieu Benoit like two other players against players with the statute still in becoming. This exchange will be the three years starting point of misery, where the threats of removal are made hear. However, a group carried out by Guy Carbonneau becomes purchaser of the team in 2000. At the time when the team was on the point of changing address, old # 21 saves the pieces of furniture.

Players

Alignment 2007-2008

Fished out players

Kirill Tulupov, Devils of the New Jersey

Withdrawn numbers

14 Alain Côté
16 Normand Léveillé
18 Sylvain Locas
21 Guy Carbonneau
29 Felix Potvin

Personnel

Current trainers

Richard Martel (trainer-chief and director-manager): Originating in the Saguenay, Richard Martel is the trainer-chief of Saguenéens since November 2003. Previously, it was with the bar of the Laser of St-Hyacinthe, of the Borers of Valley-in Or and Bay-Comeau Drakkar. Lastly, he was the assistant of Joe Canale when this last was the pilot of the Saguenéens .

Marc-Etienne Hubert (trainer-assistant): Native of Chicoutimi, Marc-Etienne Hubert was engaged in the month of August 2005 to assist Richard Martel. 28 years old, Hubert played for five formations of LHJMQ. In addition to the Saguenéens , it evolved/moved for Laval, Valley-in Or, Drummondville and Bay-Comeau. Moreover, it was a choice of 9th round (226e on the whole) of the Coyotes of Phoenix of LNH. It finished its career of hockeyor among Patriots of the University of Quebec with Three-Rivers.

Sylvain Rodrigue (trainer of the guards): Born in Montreal in 1973, Sylvain Rodrigue belongs to the team of trainers of the Saguenéens since 2003. Old carry-colors of the formation during the Nineties, Rodrigue also evolved/moved in France like in the American League of hockey. On its return to Saguenay, he played for the semi-professional formation of Jonquière.

Administration

President: Guy Carbonneau
Governor: Gervais Munger
Vice-president Marketing: Cardinal Pierre
Vice-president: Gaby Asselin
Vice-president: Michel Boivin
Vice-president hockey: Marc Desforges
assistant Director-manager: Carl Bouchard

Trainers in the history of the formation

1973-74, German Munger and Yvan Gingras;
1974-75 to 1976-77, Yvan Gingras;
1977-78, Yvan Gingras, Guy Arm-band and Jean-Charles Gravel;
1978-79 to 1979-80, Orval Tessier;
1980-81 to 1981-82, Michel Morin;
1982-83, Michel Morin and Germain Munger;
1983-84, Michel Parizeau; 1984-85, Mario Bazinet;
1985-86, Mario Bazinet and Pierre Sévigny;
1986-87 to 1989-90, Gaston Flag;
1990-91 to 1992-93, Joe Canale;
1993-94 to 1994-95, Gaston Flag;
1995-96, Réal Payment;
1996-97, Réal Payment and Christian the Street;
1997-98, Christian the Street;
1998-99, Christian the Street and Martin Daoust;
1999-00, Martin Daoust;
2000-01, Martin Daoust and Alain Rajotte;
2001-02, Alain Rajotte;
2002-03, Alain Rajotte and Rene Matte;
2003-04, Rene Matte, Yannick Jean and Richard Martel;
2004-05 with today, Richard Martel.

Players having evolved/moved in the LNH

Owners

Old # 21 of Saguenéens, Guy Carbonneau, became purchaser of the frankness with a group from shareholders saguenéens. In addition to Carbonneau, the group includes/understands Michel Boivin, Pierre Cardinal, Gaby Asselin, Marc Desforges and Gervais Munger.

Mascot

The mascot of Saguenéens de Chicoutimi names Sago. It has an appearance of bee with its two antennas on the head. It carries the number 02 which symbolizes the area of Saguenay Lake-Saint-Jean.

Parts with the radio and on television

All the parts of Saguenéens de Chicoutimi are retransmises with the radio, with KYK FM 95,7. www.kykfm.com Dominick Fortin assumes description and Claude Bergeron it second as an analyst. At the time of the home matches, the listeners are likely to hear the comments of a player of the local team after each period. Moreover, at the end of the match, the trainer-chief delivers his comments from his office and several echoes of cloakroom are presented, always on line.

Moreover, approximately once a month, a local part preceded by a before-match is diffused on television TQS Saguenay-Lake-Saint-Jean. The descriptor is Michel Thiffault, sports correspondent on the regional scene and the analyst is Phil Desgagnés, former referee of the LHJMQ. The series semi-final against Océanic de Rimouski in spring 2005 was diffused there entirely and it collected dimensions of listening among best of TQS in the area: “According to a telephone survey, 50% of people of the area looked at least a match on television” 1.

1: Source: Internet site of Saguenéens de Chicoutimi.

Honors of team

Participations in the Cut Memorial: (1991, 1994,1997)
Jean-Rougeau Trophy (1st with general classification): 1990-1991
Trophy of the President (Champions of the series): 1990-91, 1993-94

See too

External bonds

official Internet site of the team, * Not-official Internet site of the team, * All the parts are diffused with the radio and on Internet by KYK Fm 95.7,

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