The Baie-Comeau Drakkar is a Canadian

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team in the

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that plays at Centre Henry-Leonard in

Baie-Comeau Baie-Comeau () is a city in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, and is the seat of Manicouagan Regional County Municipality. It is near the mouth of the Manicouagan Ri ...

, Quebec. The name "Drakkar" refers to a type of

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History

The Drakkar first played in the QMJHL in 1997–98 season. One of the founders of the team was former Quebec Nordique co-founder Marius Fortier. Baie-Comeau has never won the President's Cup, and only have nine winning seasons in their history. The 2012–13 team had the second-best record during the regular season and reached the league finals for the first time in franchise history, but lost to the

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, four games to one.

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(NHL) alumni include

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, Jean-François Jacques,

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, Olivier Michaud, Joël Perrault, Patrick Thoresen, Bruno St. Jacques and Gabriel Bourque. During its 2005–06 season, the team was the subject of the documentary film '' Junior'' by the

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Coaches

Notable coaches for the Drakkar include Richard Martel,

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and Éric Veilleux.Season-by-season results on hockeydb.com
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Season-by-season record

* Season-by-season record

Regular season

:OL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss, Pct = Winning percentage

Playoffs

Team records

The team's all-time leading point scorer is

with 164 goals and 218 assists for 382 points; he is also the team's all-time leader in goals and assists. Thierry Douville is the team's all-time penalty minute leader with 1104. Frédéric Gamelin has played the most games in team history with 315.

Notable players

* François Bouchard * Gabriel Bourque * Philippe Cadorette * Marco Charpentier * Ivan Chekhovich * Lukáš Cingel * Jean-François David * Marc-André Dorion * Tomáš Filippi * Gabriel Fortier * Maxime Fortunus *

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* Félix Girard *

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* Sacha Guimond * Charles Hudon * Bokondji Imama * Jean-François Jacques *

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* Václav Karabáček * Pierre-Cédric Labrie * Nathan Légaré *

* Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond *

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* Matt Marquardt * Nicolas Meloche * Olivier Michaud * Benoît Mondou * Pascal Pelletier * Joël Perrault * Alexandre Picard-Hooper * David Savard *

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* Bruno St. Jacques * Edo Terglav * Patrick Thoresen * Mathieu Tousignant * Valentin Zykov

References

External links

Baie-Comeau Drakkar websiteBaie-Comeau Drakkar great amateur website
{{Quebec Sports Baie-Comeau Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League teams Ice hockey teams in Quebec Ice hockey clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Quebec