The Beauport Harfangs (Snow Owls) were a junior ice hockey team in the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...

(QMJHL) from 1990 to 1997. The team played its home games at the

Aréna Marcel-Bédard The Arena Marcel Bedard is a multi-purpose arena in Beauport, Quebec. It has a capacity of 2,000 people. It hosted the Beauport Harfangs ice hockey team. Its surname is 'La petite cabane' (the little shack) in honour of Beauport's colourfu ...

in the

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suburb of Beauport. The team's first coach was Alain Chainey, who had previously been an assistant coach with the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

(NHL)'s

Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques (french: Nordiques de Québec, pronounced in Quebec French, in Canadian English; translated "Quebec City Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the ...

. The Harfangs played for seven seasons before relocating to Quebec City in 1997 to become the second incarnation of the

Quebec Remparts There have been two junior ice hockey franchises known as the Quebec Remparts (french: Remparts de Québec) that played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The first edition played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has pla ...

Coaches

Jos Canale Jos Canale (born Giuseppe Canale; September 21, 1949) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, commonly known as Joe Canale. He was the 1991 recipient of the Coach of the Year Award in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), and later coached the Can ...

coached the Harfangs for two and a half seasons from 1993 to 1995.

Alain Vigneault Alain Vigneault (born May 14, 1961) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. Vigneault has previously coached the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL, as well as in the Quebec Major Ju ...

, who coached the Harfangs in the team's final two seasons, guided them to the QMJHL finals in 1995-96. Vigneault has since gone on to serve as a head coach in the NHL. Jocelyn "Joe" Hardy, who coached the Harfangs during part of the 1992–93 season, also played briefly in the NHL, and was a local sportsman.

NHL alumni

Nineteen players graduated to play in the NHL.

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Season-by-season results

All-time roster

List of NHL alumni
{{Defunct QMJHL Defunct Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams 1990 establishments in Quebec 1997 disestablishments in Quebec Ice hockey clubs established in 1990 Sports clubs disestablished in 1997