About Remparts de Québec
The city of Québec has a long legacy of hockey excellence, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Remparts de Québec (Quebec Ramparts) continues the tradition established by the original Remparts and by the Quebec Nordiques of the WHA and NHL. The Remparts are named after the ramparts of Quebec City, which have fortified the provincial capital for centuries. Legendary goaltender Patrick Roy is the head coach and general manager of the Remparts. The Hall of Famer previously led the Remparts from 2005 to 2013, winning the Memorial Cup in 2006. Roy returned to the organization as coach and GM in 2018 after spending three seasons as coach of the Colorado Avalanche.
The history of Remparts de Québec spans two different franchises over the last 50 years. The original Remparts de Québec played at Le Colisée from 1969 to 1985, developing numerous hockey talents including future Hockey Hall of Famers Guy LaFleur and Michel Goulet, while winning the five QMJHL championships (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1976), and the 1971 Memorial Cup. The current iteration of the Remparts was founded in 1990 as the Beauport Harfangs, and it moved to Quebec in 1997, a year after the NHL's Nordiques moved to Colorado.
The Remparts play at the $370 million Videotron Centre, which opened in 2015 and seats 18,259 for hockey. The world-class facility also hosts the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, which has given the world an opportunity to see some of the greatest players in NHL history while still in their youth. Remparts de Québec are in the East Division of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where they face the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, Chicoutimi Saguenéens, Rimouski Océanic, Shawinigan Cataractes and the Victoriaville Tigres. Follow all the action online at remparts.ca, and on Twitter @quebec_remparts.