The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey ( LNAH , "North American Hockey League" ) is a semi- professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec . Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdure Cup .
11-532: Bourret can refer to: Alex Bourret , hockey player Caprice Bourret , model Philippe Bourret , badminton player René Léon Bourret , French herpetologist and geologist Bourret (grape) , another name for the French wine grape Terret gris Bourret Township, Michigan Bourret, Tarn-et-Garonne , France Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
22-826: A rather infamous reputation for on-ice antics, primarily fisticuffs . The LNAH has a reputation as the world's toughest hockey league; a New York Times article stated that the league averaged 3.2 fights a game during the 2010–11 season, compared with 0.6 fights in the National Hockey League . Despite this reputation, many of the players have been ex-National Hockey League or ex-American Hockey League players, including Patrick Côté , Michel Picard , Stéphane Richer , Bobby Dollas , Guillaume Lefebvre , Garrett Burnett , Daniel Shank , François Leroux , Jeremy Stevenson , Éric Fichaud , Mario Roberge , David Gosselin , Michel Ouellet , Jesse Bélanger , Donald Brashear , Yves Racine , Anthony Stewart and Juraj Kolník . During
33-637: Is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who most notably played in the American Hockey League (AHL). His first season in the QMJHL was in the 2002–03 season , where he played with the Sherbrooke Castors . The team moved to Lewiston, Maine the following season. He played the next two seasons with the Lewiston Maineiacs , where he led the team in scoring in the second year, and
44-504: Is held during the summer. Players too old for junior ice hockey may be drafted even if they were already drafted by an NHL team. The league has had a rule that stipulates that all players must either have come from or played junior hockey in Quebec, though it has not been strictly used for LNAH teams based outside Quebec. The Vertdure Cup is the trophy awarded annually to champions of the LNAH. It
55-513: The 2004–05 NHL lockout , some NHL players -- such as Sylvain Blouin , Donald Brashear , Sébastien Caron , Mathieu Biron , Marc-André Bergeron and Sébastien Charpentier -- played the entire season in the LNAH. This is abetted by the absence of a veteran limit rule (common to other minor pro leagues in North America) which allows teams to stock up on experienced players. The 15-round LNAH Draft
66-657: The COVID-19 pandemic , the 2019-20 playoffs were suspended and never concluded; Thetford Assurancia was the regular season champion. The league had hoped to start the 2021 season in January, but announced in November 2020 that it would not be going forward with one. Unlike higher-level minor professional leagues, such as the American Hockey League or the ECHL , the LNAH is not known for its skill level. Its teams employ many enforcers and has
77-731: The ECHL, Bourret signed a one-year deal with High1 of the Asia League Ice Hockey . He left the team in November 2010. In the 2023-2024 season he plays with the Contrecoeur Mustangs. On September 28, 2011, the Wichita Thunder of the then CHL announced they had signed Bourret for the 2011–12 season . Effectively ending his professional career during his tenure in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey , Bourret has coached
88-673: The Marie-Rivier Canimex Espoir of the QMEAA. Initially joining as an assistant in 2016, Bourret became the head coach the following year. Ligue Nord-Am%C3%A9ricaine de Hockey The league was founded as the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League ( QSPHL ; French: Ligue de hockey semi-professionnelle du Québec ( LHSPQ )) in 1996, and became fully professional and assumed its current name in 2004. It reached its peak in terms of number of teams that season, with ten. Due to
99-482: The title Bourret . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bourret&oldid=541689711 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alex Bourret Alex Bourret (born October 5, 1986)
110-667: Was selected by Maineiacs fans as the team's most popular player. Wishing to play closer to home, Bourret asked for and received a trade, as the Maineiacs dealt him to the Shawinigan Cataractes in exchange for Stefano Giliati . Bourret's impressive offensive production led to being selected in the first round, 16th overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers . In 2005–06 , Bourret once again led his team in scoring, with 114 points. On February 26, 2007, Bourret
121-681: Was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Pascal Dupuis and a third-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft ( Robert Bortuzzo ). On June 21, 2008, Bourret was traded to the Coyotes for a third-round pick in the 2008 NHL Draft , and after unimpressive work in the AHL was released in September 2009. On July 7, 2010, after splitting the previous year between Europe and the Las Vegas Wranglers of
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