The Kingston Canadians were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League from 1973 to 1988. The team played home games at the Kingston Memorial Centre in Kingston, Ontario , Canada.
19-696: The Michel Brière Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). It is named for former QMJHL and National Hockey League (NHL) player Michel Brière , who was killed in a car crash. List of winners of the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy. Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ; French : Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec , LHJMQ )
38-504: A local Minor Hockey Organization operated by Dr. Gerry Wagar, Dr. Michael Simurda, J.Douglas Cunningham Q.C ., Peter J. Radley Q.C., Ken Linseman, Hugh Bennett, and Terry French who withdrew from the group shortly after the purchase was completed. The new Kingston team was essentially an expansion franchise promoted from the OHA's Tier II league, that had only common name to share with the old Junior Canadiens. However, in some OHA histories (such as
57-635: A new logo. The change recognized the league's expansion into the Maritime provinces , whose teams had been a part of the QMJHL for almost 30 years. This is a list of Canadian Hockey League career and single season records accomplished by QMJHL players. Current teams are shown in blue. Gold stars denote Gilles-Courteau Trophy (League championship) winners. This is a complete list of team histories since 1969. 1991–1994; 2008–2011 The Memorial Cup has been captured fifteen times by ten different QMJHL teams since
76-672: A one-year hiatus, under new ownership and with new players, calling the team the Kingston Canadians. A group of Kingston business and professionals negotiated the purchase from the Montreal Arena Corporation. The new ownership, the Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Ltd. was made up of a combination of the owners of two local organizations, the local OHA Junior 'A' Franchise owners, James W. Magee, George 'Doc' Myles, Dr. William. A. Osborne, and Dr. Wilmer J. Nuttall and
95-605: Is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Officially the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League until 2023, the league includes teams in Quebec and the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island . The Gilles-Courteau Trophy is the championship trophy of the league. The QMJHL champion then goes on to compete in
114-704: The Atlantic Canada region along with a surge in players coming out of the New England area: the QMJHL has territorial rights to draft and recruit players from New England as part of an agreement where players from the United States can be drafted by the CHL league that is in a similar geographic area. In December 2023, the QMJHL changed its name to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League and released
133-728: The Granby Prédateurs , the Hull Olympiques , Halifax Mooseheads , Rouyn-Noranda Huskies , Rimouski Océanic , and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan each winning once, the Quebec Remparts winning three times(once in their first edition 1969–1985, and twice in their second edition 1997–present) and the Cornwall Royals winning three times. Starting in 1994, the QMJHL began to expand further east, outside of Quebec. The "Q" filled
152-753: The Memorial Cup against the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) champions, and the CHL host team. The QMJHL had traditionally adopted a rapid and offensive style of hockey. Former QMJHL players hold many of the Canadian Hockey League's career and single season offensive records . Hockey Hall of Fame alumni of the QMJHL include Mario Lemieux , Guy Lafleur , Ray Bourque , Pat LaFontaine , Mike Bossy , Denis Savard , Michel Goulet , Luc Robitaille , and goaltenders Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur . The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
171-986: The Canadians for almost half the team's tenure in the OHA & OHL. He was an NHL veteran defenceman of 704 games, as well as being a player coach with the AHL Baltimore Clippers. Four other Canadians coaches also played in the NHL. They are, Jack Bownass, Rod Graham, Fred O'Donnell & Jim Dorey . Jack Bownass was the recipient of the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHA Coach of the Year in 1973-1974. (Multiple years in parentheses) Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Scoring Champion. Max Kaminsky Trophy Most Outstanding Defenceman. Jack Ferguson Award First overall draft pick. William Hanley Trophy Most Sportsmanlike OHL Player. Bobby Smith Trophy Scholastic player of
190-632: The MMJHL. The eight teams from the QJHL were the Drummondville Rangers , Quebec Remparts , Saint-Jérôme Alouettes , Shawinigan Bruins , Sherbrooke Castors , Sorel Éperviers , Trois-Rivières Ducs and the Verdun Maple Leafs . Most of the teams were within a few hours' drive of Montreal . From the first season in 1969–70, only Shawinigan remains in the same city with an uninterrupted history, although
209-577: The OHA, then from 1980 to 1988 in the OHL. The Kingston Canadians franchise was sold following the 1987–88 season, and the new owner renamed the team Kingston Raiders . The following season they were again sold and renamed Kingston Frontenacs . The Kingston Canadians are now a minor rep hockey team that represents the KAMHA league in Kingston Ontario and they are named after the old OHL team. Jim Morrison coached
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#1732892073218228-602: The QMJHL had threatened a lawsuit against the OHA to force the Junior Canadiens to return to the Quebec-based league. To solve the problem, the OHA granted the Junior Canadiens franchise a "one-year suspension" of operations, while team ownership transferred the team and players into the QMJHL, renaming themselves the Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge in the process. The OHA then reactivated the suspended franchise after
247-535: The annual Media Guide) the Kingston team is still shown as the legitimate successors of the Junior Canadiens' legacy. The Kingston Canadians used the same colours and uniforms as the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and Junior Canadiens. The Kingston logo replaced the "H" with the letter "K" for Kingston. Some sources show the name as "Kingston Canadiens", but the English "Canadians" is correct. The team played from 1973 to 1980 in
266-536: The league's founding in 1969: This is a list of QMJHL trophies. The trophy's first season being awarded is shown in brackets. Kingston Canadians The Kingston Canadians arrival in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) for the 1973–74 OHL season, was a result of the Montreal Junior Canadiens switch to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in 1972. During the summer of 1972,
285-636: The team and players into the QMJHL, renaming themselves the Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge in the process. The OHA then reactivated the suspended franchise for the 1973–74 season in Kingston, Ontario , under new ownership and with new players, calling the team the Kingston Canadians . QMJHL teams have won the Memorial Cup twelve times since 1969, with the Shawinigan Cataractes , Saint John Sea Dogs ,
304-591: The team's name has changed to the Cataractes . In 1972 the QMJHL had been in operation for three years, and wanted a team in the province's largest city. It threatened a lawsuit to force the Montreal Junior Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association into the Quebec-based league. Over the summer of 1972, the OHA granted the Junior Habs a "one-year suspension" of operations, while team ownership transferred
323-532: The void in Atlantic Canada after the exodus of American Hockey League franchises, when the AHL had a strong presence in the 1980s and 1990s; all of the Maritime Division cities save for Bathurst, New Brunswick are former homes of AHL franchises. To date, Fredericton, New Brunswick is the lone former AHL market that has not established a QMJHL franchise. In recent seasons, the QMJHL has been scouting players from
342-563: The year. NONE. Five numbers have been "honoured" from the Kingston Canadians, although not retired and still in circulation. (#5 Mike O'Connell, #7 Tony McKegney, #10 Brad Rhiness, #14 Ken Linseman and #29 Chris Clifford). In 2004 Paul Coffey became the only Kingston Canadian inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame to date. In 1977-1978 Paul was a late season addition from the North York Rangers. He played 8 regular reason games with
361-674: Was founded in 1969 , through the merger of the best teams from the existing Quebec Junior Hockey League and the Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League , declaring themselves a "major junior" league. Of the original eleven QMJHL teams, eight came from the QJHL, two from the MMJHL, and the Cornwall Royals , from Cornwall, Ontario , near the Quebec border, who transferred from the Central Junior A Hockey League . The Rosemont National and Laval Saints transferred from
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