The Baie-Comeau Drakkar ("Viking Ship") are a junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...

 team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

. They play at Centre Henry-Leonard

Centre Henry-Leonard

The Centre Henry-Leonard is a 3,042 capacity multi-purpose arena in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It is home to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar Ice hockey team. It was built in 1970....

 in Baie-Comeau, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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. Their franchise was granted for the 1997–98 season.

History

The Drakkar first played in the QMJHL in 1997. One of the founders of the team was former Quebec Nordique

Quebec Nordiques

The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...

 co-founder Marius Fortier. After two seasons where the team recorded only 17 and 18 victories, the Drakkar commenced a notable leap with seasons of 31, 41, 38 and 50 victories. Since this period, the Drakkar have been rebuilding. They have never won the President's Cup

President's Cup (QMJHL)

The President's Cup is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the league's playoffs champion.--Winners—Teams that went on to win the Memorial Cup are listed in bold font.-External links:* List of trophy winners....

. NHL alumni include Marc-Andre Bergeron

Marc-André Bergeron

Marc-André Bergeron is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently under contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.-Career:...

, Jean-Francois Jacques

Jean-Francois Jacques

Jean-François "J. F." Jacques is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

, Yanick Lehoux

Yanick Lehoux

Yanick Lehoux is a Canadian hockey player for the Södertälje SK of the Elitserien. He attended the Phoenix Coyotes training camp, but was reassigned to AHL quickly. On July 25, 2008, he was signed by the Montreal Canadiens as an unrestricted free agent to a one-year contract. He was not offered...

, Olivier Michaud

Olivier Michaud

Olivier Michaud is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played just one game in the National Hockey League, with the Canadiens during the 2001–02 season. Montreal had lost starter Jose Theodore and backup Jeff Hackett to injury, and Michaud was an emergency call-up from his...

, Joel Perrault

Joel Perrault

Joel Perrault is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays with the HC Ambrì-Piotta in the Swiss NLA.-Playing career:...

, Patrick Thoresen

Patrick Thoresen

Patrick Thoresen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey left winger who plays for SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League . He resides in Hamar, Norway, where he grew up, during the off season. He has a younger brother, Steffen who's also an ice hockey player...

 and Bruno St. Jacques

Bruno St. Jacques

Bruno St. Jacques is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Straubing Tigers of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga...

.

During its 2007 season, the team was the subject of the documentary film Junior

Junior (2008 film)

Junior is a 2008 documentary film chronicling a year in the life of Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Co-directed by Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film was named Best Documentary: Society at the Prix Gémeaux...

by the National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...

.Junior, NFB.ca

Season-by-season record

• Baie-Comeau Drakkar (1997–2008)Season-by-season results on hockeydb.com

Regular season

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

Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OL	SL	Points	Pct	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing
1997–98 1997–98 QMJHL season The 1997–98 QMJHL season was the 29th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Quebec Remparts name is revived after twelve years when the Beauport Harfangs change identities...	70	18	47	5
41	0.293	215	332	7th, Dilio
1998–99 1998–99 QMJHL season The 1998–99 QMJHL season was the 30th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league continued its trend of teams relocating into the Atlantic Canada market, when Laval moved to Bathurst, New Brunswick. Fifteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule...	70	18	44	8
44	0.314	208	297	7th, Dilio
1999–2000 1999–2000 QMJHL season The 1999–2000 QMJHL season was the 31st season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league grants the Montreal Rocket an expansion franchise, returning a team to the most populous city in Quebec. The QMJHL splits into four divisions, retaining the names Lebel and Dilio for...	72	31	31	5	5
72	0.500	257	285	3rd, East
2000–01 2000–01 QMJHL season The 2000–01 QMJHL season was the 32nd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule...	72	41	23	8	0
90	0.625	283	255	1st, East
2001–02 2001–02 QMJHL season The 2001–02 QMJHL season was the 33rd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Luc Robitaille Trophy for the team that scored the most goals during the regular season. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule...	72	38	25	7	2
85	0.590	288	231	2nd, East
2002–03	72	50	14	6	2
108	0.750	319	213	1st, East
2003–04	70	21	42	5	2
49	0.350	195	285	5th, Eastern
2004–05	70	24	37	5	4
57	0.407	208	280	5th, Eastern
2005–06	70	30	38
2
62	0.443	249	285	7th, Western
2006–07	70	35	26
1	8	79	0.564	304	285	7th, Telus
2007–08 2007–08 QMJHL season The 2007–08 QMJHL season was the 39th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. At the season-opening press conference, the QMJHL announced in partnership with Telus, all 630 regular season games would be available by internet broadcast. The regular season started on September...	70	45	19
2	4	96	0.686	249	210	2nd, Telus
2008-09	68	22	37
7	2	53	0.324	206	297	4th, East
2009-10	68	21	40
4	3	49	0.308	187	297	4th, East
2010-11	68	12	46
6	4	34	0.037	151	266	6th, East

Team records

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	108	2002–03
Most wins	50	2002–03
Most goals for	319	2002–03
Least goals for	120	2009-10
Least goals against	213	2002–03
Most goals against	332	1997–98 1997–98 QMJHL season The 1997–98 QMJHL season was the 29th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Quebec Remparts name is revived after twelve years when the Beauport Harfangs change identities...

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Yanick Lehoux Yanick Lehoux Yanick Lehoux is a Canadian hockey player for the Södertälje SK of the Elitserien. He attended the Phoenix Coyotes training camp, but was reassigned to AHL quickly. On July 25, 2008, he was signed by the Montreal Canadiens as an unrestricted free agent to a one-year contract. He was not offered...	67	2000–01 2000–01 QMJHL season The 2000–01 QMJHL season was the 32nd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule...
Most assists	Francois Bouchard François Bouchard François Bouchard is a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the New York Rangers organization. He currently plays in the American Hockey League with the Connecticut Whale. Bouchard was drafted in the second round, 35th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Capitals...	80	2006–07
Most points	Yanick Lehoux	135	2000–01
Most points, rookie	Benoit Mondou Benoit Mondou Benoit Mondou is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss-B league. He was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 8th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.-Junior:Mondou played Major junior hockey in the QMJHL with the Baie-Comeau...	70	2001–02 2001–02 QMJHL season The 2001–02 QMJHL season was the 33rd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Luc Robitaille Trophy for the team that scored the most goals during the regular season. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule...
Most points, defenceman	Marc-Andre Dorion	54	2006–07
Best GAA, goalie	Michel Robinson	2.57	2002–03
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

External links

• Baie-Comeau Drakkar website
• Baie-Comeau Drakkar great amateur website