Saint-Jean Chiefs
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Home ice | Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur The Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur is an indoor arena in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. It has a capacity of 2,751, with 1,751 seated. It once hosted the Saint-Jean Lynx of the QMJHL and the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Summum-Chiefs of the LNAH .... |
Based in | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 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.... |
Colours | White, Blue, & Yellow |
League | Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey was founded in 2004 and is a low-level professional league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was called the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1996 until it turned pro in 2004... |
The Saint-Jean Chiefs is a hockey team based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 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....
. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey
Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey
The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey was founded in 2004 and is a low-level professional league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was called the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1996 until it turned pro in 2004...
(LNAH). The Chiefs play at the Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur
Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur
The Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur is an indoor arena in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. It has a capacity of 2,751, with 1,751 seated. It once hosted the Saint-Jean Lynx of the QMJHL and the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Summum-Chiefs of the LNAH ....
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The team started as the Saint-Lin-Laurentides Gladiateurs in 1996-1997 and moved to Sainte-Thérèse
Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
Sainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville....
to become the Sainte-Therese Chiefs in 1997-1998. They moved to Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
in 1998-1999 and won the Futura Cup
Futura Cup
The Futura Cup is the trophy awarded annually to champions of the LNAH , a minor pro league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was first awarded after the 1996-97 season...
in 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 as the Laval Chiefs. The team was sold to Genex Communications in 2005-2006 and were rechristened the Summum Chiefs after one of Genex's magazines, Summum. Genex sold the team to a group from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and it moved there for the 2006-2007 season.
The team moved to Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Saint-Hyacinthe is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 55,823. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River which flows...
in 2008 to become the Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs.
Players alumni
- Steve BosséSteve BosseSteve Bossé is a French Canadian mixed martial artist. Bossé made his mark by becoming the # 1 enforcer of the North American Hockey League...
- Patrick BoileauPatrick BoileauPatrick Boileau is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman.Selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, he spent years in the Capitals system mainly with their AHL affiliate Portland Pirates until he signed with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002. In 2003 he signed with the...
- Garrett BurnettGarrett BurnettGarrett "Rocky" Burnett is a former professional ice hockey player who played with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim of the NHL in the 2003–04 season.-Playing career:...
- Patrick Côté
- David GosselinDavid GosselinDavid Gosselin is a Canadian ice hockey left winger who played 13 games in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators. He was drafted 78th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft and made his NHL debut for the Predators during the 1999–2000 NHL season...
- Eric LecompteEric LecompteÉric Lecompte is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. He was drafted in the first round, 24th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He never played in the National Hockey League, however. He currently plays for the St...
- Guillaume LefebvreGuillaume LefebvreGuillaume Lefebvre is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who plays for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League...
- François LerouxFrancois LerouxFrançois Leroux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. At 6'6" and over 240 pounds, Leroux was a physical, defensive-minded defenceman who amassed 577 penalty minutes in his NHL career...
- Olivier MichaudOlivier MichaudOlivier 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...
- Nathan PerrottNathan PerrottNathan Perrott is a Canadian professional boxer and former professional ice hockey player.-Hockey career:...
- Christian ProulxChristian ProulxChristian Proulx is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played seven games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens.-External links:...