The Montreal Rocket were 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...

 for four seasons from 1999 to 2003, based out of Montreal, Quebec. The team was named in honor of Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 great Maurice "Rocket" Richard

Maurice Richard

Joseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...

. The smoke from the rocket in the logo forms the number 9, which was Maurice Richard's jersey number.

In 1999-2000, Danièle Sauvageau

Danièle Sauvageau

Danièle Sauvageau, MSC is the former head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team which won the Gold medal in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics...

 became an assistant coach for the Montreal Rocket of the QMJHL. She was the first female coach in QMJHL history. The team played its home games at both the Maurice Richard Arena and the Bell Centre

Bell Centre

The Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...

. In 2003, the team relocated to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to become the P.E.I. Rocket

P.E.I. Rocket

The P.E.I. Rocket are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The franchise was granted in 1999, however the Rocket were originally located in Montreal, Quebec and called the Montreal Rocket. In 2003 they were relocated to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island...

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