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The P.E.I. Rocket 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...

. The franchise was granted in 1999, however the Rocket were originally located in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, 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....

and called the Montreal Rocket

Montreal Rocket

The Montreal Rocket were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for four seasons from 1999 to 2003, based out of Montreal, Quebec. The team was named in honor of Montreal Canadiens great Maurice "Rocket" Richard...

. In 2003 they were relocated to Charlottetown

Charlottetown

Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...

, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

. They are named after the legendary Maurice 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...

(known as the Rocket) of the 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 ...

, and their team crest depicts his number, 9. The Rocket play at the Charlottetown Civic Centre

Charlottetown Civic Centre

The Charlottetown Civic Centre is a combined hockey arena, trade and convention facility located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.-History:...

. NHL alumni of the team include Maxim Lapierre

Maxim Lapierre

Maxim Lapierre is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , he was selected 61st overall in 2003 by the Montreal Canadiens...

, Ryane Clowe

Ryane Clowe

Ryane Clowe is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . He serves as an alternate captain for the Sharks during away games.-Playing career:...

, and Pascal Leclaire

Pascal Leclaire

Pascal Leclaire is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Leclaire is currently an unrestricted free agent. Leclaire played three years in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and was selected eighth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...

Regular season

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

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	OTL	SL	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
2003–04	70	40	19	5	6
91	0.607	251	189	3rd Atlantic
2004–05	70	24	39	7	0
55	0.393	198	260	4th Atlantic
2005–06	70	25	38
4	3	57	0.373	221	304	7th East
2006–07	70	36	28
2	6	80	0.514	278	250	4th East
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	30	36
2	2	64	0.425	243	287	7th East
2008–09 2008–09 QMJHL season The 2008–09 QMJHL season was the 40th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . The regular season began on September 11, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team QMJHL versus the Russian Selects, took place on November 17 and 19, 2008....	68	26	32
5	5	62	0.382	229	243	6th Atlantic
2009-10	68	35	25
2	6	78	0.515	215	224	4th Atlantic
2010-11	68	33	26
3	6	75	0.551	217	220	4th Maritimes
2011-12	14	4	8
1	1	10	0.357	42	60	6th Maritimes

Playoffs

2003–04 - Defeated Québec Remparts 4 games to 1 in first round.
Lost to Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
2004–05 - Out of Playoffs.
2005–06 - Lost to Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4 games to 2 in first round.
2006–07 - Lost to Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4 games to 3 in first round.
2007–08 - Lost to Saint John Sea Dogs 4 games to 0 in the first round.
2008–09 - Lost to Moncton Wildcats 4 games to 1 in the first round.
2009-10 - Lost to Saint John Sea Dogs 4 games to 1 in the first round.
2010-11 - Lost to Shawinigan Cataractes, 4 games to 1 in the first round.

Team records

Statistic	Total	Season
Team records for a single season
Most points	91	2003-04 1985–86 QMJHL season The 1985–86 QMJHL season was the 17th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league loses one of its charter members in the offseason, when the Quebec Remparts suspend operations...
Most wins	40	2003-04
Most goals for	278	2006-07
Least goals for	198	2004–05
Least goals against	189	2003–04
Most goals against	304	2005-06 2005-06 QMJHL season The 2005–06 QMJHL season was the 37th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Canadian Hockey League institutes the shootout loss statistic to be recorded in the regular season standings...

Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Individual player records for a single season
Most goals	David Laliberte David Laliberté David Laliberté is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently a member of the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...	50	2006–07
Most assists	Slava Trukhno	68	2005–06
Most points	David Laliberte	98	2006–07
Most Points, rookie	Slava Trukhno	59	2004–05
Most points, defenceman	Marc-Andre Gragnani Marc-Andre Gragnani Marc-André Gragnani is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...	71	2005–06
Most Penelty Minutes	Hugo Lehoux	300	2001-02
Best GAA (goalie)	Ryan Mior	2.49	2003–04
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

Statistic	Total	Score
Team Records for a single game
Most goals for (In a game)	12	SNB 2 @ PEI 12
Most goals against (In a game)	13	PEI 4 @ MON 13
Most points (player)	7	Joel Champagne
Most goals (Player)	4	Five Players (MTL/PEI)
Most assists	6	two times

Team captains

1999–2000 Edo Terglav 42 Games/Francis Emery 15 Games/Yann Joseph 9 Games
2000-01 Edo Terglav 70 Games/Michael Lambert 1 Game/Jordan Trew 1 Game/Jean-Michel Boisvert 1 Game
2001-02 Marc Villeneuve
2002-03 Pierre-Andre Bureau
2003-04 Pierre-Andre Bureau
2004-05 Maxim Lapierre
Maxim Lapierre
Maxim Lapierre is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , he was selected 61st overall in 2003 by the Montreal Canadiens...
2005-06 David Laliberte
David Laliberté
David Laliberté is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently a member of the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...
2006-07 David Laliberte
David Laliberté
David Laliberté is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently a member of the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...

67 Games/Marc-Andre Gragnani
Marc-Andre Gragnani
Marc-André Gragnani is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

1 Game
2007-08 Pierre-Luc Lessard 37 Games/Bryan Main 21 Games/Geoff Walker
Geoff Walker (ice hockey)
Geoff Walker is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League.-External links:...

8 Games/Matthew Lachaine 5 Games
2008-09 Matthew Lachaine 27 Games/Maxime Provencher 25 Games/ Joel Champange 16 games
2009-10 Jean-Philippe Mathieu
2010-11 Travis McIsaac
2011-12 Matthew Hobbs

Goaltenders (in order of earliest game played that year)

2003-04 Jonathan Boutin
Jonathan Boutin
Jonathan Boutin is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the third round, 96th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.-QMJHL:...

, Ryan Mior
2004-05 Jonathan Boutin, Ryan Mior
2005-06 Ryan Mior, Antoine Lafleur
2006-07 Antoine Lafleur, Ryan Mior
2007-08 Antoine Lafleur, Evan Mosher, Marc-Antoine Gelinas
2008-09 Bobby Nadeau, Evan Mosher
2009-10 Evan Mosher, Francois Levesque
François Lévesque
François Lévesque was a French-born merchant and political figure in Quebec. He served as a member of the Legislative and Executive Councils....

, Marco Cousineau
Marco Cousineau
Marco Cousineau is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL. He was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the 3rd round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.-Career statistics:...

, Wendell Vye
2010-11 Evan Mosher, Maxime Lagace
2011-12 Maxime Lagace, Antoine Bibeau

Retired numbers

22 Pierre-Andre Bureau P.E.I. Rocket 2000-05
9 Maurice 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...

Montreal Rocket

NHL alumni

Ryane Clowe

Ryane Clowe is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . He serves as an alternate captain for the Sharks during away games.-Playing career:...

Maxim Lapierre

Pascal Leclaire

Marc-Andre Gragnani

Marc-André Gragnani is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

David Laliberté

David Laliberté is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently a member of the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...

External links

www.peirocket.com Official web site
QMJHL Arena Guide profile

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