Temiscaming Titans
Témiscaming Titans Titans de Témiscaming | |
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City | Témiscaming, Quebec |
League | Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League |
Division | North |
Founded | 2011 |
Home arena | Le Centre de Témiscaming |
Colours | Blue, white, black |
Owner(s) | Pascal Labranche |
General manager | Vacant |
Head coach | Vacant |
Captain | Vacant |
Media | English TVCTK French CKVM-FM |
Website | titanshockey |
The Témiscaming Titans (French: Les Titans de Témiscaming) are a
The team has had success, winning two division titles, won the regular season championship twice, appeared in the Russell Cup Finals four times, and won the Russell Cup in 2015 and 2022. The success has been reflected in attendance and has been one of the top teams in attendance in the GMHL.
History
The Temiscaming Titans were officially announced April 12, 2011.
The Temiscaming Titans played their first game on September 10, 2011, in
On February 16, 2012, the Titans officially unveiled their banner for the 2011–12 GMHL Regular Season Champions. Also on the night forwards #88 Andre Leclair and #89 Robin Mendelsohn were honoured as their number banner was hung up into the rafters in front of a crowd of over 400. The Titans would go on to take the game 4–1 over the
In the 2012 GMHL playoffs, the Temiscaming Titans made it to the GMHL Russell Cup Finals against the
As the
The 2013 Russell Cup Finals included the Titans and the undefeated Bradford Rattlers. Game one was on March 21, 2013, in Bradford, the Titans were trailed most of the game until scoring three goals in the last ten minutes of regulation to force overtime. In overtime, the Titans were shorthanded when Ryan Adams intercepted a pass at his own blue line and went on a breakaway to beat Rattlers' netminder Jonathan LoParco giving the Titans a 1–0 series lead and they were the first team to beat the Rattlers (52–0–0–0) through the regular season and playoffs. Bradford would win games two and three, with Temiscaming taking game four to tie the series 2–2. Ultimately, Temiscaming lost the series in six games.
The Titans started off the
The Titans started the 2015 Russell Cup playoffs by sweeping the rival
Temiscaming faced the Seguin Huskies in the 2015 Russell Cup Finals. Game one was held in Seguin the night after the Titans played game seven of the previous series. The Titans would get edged in overtime by the score of 1–0. Game two was held the very next night with the Titans playing three games in three nights. This game would go to a shootout in which the Titans three shooters all scored while Titans' goaltender Craig Wood stopped the third Huskies' shooter to tie the series at 1–1. Game three of the Finals took place in Temiscaming, where the home team won 4–2 to take a 2–1 series lead. Game four of the Finals in Temiscaming drew a crowd of over 600 and with 33 seconds left in the third period, Curtis Warren scored to give the Titans a 3–2 lead. Craig Wood was then tested on a penalty shot with 15 seconds left. He made the stop and the Titans won 5–4 and taking a 3–1 series lead. Game five at Temiscaming drew a crowd close to 1000 and the Titans won 3–2 to win the Russell Cup for the first time.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GMHL's 2019-2020 season was cut short in the Division Finals. The Titans were coming off a superb year that saw them finish in 2nd place out of 23 teams including finishing 1st in the North Division. They were leading the Bradford Rattlers 3-1 in the best-of-7 series when the GMHL season was officially cancelled. The pandemic continued to affect the league as well as the world when it came to the new season in October, 2020 as the North and South Division in the GMHL was canceled for the 2020-21 season.
Season-by-season standings
Russell Cup Champions | Season Champions | Division Champions |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against.
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Regular Season Finish | Playoffs |
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2011–12 | 42 | 38 | 3 | — | 1 | 273 | 120 | 77 | 1st GMHL | Won Quarter-finals, 3–0 ( Lumberjacks )
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2012–13 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 315 | 156 | 71 | 2nd GMHL | Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 ( Phantoms) )
Lost Russell Cup Finals, 2–4 (Rattlers |
2013–14 | 42 | 34 | 5 | — | 3 | 298 | 119 | 71 | 2nd GMHL | Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 () |
2014–15 | 42 | 36 | 5 | — | 1 | 283 | 105 | 73 | 1st North Div. 2nd GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 ( Ravens) )
Won Russell Cup Finals, 4–1 (Huskies |
2015–16 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 330 | 107 | 70 | 2nd North Div. 5th GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 (Wolves) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 1–3 (Spartans) |
2016–17 | 42 | 27 | 15 | — | 0 | 221 | 163 | 54 | 5th North Div. 10th GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–1 (Rattlers) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 1–3 (Civics) |
2017–18 | 42 | 29 | 12 | — | 1 | 247 | 163 | 59 | 4th North Div. 8th GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Knights) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 0–3 (Spartans) |
2018–19 | 42 | 27 | 12 | — | 3 | 228 | 155 | 57 | 3rd North Div. 6th GMHL |
Lost Div. Quarter-finals, 1–2 (Lynx) |
2019–20 | 42 | 33 | 8 | — | 1 | 298 | 193 | 67 | 1st North Div. 2nd GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Lynx) Won Div. Semi-finals, 3–0 (Spartans) Led Div. Finals, 3–1 (Rattlers) Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19. |
2020–21 | Season lost due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2021–22 | 38 | 36 | 2 | — | 0 | 253 | 97 | 72 | 1st North Div. 1st GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Civics) Won Div. Semi-finals, 3–0 (Pirates) Won Div. Finals, 4-0 (Bulls) Won Russell Cup Finals, 4-0 (Roadrunners) |
2022–23 | 42 | 20 | 20 | — | 2 | 179 | 175 | 42 | 4th North Div. 11th GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Lynx) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 0-3 (Rattlers) |
2023-24 | 42 | 23 | 18 | — | 1 | 218 | 156 | 47 | 5th North Div. 7th GMHL |
Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–1 (Knights) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 0-3 (Rattlers) |
Totals | 500 | 372 | 112 | 0 | 16 | 3143 | 1709 | 760 | — | All-time series record 22–9 |
National Championship
National Championship (GMHL North, South and Western Division)
Year | Preliminary Round | Record | Standing | Bronze Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
2023 | W, (High Prairie Red Wings) 9-3 L, (Bradford Rattlers) 3-5 W, (North York Renegades) 4-0 |
2-1-0 | 2nd of 4 | not competed | Lost (Bradford Rattlers) 0-7 |
Players and personnel
Current roster
Updated November 14, 2020.
No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
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22 | Alec Baldwin | F | L | 20–21 | 2020 | North Bay, Ontario | |
60 | Tyson Beaudoin | G | R | 20 | 2020 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec | |
31 | Éloi Bouchard | G | R | 22 | 2019 | Sherbrooke, Quebec
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9 | Jérémy Brooks | D | R | 24 | 2019 | Bromont, Quebec
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13 | Pier-Luc Céré | F | L | 23 | 2020 | Gatineau, Quebec
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64 | Bailey Chenier | F | R | 23 | 2018 | Témiscaming, Quebec
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91 | Maxime Durocher | F | R | 25 | 2019 | Marieville, Quebec
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12 | William Godbout | D | L | 23 | 2019 | Boischatel, Quebec
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30 | Sheydon Kosie | G | R | 19–20 | 2020 | Port Colborne, Ontario
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62 | Thomas Laforge | F | L | 22 | 2019 | Boischatel, Quebec
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3 | Landon Langlois | F | L | 20 | 2019 | Témiscaming, Quebec
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24 | Louis-Thomas Lapointe | D | R | 22 | 2019 | Boischatel, Quebec
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77 | Cedrick Lefebvre | F | L | 22 | 2020 | Témiscaming, Quebec
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66 | Jérémie Letellier | F | R | 21 | 2020 | Québec City, Quebec
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58 | Jericho Mongrain | D | L | 23 | 2020 | Saint-Colomban, Quebec | |
17 | Cameron Pariseau | F | R | 21 | 2020 | Kebaowek, Quebec
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93 | Austin Presseault | D | L | 20 | 2020 | Témiscaming, Quebec
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19 | Alexandre Provost-Ross (C) | F | L | 24 | 2017 | Huberdeau, Quebec | |
44 | Xavier Sincennes | F | L | 23 | 2019 | Gatineau, Quebec
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Team captains
Nat | From | To | |
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Robin Mendelsohn | 2011 | 2012 | |
Richard Abbott | 2012 | 2014 | |
Ryder Murray | 2014 | 2017 | |
Guillaume Taupier | 2017 | 2018 | |
Dayton Murray | 2018 | 2019 | |
Alexandre Provost-Ross | 2019 | 2021 | |
William Godbout | 2021 | 2022 | |
Éloi Bouchard | 2022 | 2023 | |
Émile Lavallée & Nathan Hardy | 2023 | 2024 |
Head coaches
Nat | From | To | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||
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G | W | L | OTL | G | W | L | |||||||
Nathan Hewitt | 2011 | 2012 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | ||||
Andre Laperriere | 2012 | 2014 | 84 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 13 | ||||
Robert Miller | 2014 | 2014 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
Brandon Blanche and Chris Levesque (Associate coaches) | 2014 | 2015 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
Tyler Fines | 2015 | 2015 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | ||||
Andre Laperriere and Chris Levesque (Associate coaches) | 2015 | 2016 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
Chris Levesque | 2016 | 2017 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
William Bendi | 2017 | 2018 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
Justin Roy | 2018 | 2019 | 51 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Sébastien Lacroix | 2019 | 2024 | 168 | 112 | 38 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 8 |
General managers
Nat | From | To | |
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Vincent Labranche | 2011 | 2015 | |
Nicolas Tourigny | 2015 | 2019 | |
François Harrison | 2019 | 2024 |
Honoured members
No. | Player | Position | Career | No. retirement |
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2 | Richard Abbott | F | 2011-2014 | February 16, 2014 |
7 | Ryder Murray | F | 2012-2017 | February 10, 2017 |
20 | Dayton Murray | D |
2013-2019 | February 16, 2019 |
31 | Éloi Bouchard | G |
2019-2023 | September 19, 2023 |
71 | Chris Levesque | D |
2011-2014 | February 16, 2014 |
88 | Andre Leclair | F | 2011-2012 | February 16, 2012 |
89 | Robin Mendelsohn | F | 2011-2012 | February 16, 2012 |
References
- ^ "News | Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League". gmhl.net. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Temiscaming to take on new GMHL team".