Dragons de Rouen

Dragons de Rouen
Dragons de Rouen
Nickname	Dragons
City	Rouen, France
League	Ligue Magnus; 1985-Present
Founded	1982
Home arena	Centre sportif Guy-Boissière; (capacity: 2747)
Colours
President	Thierry Chaix
General manager	Guy Fournier
Head coach	Fabrice Lhenry
Asst. coach	Ari Salo
Captain	Mathieu Roy
Affiliate	Dragons de Rouen II
Website	Les Dragons
Franchise history
	Rouen Hockey Élite 76 Rouen Hockey Élite (1996-07); Rouen Hockey Club (1982-96);

Rouen Hockey Élite 76 (also known as the Dragons de Rouen (Rouen Dragons)) is a French professional ice hockey team based in Rouen playing in the Ligue Magnus.

Old logo

The team was founded in 1982 and plays home games at the Île Lacroix.

History

Only 3 years after its founding, the club, then named RHC (Rouen Hockey Club), reached the French elite championship in 1985. It has remained at this level since, being the club with the second-most consecutive years at this level, behind Amiens.

Rouen won its first French league title in 1990, starting a run of 7 consecutive finals with 5 league titles, winning the title in 1990 and 1992 through 1995, while finishing runner-up in 1991 and 1996. During that era, the club enjoyed much success, participating in European tournaments, and winning the European League Cup in 1996, and the Atlantic league in 1995 and 1996.

Rouen had less success in the second half of the 1990s, but since then has returned to its winning ways. The team won 11 additional French league titles: 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010 through 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2023. During the 2005-2006 season, the team achieved the rare feat of being unbeaten, winning all of their regular season matches except for one tie, and sweeping their opponents in the playoffs.

With 16 titles, Rouen has the third-most elite championship titles of any French city, trailing only Chamonix (30 titles) and Paris (18), although Paris won its titles with 8 different teams.

Roster

Updated February 13, 2019.[1]

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
31	Valentin Duquenne	L	2015	Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France
23	Quentin Papillon	L	2011	Rouen, France
69	Matija Pintarič	L	2017	Maribor, Slovenia
38	Gaëtan Richard	L	2017	Briançon, France

Defencemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
25	Mathieu Brodeur	L	2018	Saint-Eustache, Canada
41	Enzo Cantagallo	R	2016	Grenoble, France
44	Thomas Carminati	R	2018	Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
62	Florian Chakiachvili	L	2018	Briançon, France
20	Kévin Dusseau	L	2017	Rouen, France
72	Chad Langlais	L	2016	Spokane, United States
2	Mathieu Mony	L	2013	Rouen, France
14	Atte Mäkinen	R	2018	Tampere, Finland
36	Mathieu Roy (C)	R	2017	Saint-Georges, Canada

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
37	Joris Bedin	L	LW/RW	2016	Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
42	Alex Aleardi	R	C/RW	2017	Fort Wayne, United States
96	Joël Caron	R	C	2018	Repentigny, Canada
16	Benjamin Berard	L	LW	2017	Grenoble, France
17	Nicolas Deschamps	L	LW/C	2017	LaSalle, Canada
90	Fabien Colotti	L	C/LW	2014	Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
12	Juha Koivisto	R	RW/C	2018	Vantaa, Finland
71	Anthony Guttig (A)	L	LW/C	2017	Dijon, France
2	Gabin Mainfray	R	RW	2016	Paris, France
27	Loïc Lampérie	L	LW/C	2013	Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
8	Julien Msumbu	R	RW	2012	Nantes, France
19	Michel Miklík	R	LW/RW	2018	Piešťany, Slovakia
6	Vincent Nesa	R	C/RW	2011	Saint-Cyr-l'École, France
9	Arthur Nadaux	L	LW	2015	Amiens, France
5	Joran Reynaud	L	LW/C	2015	Montmorency, France
16	Robin Rabl	R	LW	2014	Rouen, France
24	Marc-André Thinel	L	RW/LW	2005	Saint-Jérôme, Canada
91	Nicolas Ritz	C	LW	2017	Dijon, France

Trophies and awards

France

- Ligue Magnus (French Championship): 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023

- French Cup: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2016

- League Cup: 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014

Europe

- Cup of European Leagues: 1996

- Atlantic league: 1995, 1996

- IIHF Continental Cup: 2012, 2016

Notable players

Luc Tardif[2]

References

"Dragons de Rouen Roster". rhe76.com/ (in French). Retrieved February 13, 2019.
"Luc Tardif". eliteprospects.com. Everysport Media Group AB. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

External links

Official website (in French)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Dragons de Rouen Roster". rhe76.com/ (in French). Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[2] "Luc Tardif". eliteprospects.com. Everysport Media Group AB. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

Ligue Magnus
Teams (2020–21)	Gothiques d'Amiens Ducs d'Angers Anglet Hormadi Élite Boxers de Bordeaux Diables Rouges de Briançon Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise Pionniers de Chamonix-Mont Blanc Rapaces de Gap Brûleurs de loups de Grenoble Scorpions de Mulhouse Aigles de Nice Dragons de Rouen
Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1940–41 1941–42 1943–44 1945–46 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
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