Valleyfield Braves

Les Braves de Valleyfield
City	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
League	Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League
Division	Sher-Wood
Founded	Unknown
Home arena	Aréna Salaberry
Colors	Black, Yellow, Red, and White
Owner(s)	Michel Levasseur
General manager	TBD
Head coach	Frederic Hébert
Media	CKOD-FM, Le Soleil de Valleyfield, Le Journal St-François, INFOSuroit.com
Franchise history
19xx-1994	Chateauguay Elites
1994-1998	Valleyfield Elites
1998-Present	Valleyfield Braves

Les Braves de Valleyfield are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada. They are a part of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League.

History

Valleyfield won their first league championship in 1999. The Braves advanced to the Fred Page Cup in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The tournament was won by the Charlottetown Abbies. In 2002, the Braves returned to the Fred Page Cup in Truro, Nova Scotia. The Valleyfield Braves playing a semi-final games against the CJHL's Ottawa Jr. Senators in a must-win game between both teams. The Halifax Oland Exports got a bye to the final and were hosting the Royal Bank Cup and the Central representative was to be decided between Valleyfield and Ottawa. Ottawa won 7-2 and advanced to the Royal Bank Cup, while Valleyfield returned home. The town of Salleberry-de-Valleyfield and the Valleyfield Braves were chosen to host the Fred Page Cup in 2004. The Valleyfield Braves out-powered 5th ranked St-Eustance Gladiateurs 4 games 1 in the finals. The tournament was eventually won by the CJHL's Nepean Raiders.

In 1999-00, the Valleyfield Braves played the CJHL's Brockville Braves in an inter-locking home and home series.

In addition, many Top players have worn this uniform throughout their history. Stellar names, like Léon Martin, Éric Lauriault, Martin Gascon. Alongside Josh Tordjman, who is currently playing for the Phoenix Coyotes' AHL affiliation team in San Antonio.

The success of the Valleyfield Braves transcend beyond the ice surface. Conducted masterfully by a genius in the matter of the name of Mario Hebert, this organization is a business model through LHJAAAQ.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1990-91	44	33	10	1	-	278	169	67	1st QPJHL
1991-92	48	23	21	4	-	235	220	50	8th QPJHL
1992-93	50	30	17	3	-	269	216	63	6th QPJHL	Won League
1993-94	Statistics Not Available									Won League
1994-95	48	29	15	-	4	258	198	62	3rd QPJHL
1995-96	48	19	26	-	3	210	257	41	9th QPJHL
1996-97	48	30	16	-	2	226	191	62	4th QPJHL
1997-98	54	28	22	-	4	256	231	60	8th QJAAAHL
1998-99	52	33	18	-	1	300	241	67	5th QJAAAHL	Won League
1999-00	58	25	30	-	3	263	277	53	10th QJAAAHL
2000-01	49	34	12	2	2	301	205	72	1st QJAAAHL
2001-02	53	36	14	1	2	299	211	75	2nd QJAAAHL	Won League
2002-03	50	29	14	3	4	264	213	65	2nd QJAAAHL
2003-04	50	30	13	1	6	246	189	67	3rd QJAAAHL	Won League
2004-05	48	29	15	2	2	226	172	62	4th QJAAAHL
2005-06	51	25	21	0	5	226	216	55	7th QJAAAHL	Lost Quarter-final
2006-07	54	36	14	4	0	257	206	76	4th QJAAAHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	52	26	23	0	3	228	210	55	9th QJAAAHL
2008-09	49	21	20	-	8	220	214	50	8th QJAAAHL
2009-10	51	16	33	-	2	183	284	34	12th QJAAAHL	DNQ
2010-11	49	31	16	-	2	222	171	64	6th QJAAAHL	Lost Final
2011-12	49	28	16	-	5	245	225	61	5th QJAAAHL

External links

• Braves Webpage