Gatineau Flames

Gatineau Flames
City	Buckingham, Quebec, Canada
League	Quebec Junior Hockey League
Division	Trévi
Founded	1997
Home arena	Centre Sportif de Buckingham
Colours	White, black, silver
Owner(s)	AJ Plant
General manager	Jean-François Lavergne
Head coach	Jean-Francois Lavergne
Franchise history
1997-2002	Papineau Neighbours
2002-2003	Buckingham Mustangs
2003-2015	Gatineau Mustangs
2015-present	Gatineau Flames

The Gatineau Flames are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Buckingham, Quebec. The team is a member of the Quebec Junior Hockey League, but was a member of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League for decades, ending in 2015.

Former Gatineau Mustangs logo.

History

Originally known as the Voisins de Papineau (Papineau Neighbours), the Neighbours lost in the 1999 final and won the 2000 Eastern Ontario Junior "B" title despite being from the Province of Quebec. In 2002, the team became the Buckingham Mustangs. In 2003, the team expanded their name by becoming the Gatineau Mustangs.

In 2006, the Mustangs hosted the 2006 Coupe Dodge, the Hockey Quebec Junior "AA" championships. Coming in the Mustangs defeated Les Rebels de Trois-Pistoles 4-3, and then beat the Express de Suroît 6-5. Sadly, in the first elimination round the Mustangs ran into a brick wall and were defeated by the eventual finalist, Marquis de Jonquière, in an 8-5 heart breaker.

At the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, the league announced it was re-organizing to become more of a dedicated developmental league to the Central Canada Hockey League and renamed the league Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2. Initially, the league was to downsize to twelve teams (one feeder club for each Tier 1 team), however it reduced to 16 teams, eliminating 6 of the current franchises, including the Akwesasne Wolves, Morrisburg Lions, Almonte Thunder, Gananoque Islanders, Gatineau Mustangs and Shawville Pontiacs.

In May 2015, Gatineau announced they were joining the Quebec Junior Hockey League by purchasing the Lachine Maroons franchise and re-locating it to Buckingham. They were forced to change their name to the Flames as the Vaudreuil-Dorion Mustangs were existing members of the QJHL.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1999-00	42	28	13	1	1	210	160	59	1st EO Metro	Won League
2000-01	42	25	16	3	1	153	151	54	4th EO Metro	Lost Preliminary
2001-02	40	9	29	2	0	124	205	20	5th EO Metro	Lost Preliminary
2002-03	40	21	16	3	1	195	162	46	3rd EO Metro	Lost Division Final
2003-04	40	28	11	1	3	235	163	60	2nd EO Metro	Lost Division Final
2004-05	40	16	20	2	2	153	225	36	4th EO Metro	Lost Preliminary
2005-06	40	11	25	1	3	162	225	26	5th EO Metro	Lost Preliminary
2006-07	40	25	14	0	1	229	164	51	2nd EO Metro	Lost Final
2007-08	39	28	8	1	2	238	121	59	1st EO Metro	Lost Division S-Final
2008-09	40	15	20	3	2	162	201	35	4th EO Metro
2009-10	44	27	14	2	1	217	155	57	3rd EO Metro	Lost Division S-Final
2010-11	42	14	26	1	1	138	154	30	5th EO Metro	DNQ
2011-12	42	28	7	6	1	217	141	63	1st EO Metro	Lost Final
2012-13	41	27	11	-	2	199	117	57	2nd EO Metro
2013-14	41	21	15	-	5	180	166	47	4th EO Metro
2014-15	40	23	16	-	1	186	159	47	4th EO Metro	Won Div. Semi-final, 4-0 (Beavers) Won Div. Finals, 4-2 (Golden Knights) Lost Conference, 2-4 (Rams)
2015-16	55	7	42	6	0	192	318	20	6 of 6 St Louis 12 of 12 QJHL	DNQ
2016-17	49	15	28	4	2	206	283	36	6 of 6 St Louis 10 of 12 QJHL	DNQ
2017-18	49	28	16	3	2	220	218	61	3 of 6 St Louis 5 of 12 QJHL	Lost Div. quarterfinal, 2-4 (Panthers)
2018-19	48	16	30	-	2	164	236	34	11 of 13 QJHL	DNQ
2019-20	48	12	34	-	2	154	260	26	6th Trévi	DNQ

External links

• Gatineau Flames Webpage