M.Henry inducted into QMJHL Hall of Fame
BOUCHERVILLE, Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 – The Commissioner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Gilles Courteau, unveiled today the names of the five new inductees that will make their way into the QMJHL Hall of Fame – presented by RDS – on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at the Hyatt-Regency hotel located in the heart of downtown Montreal.
Four players and one builder will be honoured. “We will recognize five towering figures in our history during our gala” said the Commissioner.” We will have the pleasure of celebrating the careers of Richard Brodeur, Michel Goulet, Pierre Sévigny, Steve Duchesne and Charles Henry. I would like to thank the members of the selection committee: Michel Côté (President), Denis Baillairgé, Michel Gagnon, Albert Ladouceur, Bertrand Raymond and Marc Lachapelle for their excellent and continuous contribution to this precious institution.”
The President of the selection committee, Michel Côté added: “There are so many deserving candidates and we believe that we’ve made some very good choices. The five individuals have all had excellent careers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and fully deserve this honour. We are very happy to welcome them to our Hall of Fame.”
Here is a brief overview of each one of their careers:
Charles Henry is recognized as one of the greatest builders of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
He held several important positions, including Governor and General Manager of the Hull, later named the Gatineau Olympiques, from 1985 to 2010. His arrival at the helm of the Hull Olympiques in 1985 coincided with the purchase of the franchise by his good friend Wayne Gretzky. The team made the playoffs 27 consecutive season.
During his reign, the Olympiques won seven President Cups:1986, 1988, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004 and 2008 and the Memorial Cup in 1997.
In 1994, he retired as a firefighter from the City of Ottawa to focus on major junior hockey and on organizing the 1997 Memorial Cup tournament at the Robert-Guertin Centre in Hull.
During the 1998-1999 season, he won the John-Horman Trophy awarded to the QMJHL Executive of the year.
For 25 years, Charles Henry has been loyal to the Olympiques organization. Mr. Henry was the face of the Olympiques. He was a gifted, engaging, hard working individual who had the interests of the Olympiques at heart.
For several seasons he managed to find hidden gems among players and coaches. More than sixty Olympiques players have been selected by NHL teams such as: Luc Robitaille, Jeremy Roenick, Jose Theodore, Michael Ryder, Maxime Talbot, Claude Giroux and many others. Charles Henry also discovered many NHL coaches such as Pat Burns, Alain Vigneault and Claude Julien.
In 2002 he was hired by the Phoenix Coyotes as a scout.
Richard Brodeur played two seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
During the course of his major junior career, he maintained a goals-against-average of 3.72 in regular season with a record total 62 wins.
He was named to the QMJHL first All-Star team in 1971-1972. During the same season he won the Jacques-Plante Memorial Trophy for the best goals-against-average (2.93).
During his last junior season in 1971-1972, he led the Cornwall Royals to top honors in the playoffs and he won the President Cup as well as the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP). During the tournament he recorded the best goals-against-average (1.67) in the history of the tournament – a record that was surpassed only 32 years later by Kelly Guard (0.75 / Kelowna Rockets).
He holds several Royals team records, which evolved in the QMJHL from 1969 to 1981, including the most wins (43) and most shutouts (5) in a season.
Even though he was selected by the New York Islanders at the 1972 NHL Entry Draft, he ended up playing in the the World Hockey Association. He played for the Quebec Nordiques from 1972 to 1979.
During his ten season NHL career, which began in 1979-1980, he collected 131 wins and 175 losses in 385 games with three franchises: the New York Islanders, the Vancouver Canucks and the Hartford Whalers.
During the NHL playoffs in 1982, he was nicknamed “Le Roi Richard” for his brilliant performances, leading the Vancouver Canucks to the Stanley Cup final against the invincible New York Islanders.
Michel Goulet played two seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Quebec Remparts.
During the course of his major junior career, he collected 90 goals and 80 assists for a total of 170 points in 109 games, an average of 1.6 per game.
He was named to the second QMJHL All-star team in 1977-1978.
During his rookie season, he recorded a six-point game (3 goals and 3 assists). In 37 games, he collected 17 goals and 18 assists.
During his final season, he collected 73 goals and 62 assists in 73 games. In that same season, he set a record for 5 assists in one game.
After a season in the World Hockey Association in 1978-1979, he was selected in the 1st round (20th overall) by the Quebec Nordiques at the NHL Entry Draft in 1979.
During his fifteenth NHL seasons, he collected 548 goals and 604 assists for a total of 1,152 points in 1,089 games. In all, he enjoyed seven seasons of 40 or more goals, including his best in 1982-1983 (57). He was the leading scorer with the Nordiques with 456 goals.
In 1984-1985 and 1987-1988, he participated in the Canada Cup Tournament and he collected in 16 games, 16 points, including 7 goals and 9 assists.
The Quebec Nordiques withdrew his # 16 jersey on March 16th 1995.
He is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Pierre Sévigny played four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and was recognized as an elite offensive defenseman.
During the course of his major junior career, he collected 58 goals and 260 assists for a total of 318 points in 256 games; an average of 1.24 points per game. For 20 years he held the record for most career assists in the QMJHL, a record that was only beaten in 2002 by Danny Groulx (266). From 1982 to 1984, he was the lifetime leader in scoring among QMJHL defensemen.
He was named to the QMJHL first All-Star team in 1980-1981 and on the third All-Star team in 1981-1982.
During his final season, he collected 108 points in only 63 games and finished 11th among League goal scorers.
Successively in the playoffs in 1981 and 1982, he added other achievements to his list, collecting 33 and 40 points, a record that took 15 years to beat (Frederic Bouchard/51 points/1996-1997). In 2012, with 82, he is the defenseman with the most playoff points. From 1982 to 1997, he held the record for most career goals (24) by a defenseman in the playoffs, later topped by Frederic Bouchard with 29.
Moreover, for 20 years he was the all-time leading passer in QMJHL playoff history with 58. Danny Groulx beat the record in 2002 with 59 assists.
Despite having scored 4 points per game in 10 games during the regular season, it’s on April 22nd, 1982 that he had his moment of glory tying the record for most points in one game for a defenseman (6) during the QMJHL playoffs. This mark held for almost seven years until Victoriaville Tigres’ Yves Racine registered 7 on March 26th, 1989.
Steve Duchesne played three seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Drummondville Voltigeurs.
During his rookie season, he recorded 28 goals and 109 assists for a total of 137 points in 198 games; an average of 0.69 point per game.
During his final junior season in 1984-1985, he was named to the QMJHL first All-Star team.
He established a new team record for the Drummondville Voltigeurs, which he still holds in 2012, for the most points by a defenseman in a season with 81 points in 67 games.
He was a member of the NHL All-Star Rookie team in1987 and participated in three NHL All-Star games in 1989, 1990 and 1993.
He won the Stanley Cup in 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings.
On October 1st 1984, he signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings.
During his seventeen NHL seasons, he collected 227goals and 525 assists for a total of 752 points in 1113 games with six franchises: the Los Angeles Kings, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Quebec Nordiques, the St. Louis Blues, the Ottawa Senators and the Detroit Red Wings.
