Moncton Wildcats

The Moncton Alpines joined the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the 1995–96 season. They played for one season under the ownership of racing driver John Graham and were coached by Lucien DeBlois. The franchise was purchased by Robert Irving in May 1996, and renamed the Moncton Wildcats with new uniforms and logo. Moncton hosted the 2006 Memorial Cup. The team hired former NHL coach of the year Ted Nolan, and acquired players such as Keith Yandle, and various rookies. The Wildcats finished in first place in the league, going 52–15–0–3 for 107 points and winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy for the first time. The Wildcats defeated the Quebec Remparts to the President's Cup. In the Memorial Cup, Moncton finished second in the round-robin after defeating Peterborough and Vancouver but losing to Quebec. The Wildcats defeated the Giants in the semi-final, but lost to the Remparts 6–2 in the Memorial Cup final. In 2024–25, the Wildcats had their best regular season in franchise history, recording 53 wins and 108 points under head coach Gardiner MacDougall. In the playoffs, Moncton swept the Quebec Remparts, defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in five games, and swept the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies before winning the championship series against the Rimouski Océanic in six games to claim the Gilles-Courteau Trophy, the franchise's third QMJHL championship, after wins in 2006 and 2010. Caleb Desnoyers won the Guy Lafleur Trophy as playoff MVP, totalling 30 points during the playoffs. ==Coaches==

• 1995–1996 Lucien DeBlois: 14–48–8–0 • 1996–1997 Bill Riley: 16–52–2–0 • 1997–2000 Réal Paiement: 111–77–21–3 • 2000–2001 Tom Coolen (Fired in November 2001): 43–82–10–9 • 2001–2005 Christian La Rue (Fired in January 2005): 126–91–21–0 • 2005 Daniel Lacroix: 8–8–5 • 2005–2006 Ted Nolan: 52–15–0–3 • 2006–2007 John Torchetti: 39–25–4–2 • 2007–2013 Danny Flynn: 222–151–47 • 2013–2019 Darren Rumble (Fired in January 2019): 180–169–19–14 • 2019 John Torchetti (Fired in December 2019): 24–9–0 • 2019–2024 Daniel Lacroix: 138–103–15–9 • 2024–present Gardiner MacDougall ==Players==

Retired numbers • 29 Corey Crawford (Moncton Wildcats, 2001–2005) NHL alumni The following players have played in at least one National Hockey League (NHL) game as of the 2023–24 season: • Dmitry Afanasenkov • Evgeny Artyukhin • Jean-Sébastien Aubin • Ivan Barbashev • Mark Barberio • Oskars Bārtulis • François Beauchemin • Steve Bernier • Luc Bourdon • Gabriel Bourque • Corey Crawford • Pierre Dagenais • Jean-François Damphousse • Phillip Danault • Jason Demers • Nicolas Deschamps • Louis Domingue • Philippe Dupuis • Jonathan Ferland • Gabriel Fortier • Conor Garland • Jonathan Girard • Brandon Gormley • Benoit-Olivier Groulx • Dmitrij Jaškin • Ross Johnston • Dmitri Kalinin • Mārtiņš Karsums • Simon Lajeunesse • Andrew MacDonald • Zack MacEwen • Brad Marchand • Johnny Oduya • P.A. Parenteau • Jakob Pelletier • Adam Pineault • Jean-François Racine • Jérôme Samson • David Savard • Zack Sill • Jordan Spence • Alexei Tezikov • Patrick Thoresen • Vladimir Tkachev • Josh Tordjman • Keith Yandle NHL first round draft picks List of first round selections in the NHL entry draft: ==Season-by-season results==

• 1995–96 Moncton Alpines • 1996–present Moncton Wildcats Regular season OTL = Overtime loss SL = Shootout loss Source: Playoffs Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup is contested annually by the champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and Western Hockey League (WHL), as well as a predetermined host team. The competition consists of a round-robin, a semifinal game, and a final game. Below are the results of every game the Moncton Wildcats have competed in. ==See also==