Lions of Wasquehal Lille Métropole – Wikipedia
Lions of Wasquehal Lille Métropole
THE Lions of Wasquehal Lille Métropole are an ice hockey club in the city of Wasquehal (north of France) founded in 1995 [ first ] After the disappearance of the Nordic Cross club in 1990 [ 2 ] .
After the disappearance of the Cross ice rink in 1991, according to that of Lille, the question of the absence of an ice rink in an agglomeration of about a million inhabitants arose.
Under the aegis of Serge Charles, deputy mayor of the neighboring town of Marcq-en-Barœul and Gérard Vignoble, mayor of Wasquehal, a group of three municipalities (Marcq-en-Barœul, Mouvaux and Wasquehal) is candidates with From the Albertville Winter Olympic Games Organization Committee, who is looking for a buyer for the training ice rink for the Olympic fifteen. Winner, the intercommunal union with a multiple Metropolis center finds a reception site next to the dojo in the town of Wasquehal, in the immediate vicinity of the fast way and public transport.
The question of the constitution of a first team for the newborn of French hockey arises insistently. To train this group, the majority will be called upon former residents of the Valenciennes and Cross clubs. Yves Fauchart, former cross player, Caen, Nantes and Angers, is at the origin of the creation of the hockey club Center Métropole (HCCM) in . Eric Debaere becomes the president.
Wasquehal joined the competition in the 1995-1996 season in the anonymity of division 3 (fourth national level), a very heterogeneous championship of 48 teams with a very disparate level, between beginners and cadors aimed at a climb to a division more in accordance with their ambitions. The HCCM is integrated into the northern hen alongside the reserves of Dunkirk and Reims, as well as Bethune, Châlons-en-Champagne and Compiègne.
The minor hockey sees the inscription of five teams in various championships in the North Picardy zone, extended for the youngest in Champagne-Ardenne, from mosquitoes to the cadets. The essential lies in the return to the game, even to discover hockey.
During 8 seasons, the HCCM will remain in D3 with passages in 2 ° phase for the rise in D2 and a final square in Amiens, without success, different coaches will succeed Yves Fauchart, Grégory Gougeon, and assistants like Alexandre Machen and Jean- Guy Fievet, the presidents follow one another: Vincent Potie then Jérôme Bégot.
In , a major incident on the cold circuit obliges the closure of the skating rink, the club withdraws from the competition and loses all its points in the championship, for lack of better, the teams leave to train in Valenciennes. Another new blow, the fire of the Valenciennes ice rink which destroys it completely, the HCCM and the Red Devils of Valenciennes are without ice, the HCCM turns to the roller hockey on Lille and the ice of Béthune and Gulgie in Belgium .
In 2003, Lille Métropole Urban Community (LMCU) took over the property of the ice rink, work is engaged, a new concrete track is built, compressors and balustrades were changed.
In 2006, a new president arrived in the person of Michel Breistroff.
In 2007, a place was released in D2, the club was renamed “The Lions of Wasquehal Lille Métropole”, new coaches arrive, Frédéric Nilly and Fabien Chardon who succeed Nicolas Hamoudi who had replaced Grégory Gougeon with the aim of developing practice with young people.
The first 2 years in D2, the club plays the hen of maintenance, succeeding in keeping its place in D2, the following 3 years, following a recruitment of new players, the club rubs shoulders But no longer having the means to keep a pennant team in D2 while maintaining the effort on young people, the club stops all competitions in seniors in .
Guy Decock succeeds Damien Cavrois who himself succeeded 2 years beforehand to Michel Breistroff. With a freshly renovated skating rink and new changing rooms and around the new president, a team of leaders is set up with the desire to put all means to develop practice among all young people.
| N O | Name | Nat. | Position | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Landon tried |  |
Goalie | 2021 – Without club |
| 55 | Sacha Binanzer |  |
Goalie | 2019 – Gothic of Amiens U17 |
| 6 | Thibaut Verschaeve |  |
Defender | 2014 – Gullegem Jets |
| 7 | Marc-Antoine Herbet – A | |
Defender | 2015 – Gothic of Amiens U22 |
| 15 | Celian Pruvost | |
Defender | Formed at the club |
| 16 | Yannis Verkindere | |
Defender | Formed at the club |
| 20 | Tarquin Milcent | |
Defender | Formed at the club |
| 21 | Pierre Vervoort | |
Defender | Loan – Dunkirk Corsairs |
| 25 | Théo ate | |
Defender | 2020 – Without club |
| 63 | Armand Martin-Gousset | |
Defender | 2020 – Dukes of Angers U20 |
| 70 | Germain Guirado | |
Defender | 2019 – Spartans of Marseille |
| eighty seven | Matteo Toneatto | |
Defender | 2017 – Dunkirk Corsairs |
| 5 | François Piquet | |
Attacker | 2014 – Leisure |
| ten | Aurélien Zajac – C | |
Attacker | 2015 – Dunkirk II Corsairs |
| 11 | Mattéo Scotti | |
Attacker | 2021 – Caen U17 Drakkars |
| 18 | Hamish Diedrichs |  |
Attacker | Formed at the club |
| 19 | Lucas Clef | |
Attacker | 2021 – Caen U20 Drakkars |
| 20 | Marek Matej |  |
Wing | 2019 – Red Devils of Valenciennes |
| 21 | Antoine Poirier | |
Attacker | Loan – Dunkirk Corsairs |
| 22 | Roman Finé | |
Wing | 2021 – Without club |
| 23 | Dylan Artano | |
Attacker | 2020 – DUCS D’ANGERS II |
| 24 | Martin domian | |
Wing | 2015 – HK FTC Nové Zámky |
| 27 | Yanik Chagnon |  |
Centre | 2021 – Gauls of French college |
| 77 | Martin Lagrise | |
Attacker | Formed at the club |
| 91 | Frédérik Tchoungi | |
Attacker | 2020 – Gothic of Amiens U20 |
| 93 | Dawson McKenzie | |
Wing | 2021 – Bancroft Rockhounds |
| ninety four | Lucas Herrera | |
Wing | 2021 – Dunkirk corsairs |
| Aldric Duwelz | |
Attacker | Formed at the club |
- Coach: Fabien Chardon
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