Rouen hockey Élite 76 — Wikipedia

The Rouen Hockey Elite 76 , nicknamed the Dragons the silence , is a French ice hockey club evolving in the Magnus League (best level of this sport in France).

Located in Rouen, Normandy, the team is, since its creation in 1970, one of the most successful teams in the French championship with seventeen titles. After three first seasons within the lower divisions, the club accesses the elite of French hockey in 1985 so as not to leave it since. This performance makes it the second team (after Amiens) to the number of consecutive seasons spent in the Magnus League, another team to be successful outside the French mountain areas.

The dragons are trained by Fabrice Lhenry assisted by Ari Salo and under the chairmanship of Thierry Chaix and have been playing in the ice rink of Lacroix since January 1992. They have won the continental cup twice in 2012 and then in 2016.

Magnus Cup [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The Rouen club is crowned French national champion of national B at the end of the 1984-1985 season. He thus accesses the elite that he no longer left later ^{[ first ]} . The RHE wins during its existence seventeen titles of champions of France of the first division ^{[ Note 2 ]} , whether when the championship is called National 1A, Elite, National League or Magnus League. Thus, the Rouen team finished champion of France in the following seasons: 1989-1990, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 2000-2001, 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2007- 2008, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2020-2021 ^{[ Note 3 ]} and 2022-2023. In addition to these titles, Rouen finished five times on the second step in the ranking in 1990-1991, 1995-1996, 2001-2002, 2016-2017 and 2018-2019.

The details of the titles won is presented in the table below:

Detail of Rouen titles

Season	Finalists	Result	Comment
1989-1990	Grenoble wolf burners	Victory at Rouen 8-5 Victory at Grenoble 5-1	Final at the best of three games [ Note 4 ] , [ 2 ]
1991-1992	Championship formula, Rouen finished first with three points ahead of Chamonix [ 3 ]
1992-1993	Huskies de Chamonix	3-2 victory in Rouen 3-2 victory in Rouen 1-4 defeat in Chamonix 4-2 victory in Chamonix	Final at the best of five games [ 3 ]
1993-1994	Huskies de Chamonix	5-1 victory in Chamonix 10-2 victory in Rouen	Round trip [ 4 ]
1994-1995	Brest albatrosses	3-3 draw in Brest 4-3 victory (P) at Rouen	Round trip [ 5 ]
2000-2001	Anglet orcas	2-0 victory in Rouen 5-1 victory in Rouen 3-0 victory in Anglet	Final at the best of five games [ H 1 ]
2002-2003	Amiens Gothic	4-2 defeat in Amiens 2-1 victory (TF) at Rouen 4-2 victory in Rouen	Final at the best of three games [ H 2 ]
2005-2006	Amiens Gothic	5-3 victory in Rouen 5-1 victory in Rouen 3-2 victory in Amiens	Final at the best of five games [ H 3 ]
2007-2008	Briançon Red Devils	7-3 victory in Rouen 4-2 victory in Rouen 6-4 victory in Briançon	Final at the best of five games [ H 4 ]
2009-2010	Dukes of Angers	1-2 defeat in Rouen 2-4 defeat in Rouen 4-2 victory in Angers Victory 6-1 in Angers 4-2 victory in Rouen	Final at the best of five games [ H 5 ]
2010-2011	Strasbourg black star	5-1 victory in Rouen 5-3 victory in Rouen 4-2 victory in Strasbourg	Final at the best of five games [ H 6 ]
2011-2012	Grenoble wolf burners	4-3 victory (P) at Rouen 8-2 victory in Rouen 4-5 defeat in Grenoble 4-6 defeat in Grenoble 5-1 victory in Rouen 4-0 victory in Grenoble	Final at the best of seven games
2012-2013	Dukes of Angers	5-3 victory in Angers 3-2 victory (TF) in Angers 1-3 defeat in Rouen 4-7 defeat in Rouen 0-1 defeat in Angers 3-1 victory in Rouen 4-3 victory (P) in Angers	Final at the best of seven games
2015-2016	Dukes of Angers	3-2 victory (TF) in Angers 4-2 victory in Angers 6-2 victory in Rouen 9-1 victory in Rouen	Final at the best of seven games
2017-2018	Grenoble wolf burners	4-3 victory in Grenoble 3-0 victory in Grenoble 4-3 victory (P) at Rouen 5-4 victory (P) at Rouen	Final at the best of seven games
2020-2021	The Magnus League finally takes place just in a single round trip and the play-offs are canceled, the first of the regular season is that year exceptionally crowned French champion [ 6 ] .
2022-2023	Grenoble wolf burners	2-8 defeat in Grenoble 0-2 defeat in Grenoble 6-5 victory in Rouen 5-4 victory (P) at Rouen 1-2 victory in Grenoble 4-3 victory (P) at Rouen	Final at the best of seven games [ 7 ]

French Cup [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The French Cup was born in the 1970s but the cup was not played every year; She officially and regularly made her return in 2001-2002 ^{[ 8 ]} .

Rouen won the Cup six times at the lessons in its history: in 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2010-2011,2014-2015 and 2015-2016. They also play six finals they lose: 1999-2000, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2013-2014 and 2016-2017.

The RHE routes during the various editions of the French Cup are given in the following list:

Ligue’s cup [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The League Cup is a competition that was born in 2006 and the dragons lose the first final played against Grenoble. Subsequently, they won the cup four times: in 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2012-2013 and in 2013-2014.

Rouen’s route in the league cup is taken up below:

• 2006-2007: defeat in the final against Grenoble 1-2 ^{[ H 20 ]}
• 2007-2008: victory in the final against Briançon 4-3 (TF) ^{[ H 21 ]}
• 2008-2009: Defeat in the semi-finals against Briançon in two games: 0-4 defeat in Briançon and 4-3 victory in Rouen ^{[ H 22 ]}
• 2009-2010: victory in the final against Grenoble 6-4 ^{[ H 23 ]}
• 2010-2011: Defeat in the semi-finals against Briançon 1-6 ^{[ H 24 ]}
• 2012-2013: victory in the final against Angers 4-3 after extension ^{[ H 25 ]}
• 2013-2014: victory in the final against Chamonix 6 to 4
• 2014-2015: defeat in the final against Grenoble 3 to 2
• 2015-2016: defeat in the final against Gap 4 to 2

Champions match [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The Champions match is a competition that was born in 2007. The match opposes the champion of the Magnus League to the Winner of the Coupe de France (if not the same team). Dragons lose their first champions match in 2008-2009. Thereafter, they won it four times:

Route in Europe [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The Rouen club takes part in seventeen European campaigns (all competitions combined, see detail below). The team mainly shone in secondary competitions on a European scale. Rouen is a double winner of the Atlantic League (1995 and 1996), a qualifying test for the European League Cup that the Normans won in 1996, thus making a second double. In addition, Rouen rose to the final of the European League Cup in 1995 and also participated in six super-final of the continental cup in 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016 finishing second in 2009 and winning the Editions of 2012 for the first time in the history of French hockey and then in 2016.

• Matches played: 86 including 48 wins, 28 defeats and 10 draws
• Goals scored: 427 (4.96 goals/match)
• Goals collected: 281 (3.27 goals/match)
• Goal difference: +146
• Penalties received: 1398 minutes (16.26 minutes/match)
• Top scorer: Franck Pajonkowski with 47 goals
• Best passer: Franck Pajonkowski with 43 assistance
• Best counter: Franck Pajonkowski with 90 points
• Most penalized player: Jean-Philippe Lemoine with 140 minutes

The creation of the Rouen Olympic Club [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The April 28, 1970 , the association of the Rouen Olympic Club is created and its purpose is “The practice of physical education and sports” ^{[ 11 ]} While the city of Rouen has had no rink for a year and has been building the news on Lacroix Island ^{[ twelfth ]} . While waiting for the completion of the rink, the club hockey players do not hesitate to go and play Évreux ^{[ 11 ]} . A few days after the creation of the club, the rock receives its colors: yellow jersey with black features on the sleeves, black panties and yellow stockings with also black features ^{[ 13 ]} . Bernard Le Feuvre and Félicien Recculard, two members of the Roc office, do not hesitate to buy the first equipment of the team with their own savings for an amount of 15,000 francs ^{[ 13 ]} .

A first skating rink must be inaugurated in December 1970 but following an error of a worker, she left for smoke the November 13, 1970 ; It is therefore necessary to wait a year more to see the opening of the skating rink, the December 27, 1971 ^{[ 14 ]} . The rock plays its first hockey match against the Caen club, beginning November 1972 , and visitors to Rouen bow 20-0 ^{[ 15 ]} . The Caen of the Benjamins-Minimes team also beats that of Rouen the November 19th On the 4-3 score, the first official match of the Rouen rink ^{[ 16 ]} .

The rock made its debut in an official championship in 1973-1974 in the second series championship even if little trace exist of this first championship disputed by Rouen ^{[ 17 ]} .

RHC’s beginnings [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The club is created on October 22, 1978 under the name of Rouen Hockey Club (ou rc) ^{[ 18 ]} . In 1982, he then evolved in National C under the direction of Serge Evdokimoff and at the end of the 1982-1983 season, Rouen was preceded by the Viry reserve (National C champion) and by Limoges. By providing complaints against Viry following the use of player of the first team in the reserve team and taking advantage of the misfortunes of Nice, resident of Nationale B whose rink burned, the Norman club accesses the higher level ^{[ 19 ]} .

For his first season at the second national level, Rouen ends in the middle of his hen table at the end of the first phase. At the end of this first phase, the clubs of the northern hen and the southern hen classified third, fourth and fifth access to the Critérium de Nationale B. The dragons finish again fourth, which makes them conclude their season in eighth position on sixteen committed clubs.

The following season, Rouen became National B champion, counting only one defeat in Limoges. Rouen thus reached the elite in the 1985-1986 season.

For his first season within the elite, Rouen retains most of the workforce that allowed him to be promoted. The team, trained by Serge Evdokimoff, won the first victory in its history in his first game in his history in League Magnus against Viry and Guy Fournier on the 7-3 score. With a record of 17 victories, 14 defeats and a draw in 32 games, the RHC has an honorable season by finishing in seventh place in a championship with twelve teams.

The maintenance obtained, the Norman team turns to the 1986-1987 season with the role of Outsider. She notably recruits the porter Antoine Mindjimba (who will remain three seasons at the club). However, the team wins little. Following the lack of results and delays in payment of the players, a bad climate settles and causes the departure of coach Serge Evdokimoff. The latter is replaced by the duo of players Luc Tardif – Jean Savard who manages to save the Rouen from relegation by styling Viry at the end of the season. Thus, the RHC finishes ninth in ten.

The 1987-1988 season saw the arrival of Franck Pajonkowski in the workforce. When this arrival addresses that of the Canadians Claude Verret and André Saint-Laurent, two players with experience in the National Hockey League. Now trained by Denis Methot, the RHC faces the other nine teams in the championship during the first phase where it finished in the fourth position, the first six places being qualifying for the second phase. During this second phase where all the teams meet, the Normans fail to chain the victories: they finish sixth and last in the hen, which deprives them of play-offs. At the end of the ranking match for sixth place, Rouen was defeated by the French flying in Paris. As a result, the RHC finished sixth in the championship, its best result until then.

The 1988-1989 season saw a new change of coach with the appointment of Larry Huras. The latter is also a new defensive recruit, thus accumulating the posts of player and coach. It is also the season of the arrival of Guy Fournier, then double holder of the Charles-Ramsay trophy. The championship formula is the same as the previous year with two group phases and then the play-offs. With his new recruits and led by their captain Claude Verret, the Dragons finish the first phase in second place behind the French flying. This classification reversed at the end of the second phase. Consequently, the Rouennais are qualified for the play-offs (the semi-finals in this case). They are hardly beaten by Amiens squirrels two games at one in the semi-final but managed to re-mobilize to beat Briançon in the small final. Thus, the RHC finishes third in ten and for the first time on the podium. At the end of the season, the Albert-Hassler trophy, for the best player, was given to Yves Crettenand, it is the first time that an individual award has been awarded a Rouen player.

The first successes (1989-1995) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The 1989-1990 season is a capital year for Rouen. The last “historic dragons” leave the club and future club figures arrive: Petri Ylönen, Denis Perez and Benoît Laporte among others. Supervised by the Fournier, Pajonkowski and Verret, the Dragons arrive at the top of the first and the second phase of the season. They then beat the Amiens squirrels on the score of two games to zero. For its first final, the RHC won its first Magnus Cup by beating Grenoble two games at zero (8 goals at 5 and 5 to 1).

The Dragons is given the opportunity to confirm during the 1990-1991 season. The workforce remains stable. The Rouennais dominate the first phase with 13 wins in 14 games as well as the second phase with 24 victories in 28 games. The Dragons face the French flying of Paris in the quarter-final (victory 3 games at 1) then the Girondins de Bordeaux in the semi-final (victory 3 games at 0). Like the previous season, the title is played between Rouen and Grenoble. Grenoble wins his home match on the 5-4 score. During the return match in the Caen ice rink (the ice rink of Lacroix is ​​unavailable), the two teams neutralize (5-5). With a defeat and a draw, the Rouennais bow and finish second.

During the offseason, few changes arise in the workforce if not the arrival of Serge Poudrier. The RHC is playing its matches of the 1991-1992 season at home in Le Havre, the Rouen ice rink remaining unavailable. The RHC ends first during the first phase. During the second phase, Rouen can start enjoying his new rink inaugurated the January 14, 1992 . Rouen finished first in the second phase with a record of 17 wins for 3 defeats in 20 games played. The season ends on this second phase, the chosen formula not with play-offs . The dragons thus win their second Magnus Cup.

Following an overhaul of the championship formula, Rouen evolves during the first phase of the 1992-1993 season in the southern pool where all the other teams came from the Alps. A notorious arrival is to be reported in the workforce of the dragons: that of Eric Pinard (who will remain eight seasons at the club). Rouen ends equal points with Chamonix de la Poule, the two teams having carried out the same course: thirteen victories and a defeat in fourteen games. But having the best attack (135 goals scored) and the best defense (24 goals conceded), the RHC takes advantage of a better goal difference to finish first in the hen (+111 for Rouen against +61 for Chamonix). During the second phase, the Rouen opponents are Amiens, Reims and again Chamonix. The dragons win twelve victories in as many games and finish first in this phase. The semi-final of play-offs proves to be difficult for dragons who only spread the Gothic in the fifth game after being led 2 games to 1. In the final, Rouen faces the Huskies for the last time of the season that they beat 3 games to 1 for Become champions a third time.

In the season season 1993-1994, the Rouennais left undefeated of their qualification pool. During the second phase, Rouen conceded a defeat and a draw in twelve games. Thus the club finished first in the hen during this phase. In the semi-finals of play-offs , the Dragons dry dryly Angers 3 games at 0 and then face Chamonix in the final. Like the previous season, the RHC has Huskies, this time on the score of 2 games at 0. Rouen then gleaned its fourth Magnus Cup. The dragons drop almost all the other awards: the Charles-Ramsay trophy returns to Franck Pajonkowski, the Albert-Hassler and Raymond-dewas trophies return to Franck Saunier and the Jean-Ferrand trophy returns to Petri Ylönen. Dragons even win the Marcel-Claret trophy. Only the Jean-Pierre-Graff trophy, which designates the best hope, escapes them.

At the edge of the 1994-1995 season, two significant changes occur within the team. At the position of coach, Larry Huras is replaced by the now retired Benoît Laporte and Claude Verret goes to the Lausanne Hockey Club. Rouen faces his seven opponents and ends in the first place in the regular season with a 22 victories in 28 games. In the quarter-final, the Dragons face the last of the regular season: Viry jets. After a victory won on the 3 -game score at 0, the RHC continues its journey to the final by beating Reims on the same score. After a draw (3-3) in Brest against the albatrosses in the first game of the final, the Rouennais won at home on the 4-3 score with three goals from Franck Pajonkowski. This victory allows Rouen to win his fifth title, the fourth consecutive. In parallel, the RHE wins in the Atlantic League and is thus qualified for the European League Cup. The dragons reach the final but must bow to the hockey club Bolzano de Jaromír Jágr (Development: Bolzano was not the Jaromír Jágr club but simply the Czech player was rod for the Italian club due to the strike NHL players) ..

The bad pass (1995-2000) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Dragons attack the 1995-1996 season with a stable workforce. The team finished second in the first phase behind Brest, a classification which reverses at the end of the second phase. Rouen then did not know any difficulty dismissing Viry in the quarter-final (3 games at 0) then Reims in the semi-finals on the same score. Rouen and Brest find themselves again in the final. The Breton club wins in three dry games and breaks the Normans series. The Dragons consoles themselves with a good European journey allowing them first of all to win the Atlantic League and thus to be directly qualified for the final of the European League Cup. The Rouennais face an Austrian club there, the VEU Feldkirch, which they beat 5-2 (in Austria) then 7-3 (at home).

Following this, the 1996-1997 season saw the departure of several key players: Petri Ylönen, Serge Poudrier, Steven Woodburn, for example. At the same time engaged in the European hockey league, Rouen accumulates the matches and ends only fourth in the first phase of the championship, behind the big displacements at the time: Brest, Grenoble and Reims. Then the dragons cannot reverse the trend and finish the second phase in the same position. In the quarter -finals, Rouen faces Grenoble. The meeting is played out at the best of the five games. The Normans start with a home defeat (2-3) then another at the Clemenceau skating rink (6-2). Quickly led 2 games to 0, the dragons manage to return to two rounds everywhere. The decisive match is lost in Rouen on the score of 4 goals to 1. The Rouennais then play the classification matches and finally finished in fifth place, the worst result of the last nine seasons.

The mediocre results of the previous season cause the departure of Benoît Laporte. It was then that Guy Fournier returns to the banks of the Seine as a coach for the 1997-1998 season. Half of the team is then modified following the various departures and arrivals. The Rouennais finished fifth in the first phase and manage to grab a place during the second phase which allows them to qualify for the quarterfinals. Played at the best of the seven games, Rouen beats Reims in four rounds. In the semi-finals (which is played out in three winning rounds), the dragons meet the wolf burners which dominated the two phases of the regular season. Rouen lost in the last match played in Grenoble. As for the Petite-Final, Rouen also lost 3 games to 2, this time against Lyon, hence a fourth place at the end of the season.

The season season 1998-1999 is difficult: Rouen finished seventh in the first phase with a mixed assessment of seven victories, three draws, eight defeats. The team even slips from a place at the end of the second phase. Being eighth, Rouen faces Reims, the first in the ranking at the end of the first two phases. The quarter -final ended in a Rémoise victory in the score of 4 games at 1. The RHE finishes eighth this season.

The season season 1999-2000 sees many changes in the workforce (including the notable return of Steven Woodburn after a visit to a German elite) which give new life to the dragons. The first phase ended in first place in the classification with a balance sheet of ten victories, three draws and three defeats. Rouen is experiencing a more difficult second phase and finally finished third at the end of the second phase, having been doubled by the Caen leopards ( 2 ^{It is} ) and the flames of Reims (1 ^ers ). In the quarter-finals, the dragons meet the Orcs of Anglet, of which they unmade 3 victories at 0. In the semi-finals, Rouen meets his Bas-Normand counterpart. Caen wins at home the first two games in the series. Rouen wins the next two at home in overtime. The meeting is then played in the fifth match in Caen. The two teams fail to decide on either during three -thirds time, or during extension. The leopards are essential. Rouen finished third in the championship without playing Petite-Final following an agreement on the other losing semi-finalist, Amiens (Rouen benefits from his best ranking at the end of the regular season). The thinning is confirmed by a good course in the French Cup where the dragons reach the final. The final, contested on 14 mars 2000 In Boulogne-Billancourt, ends with the victory of the Caen leopards over the score of 4 goals to 1.

Le Renewal (2000-2006) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

It is with a renewed team that the dragons attack the 2000-2001 season (departure from Eric Pinard, arrival of Daniel Carlsson in particular). The Rouennais fly over the first phase of the season with a single defeat – against Angers and in overtime – in fourteen games. The second, Amiens is relegated 8 points behind. The good course of the RHE continues during the second phase despite a defeat against Reims on the green carpet for non-payment of the referees of the meeting (following an arbitration deemed bad). Thus, Rouen finished first in this phase with a balance sheet of 23 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The Dragons face Viry jets in the quarter-final that they beat 3 games at 0. Then come the Grenoble wolves burners in the semi-finals. The meeting, played at the best of the five games, sees two net victories of Rouen (6-0 and 5-2) then two victories of Grenoble in Isère (6-5 and 4-1). The decisive match, played in Normandy, ends with a victory by Rouen (4-0) which in fact qualifies for the final. Opposed to the Orcs d’Anglet, the dragons quickly won their sixth Magnus cup in three dry sleeves.

The 2001-2002 season is only competed with seven clubs. As a result, a new championship formula is adopted: it is played in three phases with conservation of half of the points acquired during the second phase for the third phase. Rouen begins the first phase well but marks the plunge following a continental cutting weekend. The route then becomes chaotic and the dragons can do better than get a fifth place at the end of the first phase. The trend remains the same during the second phase, even if the Rouennais manage to gain a place in the ranking. With 29 points, the RHE remains in contact with the best teams (Reims with 34 points, Grenoble and Amiens with 30 points). Rouen keeps 15 points to attack the third phase during which wolf burners and Gothic are exceeded by dragons. But the Normans do not manage to return to the blue flames and finish second. The Rouennais caught up by winning their first French cup by having the Besançon sequanes. The final, played the February 19, 2002 In Besançon, ends with a net victory of Rouen: 8 goals at 1.

The 2002-2003 season saw a deep overhaul of the championship. 16 clubs are now engaged in a championship called Super 16 . Guy Fournier becomes general manager of the RHE while Franck Pajonkowski takes the place of the latter as coach. Departures (Pajonkowski, Phil Groeneveld) are offset by the promotion of young people from the training center (Nicolas Besch among others), the return of Eric Raymond and transfers notably making Arnaud Briand arrive on the banks of the Seine. The start of the season is good for dragons but it is broken by a penalty following a sprain in the regulations. The latter stipulates that clubs can start a maximum of four community players and four extracommunications. Although respecting the instructions to have eight foreigners as much as possible, the RHE has five Canadians in its workforce and therefore breaks the rule, which earned it 9 penalty points (a rotation then takes place between club Canadians). Therefore, the Rouennais must carry out an exemplary course if they want to qualify for the Magnus hen. It is done with a first phase ending without any defeat and a 3 -point reduced penalty by the CNOSF. Rouen then achieved a good journey in Magnus hen. The dragons finish first with 10 wins on the clock for 14 possible. They then face Grenoble in the semi-finals, which they knew about 3 victories at 0. In the final, the Normans find the Picard rival, Amiens. This is the first time that these two clubs have met at this level of competition. The Amiens won at home 4 goals to 2. Back in their rink, the dragons must wait for shooting shooting to win after being joined at 1-1 in the last third time. Finally, in the last match of the meeting, Rouen won 4-2 and thus wins again the title.

The 2003-2004 season is that of the departures of Guillaume Besse and Éric Doucet but also of the arrival of many elements from the first team training center (Simon Doreille, Benoît Quessandier, Pierre-Édouard Bellemare, Alexandre Lefebvre, Tristan Lemoine , Damien Raux, Thibault Geffroy, etc). The RHE makes Maurice Rozenthal sign. The dragons carry out a difficult course which allows them to obtain only fifth place in the west pool during the first phase. A direct consequence of this bad place, the Rouennais cannot defend their title because they are only qualified for the national hen. Faced with less caliber teams, the Haut-Normands carry out an almost perfect second phase (12 games: 11 victories, 1 defeat in overtime against Angers). Qualified for play-offs From the national hen, the RHE confronts Clermont in the semi-finals. The first match, played in Auvergne, ended in a 4-goals’ wild boar victory in 2. In the return match, the dragons fail to win (0-0 match). They are then opposed to the dukes for third place in the national hen and win. The dragons end their season at this stage of the competition on a modest eleventh place. Despite this underperformance in the Magnus League, the Dragons win the 2003-2004 French Cup, beating the wolf burners in the final 9 mars 2004 at Pôle Sud on the score of 5 goals to 1.

Guillaume Besse and Éric Doucet return in the 2004-2005 season after a year of exile on Canadian ice cream. At the same time, Alain Vogin stops his career to take care of minor hockey in Rouen. The team combines experience and youth. The RHE begins the season in a remarkable way, chaining victories against large displacements like Grenoble and the rivers scores (11-1 against Clermont, 14-2 against Dunkirk). The dragons then went to Alsace to challenge the Scorpions of Mulhouse and their impressive armada. Indeed, the Mulhousians have two national hockey league players in their ranks having fled the lock out : Steven Reinprecht and Steve Montador. They also have primary players like Fabrice Lhenry, Olivier Coqueux or Maurice Rozenthal. The Scorpions won 4 goals to 2. In the process, the dragons bow a second time in Tours against the black devils. Rouen then resumed his march forward by successively defeating Dijon, Amiens and Briançon. Rouen knows three other defeats before the end of the regular season. Meanwhile, the captain of the Dragons, Doucet, does not respect his contract and undertakes in favor of the Dragons of Verdun even before the end of the regular season. The course carried out allows the Normans to finish first in the ranking with 45 points by leading only Tours and Grenoble thanks to a better difference in goals. The dragons then meet the Gothic, reigning champions, in the quarter -finals, the first stage of play-offs . The meeting is very tight, Rouen winning in the first game at shooting and 5 goals to 2 in the second match. The two teams then find themselves at the Coliseum. Amiens in turn won during the shooting session and then won the fourth match of the series on the score of 4 goals at 3. Back to Lacroix Island , the dragons won on the score of 6 goals to 3 for what is Denis Perez’s last match. This victory allows them to win the series and access the semi-finals. Then comes Mulhouse. The first two games are played in Normandy. During the first match, the Seinomarins must wait for the shooting session to win. The second match is won by the Alsatians in the score of 5 goals to 2. The Scorpions then win their two games at home, winning the series by 3 games at 1. During the match for the 3 ^{It is} Place, the Rouennais lose against the Grenoblois. It is on this fourth place that Arnaud Briand ended his career. This same season, the Normans win their third French Cup February 25, 2005 in Méribel. They hardly beat Briançon in the final, winning 4 goals at 3 with two shooting shots scored by Kimmo Salminen.

The follow -up that follows is hectic. The FFSG recalls the RHE to the order for exceeding the payroll in particular. But more serious problems – which lead to the demotion of the two finalist clubs (Mulhouse and Tours) of the season which has just ended – allow the Norman club to get out of it in a lesser evil. At the edge of the 2005-2006 season, the Dragons undergo many departures (new departure from Guillaume Besse, Arnaud Briand’s judgment, departure from Eric Raymond …). As a result, the supervision achieves significant recruitment: signatures of Olivier Coqueux (coming from Mulhouse following the dissolution of the club), Julien Desrosiers (top scorer the previous season), from Ramón Sopko (from Tours to The rest of the club’s demotion), Carl Mallette, from Éric Fortier and Marc-André Thinel (all three Canadians, coming from Greenville Grrrowl, Reading Royals and Hamilton Bulldogs). With this new team, the Dragons have an almost perfect regular season. They are only hooked on the third day by the penguins of Morzine who forced them in the draw in the Alps (3-3 after extension). All the other matches are punctuated by victories and Rouen finishes first in the regular season. Exempt from the round of 16, the play-offs Start in the quarter -finals for the dragons. They face Angers that they beat in three dry sleeves. Dijon knows the same fate in the semi-finals. The RHE finds the Hockey Club Amiens Somme in the final for a revenge of the final version 2002-2003. In the first two games on Norman field, the Rouennais won 5-3 then 5-1. The dragons are crowned in the third match, on the Amiens ice, by winning the match with 3 goals to 2. This match marks the end of the career of Antoine Mindjimba and allows the Normans to finish the undefeated season. With the Jean-Ferrand trophy in the arms of Ramón Sopko, the Charles-Ramsay Trophy in those of Carl Mallette (both top scorer and best counter in the championship), the best defense (62 goals conceded) and the best attack (198 Goals scored), the eighth Magnus Dragons cut is certainly the most successful.

A new page (2006-2016) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Dragons start the 2006-2007 season without Carl Mallette, one of the main craftsmen of victory last year, who went to evolve in Austrian elite (Öel). To compensate for this departure, the RHE recruits Sébastien Thinel the twin brother of Marc-André. Other departures are to be noted, such as those of Pierre-Édouard Bellemare or Olivier Coqueux. Franck Pajonkowski, for his part, abandons the coach position to hold other functions in the club’s supervision. Alain Vogin, a former dragon and head of young people, took over the first team. Rouen has trouble finding his pace and knows several defeats at the start of the season. In contrast, the club ends the season with a series of ten consecutive victories. The dragons finish fourth in the regular season, which allows them to be free from the round of 16. During the series, the Rouennais eliminate Angers in four games in the quarter-final and then confront, for the semi-finals, the penguins of Morzine who finished first in the regular season. Morzine won at home in the first two games while Rouen wins the third on Lacroix Island. But the dragons lose the fourth match in their lair, losing 3 victories at 1. Stopped in the Coupe de France semi-final by Angers (the future winner) and defeated in the final of the brand new League Cup by Grenoble, It is the first season without trophy for the RHE since 1999-2000.

For the 2007-2008 season, the RHE records the return of Carl Mallette, and the arrival of new players like Olivier Bouchard or Éric Houde, who has already taken part in NHL games. Also note the departure of Nicolas Besch, who joins Allsvenskan, the second level of the Swedish championship. After a defeat from the first day against the reigning champion, Grenoble, and a first part of the season in a half hue, the Dragons prove to be irresistible during the last months of competitions: finally, they obtained on the wire first place of the season season regular. Imposing their offensive domination, they monopolize the first places in the ranking of the best markers: Marc-André Thinel receives the Charles-Ramsay trophy with 60 points and is ahead of its three teammates Carl Mallette, Éric Doucet and Julien DESROSIERS from one point. The first non-Rouen, Michaël Tessier, is fifth with 50 points. During the play-offs , the Rouennais dominate their opponents, beating Dijon, Angers, then Briançon in three dry games. They thus win their ninth title of champion of France. In the other competitions, they win the League Cup for the first time in their history by winning against Briançon, and reach the final of the French Cup, played at the Paris-Bercy Omnisports Palace in front of almost 13,000 Spectators, but bow to Grenoble on penalties.

The RHE begins the 2008-2009 season with offensive stability, the best pointers of the previous exercise remain at the club, and Olivier Bouchard, after a few months in Sweden, returns to the ice of Lacroix Island, but the defense is Found deeply modified with the departures of Ladislav Benýšek, Benoît Quessandier and Jonas Liwing. During the regular season, dragons blow hot and cold, capable of the best performances, such as 7-0 victory against Mont-Blanc or that at Pôle South against Grenoble, but also dull games, like the surprising defeats At home against teams of classification environments such as Epinal, Morzine or Villard. They end the regular season in third place. The final series prove to be quite disappointing: after having imposed themselves against the Spinalians in the quarterfinals, they tackle the half against the Grenoblois with the disadvantage of the ice and end up bowing in three games. The other competitions also do not allow to garnish the wardrobe of the trophies, since the dragons are eliminated in the semi-finals of the League Cup by Briançon and came out at the same level of the Coupe de France by the future champions. Note, however, the good performance of the Rouennais during the continental cup final, which they welcome in their ice rink. They take second place, which to date is the best result of a French club, notably by beating the winner of the competition, the MHC Martin.

The 2009-2010 season begins badly for the RHE76 which encounters difficulties against certain small teams like Morzine and Dijon. After a laborious start -up, the Rouen team continues the victories against Chamonix Hockey Club, Gap, Strasbourg and Briançon, one of the favorites for the title October 30, 2009 . Despite defeats against Amiens (4-3) and Grenoble (3-2), the club won against the championship leader and other favorite for the title, Angers (2-1). This victory allows you to relaunch the championship because at December 26, 2009 , the first three teams are held in three points: Angers counts 22, Briançon 20 and Rouen 19 ^{[ H 26 ]} .

Rouen Dragons play the final of the League Cup December 29, 2009 Against Grenoble wolf burners after beating Amiens 10-3 ^{[ H 27 ]} and 4-2 then Briançon 3-2 and 3-1. The final is played on a single meeting and Rouen leads 4-0 at the start of the third period with goals from Ilpo Salmivirta, Daniel Babka and a double of Carl Mallette; Dragons win their second league cup on the 6-4 score ^{[ H 28 ]} .

Rouen players try to win a second trophy by playing the final of the French Cup against Briançon after having dismissed Neuilly-sur-Marne 6-2, Courbevoie 11-1, Mulhouse 8-0 and finally Angers 7-0 ^{[ H 16 ]} . The two teams end the regulation time with a goal each: Luc Tardif Junior for Rouen against Marc-André Bernier for Briançon; The extension is not enough to decide between the two teams and finally it was the Briançon players who prevail following the shooting shots ^{[ H 29 ]} .

The Dragons of Rouen finished the 2009-2010 season at first place in the ranking with nineteen victories in twenty-six games; Carl Mallette is the best pointer on the team and the second in the league: he has fifty-four points against sixty-one for Jonathan Bellemare d’Angers ^{[ H 26 ]} . The team is directly qualified for the quarter -finals of the playoffs where they eliminate the Chamois de Chamonix in three games. They later meet the Grenoble wolf burners which they also beat in three games, the last match ending on the score of 3-2 following the penalty shootout; During this meeting, Mallette writes the two goals of her family, each time with Thinel and Doucet as assistants ^{[ 20 ]} . In the Magnus Cup final, the dragons lose the first two games on their ice against Angers, 1-2 and 2-4; They then resume each other by winning the three meetings that remain in the series and set their hands on a new Magnus Cup, the tenth of their history ^{[ H 30 ]} . With twenty-two points points in eleven meetings, Mallette is the best pointer in the series ^{[ 21 ]} .

After two seasons without final victory in the league, the team changes its face for the 2015-2016 season with the departures of Julien Desrosiers, best French pointer, Jonathan Janil or Francis Charland, best foreign pointer of the last championship. These departures are offset by the arrival of the Treille brothers and former LNH players like goalkeeper Dany Sabourin and Jason Krog. Guardian of the dragons for 6 years, Fabrice Lhenry retires to become the main coach of the club.

The October 4, 2015 , the dragons sign a historic first for French ice hockey by beating the Comets of Utica, a team from the American hockey league affiliated to the Vancouver (NHL) canops, during the Hockey Week , tournament organized by Lyon ^{[ 22 ] , [ 23 ]} .

At the heart of a month of January 2016 Crucial for the RHE victory objectives, the dragons won 4-2 against Grenoble wolf burners in the French Cup final on January 3 for the return of ice hockey to the freshly renovated Arena accorhotels ^{[ 24 ]} Before, a week later, to win the continental cup for the 2 ^{It is} times in their history after 2012, at the expense of herning Blue Fox, GKS Tychy, and Asiago Hockey ^{[ 25 ]} . Marc-André Thinel ends the weekend with 5 goals for 7 points and confirms that he is still a crucial player in the team 10 years after his arrival. This 3 ^{It is} European title of the RHE, in addition to being a feat at the level of French hockey, gives the club an opportunity to participate in the prestigious Champions League for the season that ^{[ 26 ]} . They then fail against Gap in the final of the League Cup but in mars 2016 , they are crowned once again champion of France by dominating the Dukes of Angers in the final ^{[ 27 ]} .

For the 2016-2017 season, the Dragons start the season by playing the Champions League for the first time and faces Davos and Stockholm clubs. They will not win any match and are therefore eliminated from the group stage? Rouen finished in third place in the regular season with a championship reshaped at 12 teams but with a format in double round trip, or 44 games to play. The Rouennais accesses each time in the final, whether in the French Cup against Grenoble or in the championship against Gap but lose each time.

The rupture (2017-) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

At the offseason, the management chooses to completely reshape the workforce by not having Captain Patrick COULOMBE resigned as well as the Treille brothers. At the end of this season, two major players retire: François Pierre Guenette as well as Dany Sabourin and French internationals try their luck abroad like Jordann Perret and Olivier Dame-Mallka. A new game project is established with a much heavier defense and the integration of several players from the hopes teams.

For the 2017-2018 season, the Rouen Dragons meet in the final the wolf burners and the Normans win the 4 Match series at 0 (3-4), (0-3), (4-3) then (5-4 ), this is the fifteenth title of champion of France for the club.

For the 2018-2019 season, Rouen dragons still meet the wolf burners in the final. The Grenoblois start the series by winning the first two games on the same score of 3-2 on Rouen’s ice. Then the dragons won the third and fourth match 2-1 then 1-0 in Grenoble. Back at Lacroix Island, Rouen takes the advantage by beating the wolf burners in shooting 4-3 shooting. Grenoble, which is back to the wall, reacts on his ice and wins the sixth match 4-1. The latest match in the series is won by the Grenobles 2-1 which are crowned champions of France.

For the 2019-2020 season, it was Grenoble who won the Jacques-Lacarrière trophy by finishing winner of the regular season of the French ice hockey championship with four points ahead of the Dragons of Rouen. But the coronavirus pandemic puts an end to competition and the French ice hockey federation decided on March 17, 2020 to stop all the championships due to containment measures ^{[ 28 ]} However, no champion title is officially awarded.

For the 2020-2021 season, still due to the COVVI-19 pandemic, the course of the championship is very difficult after a month of competition indeed the FFHG decides its suspension due to the health measures taken by the government ^{[ 29 ]} . With the delay on the competition, the FFHG changes the format of the championship for the end of the season. The Magnus League then takes place just just in a simple round trip for the end of the group stage provided for in April 3, 2021 ^{[ 30 ]} . On March 5, after new meetings, the Federation made several decisions concerning the continuation of the championship: the play-offs are canceled and the first of the regular season was that year exceptionally crowned French champion of France ^{[ 6 ]} . Rouen, the first of the regular season is therefore exceptionally that year crowned champion of France for the sixteenth time.

For the 2022-2023 season, the Rouen Dragons meet in the final the burners of wolf winner of the regular and invainly season at home. The Normans win the 4-game series at 2 after losing the first two games 2-8 and 0-2, they won the following four games of a goal and twice in extensions 6-5, 5-4 (P) , 1-2 and 4-3 (P) ^{[ thirty first ]} It was then the seventeenth title of champion of France for the club ^{[ 32 ]} .

The Rouen Amateur Hockey Club [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The Rouen amateur hockey club or CHAR is the minor hockey club dependent on the RHE. The tank has teams in the mosquito category (- 9 years old), chicks (- 11 years old), youngest (- 13 years old), minimal (- 15 years), cadets (- 18 years old), hopes ( – 21 years old) and leisure/veterans. The Minimes were champions of France in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013 and 2018 Cadets were in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2017 and the U20 in 2004 , 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 and leisure 2005 and 2006

With 26 titles and 13 first places in the ranking of youth categories (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019) The chariot appears in fourth place in clubs More titled in minor hockey in France

The dock’s of Le Havre [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

There was a partnership between the RHE and the Le Havre club. The latter, evolving in Division 2, regularly welcomed hopes of the tank and made it possible to give playing time to young people in the training center who could not benefit from it in the Magnus League. Simon Doreille, Tristan Lemoine, among others, worn Le Havre colors. Likewise, the best Le Havre benefited from RHE structures to continue to progress. This is for example the case of Nicolas Besch who was first trained in Le Havre before joining the tank at 14 years old.

However, an incident that occurred in the 2006-2007 Division 2 season rewarded this partnership in question. The Le Havres were inflicted on a sanction of three defeats on green carpet in Play-Offs chicken. The cause of this sanction is that Kévin Igier could not play with the Dock’s because he had participated in more than ten games with the RHE76 (Magnus League and Cumulative Cups). Because of this point of the regulation, Le Havre could not access the play-offs (without the sanction, the Le Havre could have participated). The policy of the two clubs then found it being changed: Le Havre now plays in Division 3 with its own players while Rouen has formed its own reserve team.

In addition, the dragons have evolved several times in the municipal skating rink in Le Havre in the 1990s following the unavailability of the Rouen skating rink.

The reserve team [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Like other teams from the Magnus League and following the disappointments met with the Dock’s in Le Havre, the RHE decided to create a reserve team evolving for its first season in the northern pool of division 3. After getting out of hen first, the team wins the second group phase play-offs allowing access to the final square. The champion is designated during a final at four, 5, 6, and April 7, 2008 On the ice of Lacroix Island. Rouen wins his three meetings: the first against the French flying of Paris on the 6-0 score, the second against the red skins of Évry on the score of 8-0 and the last against the reserve team of Strasbourg on the score of 7-6. The Dragons of Rouen II are thus crowned champions of France of Division 3 and are promoted in Division 2 within the north pool for the 2008-2009 season. Finishing third out of ten in their pool, the Dragons II access the knockout stages during which they are eliminated by the Bélougas de Toulouse, sixth in the South Pool, on a cumulative score of 6-5 (2-4 in Toulouse, 3 -2 Rouen).

Caen Drakkars [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

For the 2016-2017 season, a partnership is created between Rouen and the Caen Drakkars team with players who have a double contract. This contract allows them to play with Caen in order to continue their training and also to play with the Rouen team. This year there are four players who participate in this partnership ^{[ 33 ]} .

There is a certain rivalry between dragons and Gothic. The proximity of the two cities, around 125 km , meets a derby. The two metropolises, both regional prefectures (until the 2015 reform), are of comparable size (Rouen: 111,000 inhabitants, Amiens: 134,000 inhabitants ^{[ Note 5 ]} ), just like the size of their Lacroix Island ice rink: 3,078 seats and the Coliseum: 2,800 seats).

The two teams are among the flagship teams of French hockey of the last two decades with thirteen Magnus cups two, 11 and 2 respectively. They went up to the Magnus league three years apart (Amiens in 1982, Rouen in 1985) and have never come down. These are the two clubs with the greatest number of consecutive seasons in the Magnus League currently (28 for Amiens, 25 for Rouen ^{[ Note 6 ]} ).

The two clubs met 103 times in the league (82 times in the regular season and 21 times in the eliminatory series). The advantage is in Rouen with 68 victories (including 14 in play-offs) for 7 draws (0 in play-offs) and 28 defeats (including 7 in play-offs). Rouen and Amiens clashed twice in the Magnus League final in 2002-2003 and 2005-2006. These two finals resulted in a victory by Rouen. The two teams also met once in the small final (1999-2000: Rouen victory), 3 times in the semi-final (1988-1989: Victory of Amiens, 1989-1990 and 1992-1993: Rouen victories) And 1 time in the quarter-final (2004-2005: Rouen victory). Likewise, the two teams crossed on various occasions during the national cuts.

They are also among the best training clubs in France (11 minor hockey titles each) and their young teams are often brought to meet.

These clubs also allowed ice hockey to democratize outside the French mountain area.

But Rouen also has its classico against Grenoble wolf burners ^{[ 34 ]} .

The mascot [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Like any professional team of the Magnus League and more generally of ice hockey, the RHE76 has a mascot, its own being embodied by a dragon. The choice of the dragon is linked to an allegorical legend: at VII ^{It is} Century Saint-Romain, patron saint of Rouen, helped by a death sentence managed to rid the city of the Dragon (also called Gargouille or Serpent) who terrifies the population of the left bank of the Seine.

The mascot intervenes on the ice before the start of the games and during breaks between third time.

She appears on the club’s logo, the team’s jerseys and promotional objects (scarves, caps, keychain, t-shirts, pens, pennants, stickers, mini-crosses, flags, etc.). It was also chosen as an emblem by the supporters, the two groups of fans known the 7 ^{It is} Dragon and the Black Dragons . Likewise, the associative activities linked to the club use the image of the legendary animal.

From the 2009-2010 season, the Rouen mascot is modernized to follow the evolution of the logo. The Dragon, called Body-Buddy , then carries the jersey number 76, taking up the departmental code of the Seine-Maritime ^{[ 35 ]} .

The Jersey [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Colors:
  • Home: black and white stockings, black shorts, mainly black jersey (golden strip)
  • Exterior: yellow and white stockings, black shorts, mainly yellow jersey (black band)

Les logos [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• 

  The first logo used between 1982 and 1992

• 

  The second logo used between 1992 and 1996

• 

  The third logo used between 1996-2007, the Rouen Hockey Club gives way to Rouen Hockey Elite

• 

  The fourth logo used between 2008 and 2013

In 2013, the Rouen club tried to highlight the nickname Dragons instead of the Rouen Hockey Elite 76 appellation; It is thus set up a new logo presenting a new dragon drawing which holds the inscription Dragons Rouen with a yellow triangle in the background. Three other logos are also set up.

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  The fifth logo used between 2013 and 2015

• 

  Alternative logo set up in 2013

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  Alternative logo set up in 2013

• 

  Alternative logo set up in 2013

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Dragons play the Lacroix Island ice rink, an Olympic ice rink ^{[ 36 ]} With a capacity of 3,078 seats and which can accommodate up to 3,500 spectators. The ice rink, in its current configuration, was inaugurated the January 14, 1992 By a victory in a match against the Gothic of Amiens over the 6-2 score.

The average crowd in the 2006-2007 season was 2,401 spectators, which is equivalent to a filling rate of 87.41%.

She is part of the Guy-Boissière sports center .

The Saturday April 2, 2011 , during the presentation of the Magnus Cup to the Rouen supporters gathered in number on the forecourt of the town hall of Rouen, Thierry Chaix, president of the RHE, expressed his desire to enlarge the ice rink ^{[ 37 ]} .

This desire for enlargement is confirmed on April 9, 2012 , when the club, once again champion, presented its trophy to supporters ^{[ 38 ]} .

Effective [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Workforce 2022-2023 ^{[ 39 ]}

N O	Name	Nat.	Position	Arrival
+0 39 ,	Caubet, Tonin Tonin Caubet		Goalie	2022 – Hormadi Anglet
+0 69 ,	Pintaric, Matija Matija Pintaric		Goalie	2017 – Lions of Lyon
	Cotet, Elliot Elliot Cotet		Goalie	2022 – Hockey Club 74 U20
	Thirion , Mathis Mathis Thirion		Goalie	Formed at the club
+00 8 ,	Yeo , Dylan Dylan Yeo		Defender	2021 – Schwenninger Wild Wings
+0 18 ,	Debge, Hugo Hugo must		Defender	2021 – Wild boars Arvernes de Clermont U20
+0 21 ,	Tournier, Ulysses Ulysses Tournier		Defender	2022 – Dukes of Angers U20
+0 23 ,	Elorinne, Alex Aleksi Elorinne – A		Defender	2022 – Ilves
+0 25 ,	Alzon , Yohann Yohann Alzon		Defender	2022 – Spartans of Marseille
+0 41 ,	Cantagallo, Enzo Enzo Cantagallo		Defender	2016-Villard-de-lans U22 bear
+0 44 ,	Guimond, Sacha Sacha Guimond		Defender	2021 – Bratislava Capitals
+0 62 ,	Chakiachvili, Florian Florian Chakiachvili – A		Defender	2015 – Briançon Red Devils
+0 81 ,	Dodero , Charlie Charlie Dodero		Defender	2022 – Capitals of Vienna
+00 6 ,	NESA, Vincent Vincent Nesa		Centre	Formed at the club
+00 7 ,	Hervé, Jordan Jordan Hervé		Wing	Formed at the club
+0 ten ,	Lucenius, Niclas Niclas Lucenius		Centre	2023 – EHC Lustenau
+0 11 ,	Perret , Tommy Tommy Perret		Attacker	2019-Villard-de-lans U17 bear
+0 twelfth ,	Claireaux, Valentin Valentin Claireaux		Wing	2022 – HC Zlin
+0 14 ,	Tomasino, Quentin Quentin Tomasino		Wing	2019 – Grenoble U20 wolf burners
+0 15 ,	Leborgne , Kaylian Kaylian Leborgne		Wing	Formed at the club
+0 17 ,	Maïa, Bastien Bastien Maïa		Wing	2022 – HK Olimpija Ljubljana
+0 27 ,	Lamperier, Loïc Loïc Lamperier – C		Wing	2013 – Briançon Red Devils
+0 37 ,	Bedin, Joris Joris bedin		Wing	2016 – Chamois de Chamonix
+0 forty six ,	Beauchemin, François François Beauchemin		Wing	2022 – HCB Ticino Rockets
+0 90 ,	Tessier , Kelsey Kelsey Tessier – A		Centre	2021 – EC Bad Nauheim
+0 91 ,	Wigner, Roland Roland Wigner		Wing	2020 – Mulhouse Scorpions
+0 92 ,	Mallet , Alexandre Alexandre Mallet		Wing	2022 – Grizzlys Wolfsbourg
+0 ninety four ,	Boivin, Christophe Christophe Boivin		Wing	2022 – Nottingham Panthers

Captains [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Here is the list of captains in the history of dragons:

The best Dragons pointers [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

This section presents the statistics of the best pointers in the history of dragons. Note that Marc-André Thinel is still active within the team.

Dragons coaches have often held the double position of coach and player. From 2006, Franck Pajonkowski and Guy Fournier, two emblematic players of the Dragons of the 1990s were led to take other responsibilities within the club. Under the leadership of this tandem, the club raised 3 Magnus cuts and 3 France Cups. Alain Vogin then took over at the head of the team. He was thanked at the end of the 2008-2009 season to be replaced by Christian Pouget who previously was a player in Rouen. A high proportion of Canadian or Franco-Canadian coaches can be noticed ^{[Ref. necessary]} .

The table below takes up the list of dragons coaches since their accession to the French elite as well as their statistics.

• Bernard Le Feuvre (1970-1972) (Rouen Olympique Club)
• Jean-Pierre Hardy (1972-1977)
• Robert Lemoine (1977-1979) (Roc then Rouen Hockey Club)
• Jean-Claude Ducable (1979 – 1996) ^{[ 52 ]}
• Olivier Lesieur (1996-1997)
• Thierry Chaix (1997- in progress) (Rouen Hockey Elite 76)

Supporters [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Two supporters’ clubs encourage Rouen dragons. This is the Black Dragons club, created in 1982, 7 ^{It is} Dragon created in 1999. The Black Dragons changed their name in 2008 and are now called black dragons. They organize supporters’ trips during the games played outside, prepare a end -of -year meal with the players. They sell products derived from RHE during breaks between thirds-time. In the ice rink, the Kops are diagonally opposed. ^{[Ref. necessary]}

The Dragons and the city of Rouen [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The dragons enjoy a certain notoriety in Rouen. The absence of high-level teams in some of the popular sports (rugby, handball …) and the fluctuating results of other Rouen teams (in football and basketball where FC Rouen and spor experience difficulties in Stabilize at the highest level) combined with the remarkable results of the RHE76 over the past twenty years have made hockey one of the flagship sports of the Norman metropolis.

Some players participated in demonstrations on the ice rink temporarily fitted out on the cathedral square during the winter.

Moreover, the April 17, 2003 ^{[Ref. necessary]} , an association law of 1901 was born in Rouen under the leadership of Guy Fournier, Catherine Grojean and Thierry Chaix. This association named Dragons bring you back And based on the same principle as the Red Nose Operation offers a connecting service for anyone who does not feel able to drive their vehicle, whether due to alcohol, fatigue or for any other reason.

Team record [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

This section presents the dragons team records in the Magnus League ^{[Ref. necessary]} :

Individual records [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

This section presents the main individual records in the history of dragons in the Magnus League:

Notes [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

References [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The references cited below come from the site Hockeyarchives

external links [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Roger Biot , Dragons years , Ice sports, 1996 , 114 p.
• Séverin Hamel , Rouen dragons: story of an epic , Rouen, Éditions des Falaises, November 2012 , 144 p. (ISBN  978-2-84811-181-0 )