Temiscaming Titans

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The Témiscaming Titans (French: Les Titans de Témiscaming) are a junior ice hockey team based in Témiscaming, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The Titans play their home games at the 750 seat (900 capacity) Le Centre de Témiscaming.

The team has had success, winning two division titles, won the regular season championship twice, appeared in the Russell Cup Finals four times, and won the Russell Cup in 2015 and 2022. The success has been reflected in attendance and has been one of the top teams in attendance in the GMHL.

History

The Temiscaming Titans were officially announced April 12, 2011.^[1][2] The Titans are one of two Quebec-based teams in the GMHL, as well as the third in their history after the Temiscaming Royals (2007–2008) and the Ville-Marie Dragons (2008–2009).

The Temiscaming Titans played their first game on September 10, 2011, in Temiscaming, Quebec, against the Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks. The Titans defeated the Lumberjacks 7–4 for their first ever win. On October 20, 2011, Aaron Boyce recorded a 23 save shutout against the Elliot Lake Bobcats, the Titans first shutout in franchise history. The Titans were undefeated in regulation through their first twenty games of the season. Their first loss came on November 25, 2011, 8–1, at the hands of the Elliot Lake Bobcats, largely in part to the Bobcats great defensive skills, and Pavlo Borko and his 19 save shutout performance.

On February 16, 2012, the Titans officially unveiled their banner for the 2011–12 GMHL Regular Season Champions. Also on the night forwards #88 Andre Leclair and #89 Robin Mendelsohn were honoured as their number banner was hung up into the rafters in front of a crowd of over 400. The Titans would go on to take the game 4–1 over the Elliot Lake Bobcats.

In the 2012 GMHL playoffs, the Temiscaming Titans made it to the GMHL Russell Cup Finals against the Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks. Games one and two were held in Temiscaming which drew crowds of over 500 per game. Game 5 went back to Temiscaming where it drew a crowd of over 700 people. The Titans would fall to the Lumberjacks in 6 games.

As the 2012–13 season began, opening night on September 7, 2012, drew a crowd of over 550 and the Titans won 8–1 against the Shelburne Red Wings. During the course of the season, the Titans posted a 14-game win streak and a 35–6–0–1 overall record during the regular season. The team finished in first place in the North Division, drawing a first round playoff match-up against the Mattawa Voyageurs. Temiscaming swept the Voyageurs, outscoring them 33–8. In the second round, the Titans faced the rival Powassan Eagles. Game one was held in Temiscaming where 234 penalty minutes was given with the teams combined and the Titans winning 7–1. They would go on to sweep the Eagles in three games, pushing their playoff record to 6–0. In three games, the teams combined for 329 penalty minutes. There were 17 game misconducts, 10 fighting majors, and 14 major penalties. They then faced the Bracebridge Phantoms in the North Division Finals. The Titans took games one and two with a 6–5 and 7–4 win. However, going to Bracebridge for games three and four, the Phantoms took home ice as an advantage and won two straight to tie the series. In game five, the Titans won 8–2, but The Phantoms beat the Titans 5–3 in game six. In the decisive game seven in Temiscaming, the Titans cruised to a 9–1 victory to secure a berth in the Russell Cup Finals.

The 2013 Russell Cup Finals included the Titans and the undefeated Bradford Rattlers. Game one was on March 21, 2013, in Bradford, the Titans were trailed most of the game until scoring three goals in the last ten minutes of regulation to force overtime. In overtime, the Titans were shorthanded when Ryan Adams intercepted a pass at his own blue line and went on a breakaway to beat Rattlers' netminder Jonathan LoParco giving the Titans a 1–0 series lead and they were the first team to beat the Rattlers (52–0–0–0) through the regular season and playoffs. Bradford would win games two and three, with Temiscaming taking game four to tie the series 2–2. Ultimately, Temiscaming lost the series in six games.

The Titans started off the 2014–15 season with a 6–1–0 record in their first seven games and 16–6–0 over the next 22, resulting in a 22–7–0 record overall after the first 29 games. During the course of the year, then head coach Robert Miller was let go by the Titans. This resulted in assistant coaches Brandon Blanche and Chris Levesque acting as joint head coaches behind the bench. It was then announced that Tyler Fines, formerly coach of the Orangeville Americans, would be the new head coach of the Titans. The Titans would go 13–0–0 under Fines to finish out the regular season with a 35–5–1 record. The Titans clinched first place in the North Division.

The Titans started the 2015 Russell Cup playoffs by sweeping the rival Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks in three games and the Titans advanced to the Conference Semi-finals for the fourth straight year. They defeated the Rama Aces in three games to advance to the League Semi-finals against the underdog Halton Ravens. The Titans took the first two games in Temiscaming before the Ravens won one game at home. Halton would stay alive once again with shootout victories in games five and six. Game seven was held in Temiscaming and the Titans would win the game 6–3 and secure a berth to the Russell Cup Finals for the third time in four years.

Temiscaming faced the Seguin Huskies in the 2015 Russell Cup Finals. Game one was held in Seguin the night after the Titans played game seven of the previous series. The Titans would get edged in overtime by the score of 1–0. Game two was held the very next night with the Titans playing three games in three nights. This game would go to a shootout in which the Titans three shooters all scored while Titans' goaltender Craig Wood stopped the third Huskies' shooter to tie the series at 1–1. Game three of the Finals took place in Temiscaming, where the home team won 4–2 to take a 2–1 series lead. Game four of the Finals in Temiscaming drew a crowd of over 600 and with 33 seconds left in the third period, Curtis Warren scored to give the Titans a 3–2 lead. Craig Wood was then tested on a penalty shot with 15 seconds left. He made the stop and the Titans won 5–4 and taking a 3–1 series lead. Game five at Temiscaming drew a crowd close to 1000 and the Titans won 3–2 to win the Russell Cup for the first time.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GMHL's 2019-2020 season was cut short in the Division Finals. The Titans were coming off a superb year that saw them finish in 2nd place out of 23 teams including finishing 1st in the North Division. They were leading the Bradford Rattlers 3-1 in the best-of-7 series when the GMHL season was officially cancelled. The pandemic continued to affect the league as well as the world when it came to the new season in October, 2020 as the North and South Division in the GMHL was canceled for the 2020-21 season.

Season-by-season standings

Russell Cup Champions

Season Champions

Division Champions

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against.

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Regular Season Finish	Playoffs
2011–12	42	38	3	—	1	273	120	77	1st GMHL	Won Quarter-finals, 3–0 (Americans) Won Semi-finals, 4–0 (Shield) Lost Russell Cup Finals, 2–4 (Lumberjacks)
2012–13	42	35	6	0	1	315	156	71	2nd GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 (Voyageurs) Won Div. Semi-finals, 3–0 (Eagles) Won Div. Finals, 4–3 (Phantoms) Lost Russell Cup Finals, 2–4 (Rattlers)
2013–14	42	34	5	—	3	298	119	71	2nd GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 (Eagles) Won Div. Semi-finals, 3–2 (Shield) Lost Crossover Semi-finals, 0–4 (Bulls)
2014–15	42	36	5	—	1	283	105	73	1st North Div. 2nd GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 (Lumberjacks) Won Conf. Semi-finals, 3–0 (Aces) Won Semi-finals, 4–3 (Ravens) Won Russell Cup Finals, 4–1 (Huskies)
2015–16	42	34	6	0	2	330	107	70	2nd North Div. 5th GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–0 (Wolves) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 1–3 (Spartans)
2016–17	42	27	15	—	0	221	163	54	5th North Div. 10th GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 3–1 (Rattlers) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 1–3 (Civics)
2017–18	42	29	12	—	1	247	163	59	4th North Div. 8th GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Knights) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 0–3 (Spartans)
2018–19	42	27	12	—	3	228	155	57	3rd North Div. 6th GMHL	Lost Div. Quarter-finals, 1–2 (Lynx)
2019–20	42	33	8	—	1	298	193	67	1st North Div. 2nd GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Lynx) Won Div. Semi-finals, 3–0 (Spartans) Led Div. Finals, 3–1 (Rattlers) Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19.
2020–21	Season lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	38	36	2	—	0	253	97	72	1st North Div. 1st GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Civics) Won Div. Semi-finals, 3–0 (Pirates) Won Div. Finals, 4-0 (Bulls) Won Russell Cup Finals, 4-0 (Roadrunners)
2022–23	42	20	20	—	2	179	175	42	4th North Div. 11th GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–0 (Lynx) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 0-3 (Rattlers)
2023-24	42	23	18	—	1	218	156	47	5th North Div. 7th GMHL	Won Div. Quarter-finals, 2–1 (Knights) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 0-3 (Rattlers)
Totals	500	372	112	0	16	3143	1709	760	—	All-time series record 22–9

National Championship

National Championship (GMHL North, South and Western Division)

Year	Preliminary Round	Record	Standing	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2023	W, (High Prairie Red Wings) 9-3 L, (Bradford Rattlers) 3-5 W, (North York Renegades) 4-0	2-1-0	2nd of 4	not competed	Lost (Bradford Rattlers) 0-7

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated November 14, 2020.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
22		Alec Baldwin	F	L	20–21	2020	North Bay, Ontario
60		Tyson Beaudoin	G	R	20	2020	Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec
31		Éloi Bouchard	G	R	22	2019	Sherbrooke, Quebec
9		Jérémy Brooks	D	R	23	2019	Bromont, Quebec
13		Pier-Luc Céré	F	L	23	2020	Gatineau, Quebec
64		Bailey Chenier	F	R	23	2018	Témiscaming, Quebec
91		Maxime Durocher	F	R	25	2019	Marieville, Quebec
12		William Godbout	D	L	23	2019	Boischatel, Quebec
30		Sheydon Kosie	G	R	19–20	2020	Port Colborne, Ontario
62		Thomas Laforge	F	L	22	2019	Boischatel, Quebec
3		Landon Langlois	F	L	20	2019	Témiscaming, Quebec
24		Louis-Thomas Lapointe	D	R	22	2019	Boischatel, Quebec
77		Cedrick Lefebvre	F	L	22	2020	Témiscaming, Quebec
66		Jérémie Letellier	F	R	21	2020	Québec City, Quebec
58		Jericho Mongrain	D	L	23	2020	Saint-Colomban, Quebec
17		Cameron Pariseau	F	R	21	2020	Kebaowek, Quebec
93		Austin Presseault	D	L	20	2020	Témiscaming, Quebec
19		Alexandre Provost-Ross (C)	F	L	24	2017	Huberdeau, Quebec
44		Xavier Sincennes	F	L	23	2019	Gatineau, Quebec

Team captains

	Nat	From	To
Robin Mendelsohn		2011	2012
Richard Abbott		2012	2014
Ryder Murray		2014	2017
Guillaume Taupier		2017	2018
Dayton Murray		2018	2019
Alexandre Provost-Ross		2019	2021
William Godbout		2021	2022
Éloi Bouchard		2022	2023
Émile Lavallée & Nathan Hardy		2023	2024

Head coaches

	Nat	From	To	Regular Season				Playoffs
				G	W	L	OTL	G	W	L
Nathan Hewitt		2011	2012	42	38	3	1	13	9	4
Andre Laperriere		2012	2014	84	69	11	4	31	18	13
Robert Miller		2014	2014	9	7	1	1	—	—	—
Brandon Blanche and Chris Levesque (Associate coaches)		2014	2015	20	16	4	0	—	—	—
Tyler Fines		2015	2015	13	13	0	0	18	14	4
Andre Laperriere and Chris Levesque (Associate coaches)		2015	2016	42	34	6	2	7	4	3
Chris Levesque		2016	2017	42	27	15	0	8	4	4
William Bendi		2017	2018	33	24	9	0	—	—	—
Justin Roy		2018	2019	51	32	15	4	8	3	5
Sébastien Lacroix		2019	2024	168	112	38	4	33	25	8

General managers

	Nat	From	To
Vincent Labranche		2011	2015
Nicolas Tourigny		2015	2019
François Harrison		2019	2024

Honoured members

Temiscaming Titans retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
2	Richard Abbott	F	2011-2014	February 16, 2014
7	Ryder Murray	F	2012-2017	February 10, 2017
20	Dayton Murray	D	2013-2019	February 16, 2019
31	Éloi Bouchard	G	2019-2023	September 19, 2023
71	Chris Levesque	D	2011-2014	February 16, 2014
88	Andre Leclair	F	2011-2012	February 16, 2012
89	Robin Mendelsohn	F	2011-2012	February 16, 2012

References

External links

• GMHL Webpage
• Titans Webpage