Montreal-North Arctic

{{Pro hockey team |bg_color = black |text_color = blue | team = Montreal-North Arctic | logo = Saint-Eustache Patriotes.JPG | logo_size = 180px | city = Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada | league = Quebec Junior Hockey League | division = Alexandre Burrows | founded = 2002 | arena = Arena Garon, Montreal-Nord | colours = Black, Blue, and White {{color box|black}} {{color box|blue}} {{color box|White}} | owner = Joe Perretta | coach = Gianni Cantini | media = Le Progress Saint-Leonard | name1 = St-Eustache Patriotes | dates1 = 2002-2008 | name2 = Ste-Thérèse Nordiques | dates2 = 2008-2009 | name3 = Laval Rousseau Sports | dates3 = 2009-2010 | name4 = Laval Arctic | dates4 = 2010-2011 | name5 = St-Léonard Arctic | dates5 = 2011-2017 | name6 = Montreal-North Arctic | dates6 = 2017-2019 }}

The '''Montreal-North Arctic''' were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada and were part of the Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL).

==History== The franchise entered the QJHL in 2002 as the Gladiateur de St. Eustache

In the Summer of 2008, the team moved to become the Sainte-Thérèse Nordiques.

In the Summer of 2009, the team was moved again to Laval, Quebec. The official name was Rousseau-Sports Junior AAA Laval. In the 2008–09 season Eliezer Sherbatov led the team and was third in the league in scoring.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.isef-sports.org/single-post/2019/05/20/An-Interview-with-Eliezer-Sherbatov|title=An Interview with Eliezer Sherbatov|website=ISEF|date=May 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjnews.com/culture/sports/israeli-junior-hockey-standout-now-montreal-junior|title=Israeli junior hockey standout now a Montreal Junior|first1=Janice|last1=Arnold|date=1 October 2009|work=The Canadian Jewish News}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/sherbatov-17-beats-the-odds|title=Sherbatov, 17, beats the odds; Eliezer Sherbatov is beating the odds, but it's not for the reason you might think.|author=Arpon Basu|date=November 11, 2009 |website=Montreal Gazette}}</ref> In the playoffs, he helped the team win the championship while leading the playoffs with 15 goals in 18 games.<ref name="suburban">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesuburbannews.ca/content/en/2250|author=Alex Di Pietro |title=Sherbatov a Montréal Junior|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211321/http://www.thesuburbannews.ca/content/en/2250|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead|work=The Suburban|accessdate=14 January 2013}}</ref>

In 2010, the name was changed again to the ''Laval Arctic''. One season later they became the St-Leonard Arctic. After the start of the 2017 season the club re-branded once more, this time becoming the Montreal-North Arctic.

The North Arctic folded after the 2018-19 season.

==Season-by-season record== '''''Note:''' GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against'' {|class="wikitable" |- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Season''' || '''GP ''' || ''' W ''' || ''' L ''' || ''' T ''' || '''OTL''' || '''GF ''' || '''GA ''' || '''Points''' ||'''Finish''' || '''Playoffs''' |- align="center" |2002-03 ||50 ||11 ||34 ||2 ||3 ||184 ||278 ||27 ||11th QJAAAHL|| |- align="center" |2003-04 ||50 ||39 ||9 ||0 ||2 ||241 ||158 ||80 ||1st QJAAAHL||Lost in Finals |- align="center" |2004-05 ||48 ||20 ||27 ||0 ||1 ||181 ||239 ||41 ||11th QJAAAHL|| |- align="center" |2005-06 ||51 ||15 ||32 ||0 ||4 ||183 ||277 ||34 ||13th QJAAAHL ||Lost Preliminary |- align="center" |2006-07 ||53 ||23 ||22 ||4 ||4 ||244 ||260 ||54 ||10th QJAAAHL ||Lost quarter-final |- align="center" |2007-08 ||52 ||27 ||20 ||4 ||1 ||264 ||228 ||59 ||7th QJAAAHL ||Lost semi-finals |- align="center" |2008-09 ||49 ||29 ||18 ||- ||2 ||211 ||215 ||60 ||7th QJAAAHL||Lost semi-finals |- align="center" |2009-10 ||51 ||18 ||25 ||- ||8 ||197 ||220 ||44 ||10th QJAAAHL ||DNQ |- align="center" |2010-11 ||49 ||21 ||25 ||- ||3 ||191 ||237 ||41 ||11th QJAAAHL ||Lost Preliminary |- align="center" |2011-12 ||49 ||24 ||21 ||- ||4 ||210 ||263 ||52 ||10th QJAAAHL || |- align="center" |2012-13 ||52 ||10 ||34 ||- ||8 ||212 ||315 ||28 ||15th QJAAAHL ||DNQ |- align="center" |2013-14 ||52 ||16 ||32 ||- ||4 ||189 ||269 ||36 ||6th QJAAAHL-SL ||Lost div. quarter-final |- align="center" |2014-15 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-||- |- align="center" |2015-16 ||55 ||30 ||19 ||3 ||3 ||220 ||217 ||66 ||4th of 6 Burrows 7th of 12 QJHL||Won Prelim Round, 3-1 (Rangers) Lost Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Montagnards) |- align="center" |2016-17 ||49 ||30 ||14 ||2 ||3 ||240 ||178 ||65 ||2nd of 6 Burrows 4th of 12 QJHL||Won Div Semifinals, 4-2 (Panthers) Lost League Semifinal 1-4 (Collège Français) |- align="center" |2017-18 ||49 ||8 ||40 ||1 ||0 ||127 ||310 ||17 ||6th of 6 Burrows 12th of 12 QJHL||''Did not qualify for playoffs'' |}

==Notable players==

*Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991), Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://arctic.lhjq.ca/fr/index.html Arctic Webpage]

Category:Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA Quebec teams Arctic Category:Saint-Leonard, Quebec Category:2002 establishments in Quebec Category:2019 disestablishments in Quebec Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2002 Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2019