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They knew that it would not be an easy year, but Équipe Québec is battling hard every game and the results are positive for the Fleurdelysée in Frontier League action.

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In a season that almost didn’t happen, the underdog Victoriaville Tigres shocked the hockey world by capturing the second President Cup in team history. The Tigres sealed the series win June 5 with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 over the heavily favoured Val d’Or Foreurs in front of 2,000 spectators at the Videotron Centre.

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Équipe Québec manager Patrick Scalabrini wished his team could have a .500 winning percentage when his players returned from their respective national team duties. On June 6, he got his wish as Équipe Québec defeated the Washington Wild Things 1-0 in Frontier League action.

If the coronavirus pandemic had not happened, the Québec Capitales would be playing their 2021 season in the Frontier League, after playing in the Can-Am League since 2005.

With the Canada-U.S. border closed, however, the Capitales merged with the Trois-Rivières Aigles to form Équipe Québec for the 2021 Frontier League season.

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The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) announced May 18 that number 4, worn by Guy Lafleur during his junior career with the Quebec Remparts, will be retired by all teams in the league.

The announcement was made during a video-conference with league commissioner Gilles Courteau and Lafleur.

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The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) Central Scouting Bureau has released its final prospect rankings for the league’s upcoming entry draft, to be held on June 25 and 26.

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The Quebec Remparts want to organize the 2022 Memorial Cup tournament in Quebec City, according to team president Jacques Tanguay. Tanguay made the announcement at a season-ending press conference on May 12, two days after the Remparts were eliminated from the playoffs by the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.

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Dawson Mercer scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Chicoutimi Saguenéens to a 5-1 victory on May 10 over the Quebec Remparts at the Videotron Centre. The Saguenéens won the best-of-five quarterfinal in a three-game sweep in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs.

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Two student-athletes from the Université Laval Rouge et Or football team were selected in the 2021 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft, held online May 4.

The first player to be called was fullback Félix Garand-Gauthier, who was selected 37th overall (first pick of the fifth round) by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The City of Quebec informs residents that the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has communicated at least three times, including twice by letter, with [Québec 2030 spokesperson] Mark Charest to inform him of their intention to consider only the city of Vancouver for a future Canadian candidacy for the hosting of the 2030 Olympic Winter Games.

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It was probably the worst-kept secret in the world of baseball. The Québec Capitales and the Trois-Rivières Aigles have merged for the 2021 season to form Équipe Québec, which will play in the Frontier League.

The announcement was made official on April 24, in a press release from the team.

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The 2020 Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin in Tokyo, Japan, on July 23 and run to Aug. 8. Postponed in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will go on as scheduled in 2021, with or without fans.

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Patrick Scalabrini, manager of the Québec Capitales, has found a leadoff batter who will be a threat to opposing teams in 2021. The Capitales have signed Mississauga native and former Toronto Blue Jays centre fielder Dalton Pompey.

Pompey, who will wear number 45 this season, joins another former Blue Jay, Gift Ngeope, who the Caps signed earlier this spring.

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The Quebec Remparts and the Drummondville Voltigeurs are set to begin the 2021 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) playoffs. League officials announced on April 19 that the first game of the series will be played on April 27. Game 2 will be the next night. The complete series will be played at the Centre Marcel-Dionne in Drummondville.

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Tennis player Félix Auger-Aliassime of L’Ancienne-Lorette did not have a great tournament at the Monte Carlo Masters Open in Monaco.