Diables Rouges de Briançon

The Diables Rouges de Briançon ((in English): Briançon Red Devils) (Briançon Alpes Provence Hockey Club and before Hockey Club Briançon) is the ice hockey team of Briançon (Hautes-Alpes). Their home arena is the Patinoire René Froger.

Diables Rouges de Briançon
City	Briançon France
League	Ligue Magnus (1982-1992) (2002-Present)
Founded	1934
Home arena	Patinoire René Froger
Colors	Red, white, black
General manager	Christophe Lapointe
Head coach	Pierre Bergeron
Captain	Norbert Abramov Dmitri Vozovik
Website	https://www.diables-rouges.fr
Franchise history
1935-?	Club des Sports d'Hiver du Briançonnais
?-1975	Étoile Sportive Briançonnaise
1975-1990	Hockey Club Briançonnais
1990-present	Diables Rouges de Briançon

Previous logo

Awards and trophies

Honours

Coupe Magnus: (1)

• Winner: 2014.
• Finalist: 1988, 2008, 2009.

Coupe de France: (2)

• Winner: 2010, 2013.
• Finalist: 2005, 2006.

Coupe de la Ligue: (1)

• Winner: 2012.
• Finalist: 2008, 2009, 2011.

Match des Champions: (1)

• Winner: 2013.
• Finalist: 2009, 2014.

Coupe des As: (1)

• Winner: 1992.
• Finalist: .

Division 1:(1)

• Winner: 1997.

Division 2:(1)

• Winner: 1994.

Division 3:(1)

• Winner: 1993.

They won the Marcel Claret Trophy in 1982–83, 1983–84, 2009-10 et 2010–11.

History

The club is founded in 1934. The team made its comeback in the Ligue Magnus since the 2002–2003 season.

Players

Current roster

As of 9 November 2024.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
79		Norbert Abramov (C)	W	R	32	2024	Cergy, France
20		Benjamin Berard	LW	L	26	2021	Grenoble, France
40		Lucas Bonnardel (A)	C	L	28	2023	Briançon, France
8		Aurélien Chausserie-Laprée	D	L	25	2023	Bordeaux, France
67		Mathis Despatie	D	L	22	2024	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada
16		Chase Dubois	F	R	27	2024	Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
14		Quentin Fauchon (A)	RW	R	32	2019	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
10		William Lemay	LW	L	26	2024	Marieville, Quebec, Canada
76		Wayne Létourneau	D	L	27	2024	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
44		Conor MacEachern	D	L	27	2024	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
34		Griffen Outhouse	G	L	27	2024	Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
88		Yonis Penet	F	R	21	2024	Briançon, France
54		William Persson	LW	L	24	2024	Björklinge, Sweden
5		Joran Reynaud	LW	L	28	2024	Montmorency, France
73		Sean Richards	LW	L	26	2023	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
91		Fredrik Strömgren (A)	C	L	27	2024	Strömsund, Sweden
31		Mathis Thirion	G	L	20	2024	Rouen, France
18		Lucas Villain	D	R	24	2024	Rouen, France
77		Gaëtan Villiot	W	L	25	2022	Briançon, France
27		Dmitri Vozovik (C)	D	L	28	2024	Moscow, Russia
4		Valère Vrielynck (A)	LW	L	37	2022	Reims, France

Coaches

Name[1][2]	Nationality	Period
André Bermond	France	Before 1970
Michel Tartarin	France	1970–1972
Roger Demment	United States	1972–1975
Jim King	Canada	1975–1977
Roger Demment	United States	1977–1981
André Lauzon	Canada	1985–1987
Nelson Tremblay	Canada	1987–1989
Jan Simun	Czechoslovakia	1989
Zdeněk Bláha [fr]	Czechoslovakia	1989–1990
Richard Sévigny	Canada	1990–1991
André Peloffy	Canada France	1991–1992
Marc Peythieu	France	1994–1996
Michel Leblanc	Canada France	1996–1997
Ari Salo [fr]	Finland	1997–1998
András Farkas	Hungary	1998–1999
Michel Leblanc	Canada France	1999–2002
Juha Jokiharju [fr]	Finland	2002–2003
Philippe Combe [fr]	France	2003
Luciano Basile [fr]	Canada Italy	2003–2014
Edo Terglav	Slovenia	2014–2015
Patric Wener [fr]	Sweden	2015–2016
Alexis Billard [fr]	France	January 2016 - April 2016
Claude Devèze	Canada  France	April 2016 - October 2019
Eric Medeiros	Canada  Portugal	November 2019 - 2021
Daniel Sedlák	Slovakia	Since July 2021

Presidents

List:^[1][2]

• Pierre Gravier (1935-?)
• Émile Roul
• Brochier
• René Froger [fr] (1941-?)
• Antoine Faure (1952-?)
• Georges Bermond-Gonnet [fr] (1958–1970)
• Yvon Peythieu (1970–1984)
• Jean-Paul Garnero (1984–1985)
• Bernard Voiron (1985–1987)
• Philippe Pacull (1987–1988)
• Christian Séard (1988–1989)
• Philippe Pacull (1989–1990)
• Robert de Caumont [fr] (1990–1991)
• Philippe Pacull (1993–1998)
• Bernard Rouillard (1999)
• Jean-Pierre Bortino (1999–2001)
• Alain Bayrou [fr] (2001 – July 2009)
• Jean-Paul Garnero (July 2009 – Sep 2010)
• Sébastien Sode & Luc Rougny (Sep 2010 - Jan 2015)
• Guillaume Lebigot & Luc Rougny (Jan-Sep 2015)
• Guillaume Lebigot (since Sep 2015)

Players

Awards

Year	Name	Nationality	Trophy
1988	Georges Roul [fr]		Jean-Pierre Graff Trophy
1989	André Côté [fr]		Charles Ramsey Trophy
1988	Petri Ylönen		Jean Ferrand Trophy
1992	Peter Almasy [fr]		Raymond Dewas Trophy
1991	Corrado Micalef	Italy	Jean Ferrand Trophy
2009	Tommi Satosaari		Jean Ferrand Trophy
2009	Jean-François Dufour [fr]		Charles Ramsey Trophy
2010	Ramón Sopko [fr]		Jean Ferrand Trophy
2011	Loïc Lampérier		Jean-Pierre Graff Trophy
2013	Marc-André Bernier [fr]		Trophy of the press : Foreign MVP[1]

Captains

Name	Nationality	Period
Georges Bermond-Gonnet [fr]		1940 - ?
Maurice Roul		?-1973
Gilles Gaillard		1973–1983
Yvon Peythieu		?
Marc Peythieu		?
Gilles Chevalier		?
Dennis Murphy [fr]		?
Georges Roul [fr]		1993–1998
Christophe Robert		?
Éric Blais [fr]		2000–2005
Jean-François Jodoin [fr]		2005–2006
Edo Terglav		2006–2012
Marc-André Bernier [fr]		2012–2015
Tomas Larsson		2015–2016

NHL players

Name	Nationality	Games in NHL	Period
Mark Rycroft		229 games	2004–2005
Corrado Micalef		116 games	1990–1991
Michel Galarneau		78 games	1991–1992
Jean-Marc Gaulin		27 games	1991–1992
Rémi Royer		18 games	2006–2007
François Groleau		8 games	2008–2010
Philippe DeRouville		3 games	2003–2004