After months of speculation, their future is now sealed: Patrick Roy and Jacques Tanguay are officially leaving the Quebec Remparts after more than twenty years of loyal service, the learned protocol.

Roy and Tanguay will meet with the press Tuesday morning at the Videotron center to confirm their departure.

Contrary to what he had mentioned many times last season, once it became clear that he would not be back behind the bench, Roy would not be staying on as training general manager with the Diables Rouges next season.

According to information gathered here and there, the altercation between him and his friend and partner Jacques Tanguay has been going on for some time and the two men have finally decided it is time to pass the torch.

The exact reasons for this shift remain unclear.

Whatever the case, they are retiring after presenting Quebec City with their first Gilles-Courteau trophy since 1976, and most importantly, after bringing back Canada’s junior hockey icon, the Memorial Cup, for the first time since 2006.

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one last leg

Roy’s final act was last Saturday’s Repechage run, which saw the Remparts officially begin their inevitable rebuilding process after the end of a cycle that allowed the organization to take it all.

He had then completed a few transactions, including three important ones, sending William Rousseau, Jérémy Langlois (Rouyn-Noranda) and Charle Truchon (Rimouski) elsewhere. The Red Devils ended up drafting 16 players.

He did not want to give any further information about his future afterwards.

“Yes, I’ve enjoyed my day, but I’ll leave it at that for now,” he had assured on the ground at Sherbrooke. Calm will come and the pressure will drop. You won’t see me with a face as red as our sweater. I’m going to Scotland with Jacques (Tanguay) on June 18th. »

Loyal service

Roy is therefore retiring after dedicating 22 years of his life to organizing the Remparts, 15 as general manager and 13 as head coach. With 518 wins in his career, he became the sixth most successful coach in history.

For his part, Jacques Tanguay is the author of the return of the new Remparts generation. In December 1996 he joined Roy and Michel Cadrin in acquiring Les Harfangs de Beauport before reviving Les Remparts the following season.

Tanguay remained a shareholder and president of the team after the franchise was sold to Quebecor in 2014.

Both the Remparts organization and the Quebecor Sports and Entertainment group declined to comment on our information.