# 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.

## 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. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 79 | Norbert Abramov (C) | W | R | 32 | 2024 | Cergy, France |
| 20 | Benjamin Berard | LW | L | 25 | 2021 | Grenoble, France |
| 40 | Lucas Bonnardel (A) | C | L | 27 | 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 | 26 | 2024 | Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada |
| 14 | Quentin Fauchon (A) | RW | R | 31 | 2019 | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France |
| 10 | William Lemay | LW | L | 26 | 2024 | Marieville, Quebec, Canada |
| 76 | Wayne Létourneau | D | L | 26 | 2024 | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| 44 | Conor MacEachern | D | L | 26 | 2024 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| 34 | Griffen Outhouse | G | L | 26 | 2024 | Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada |
| 88 | Yonis Penet | F | R | 20 | 2024 | Briançon, France |
| 54 | William Persson | LW | L | 24 | 2024 | Björklinge, Sweden |
| 5 | Joran Reynaud | LW | L | 27 | 2024 | Montmorency, France |
| 73 | Sean Richards | LW | L | 26 | 2023 | St. Albert, Alberta, Canada |
| 91 | Fredrik Strömgren (A) | C | L | 26 | 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 | 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:
* 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 |

### Captains

| Name | 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 | 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 |