John Chidley Hill.com » SportsEast.ca http://johnchidleyhill.com A blog about reading, writing, pop culture and sports. Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:48:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Richard Martel of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens now QMJHL’s winningest head coach http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=258 http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=258#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:28:10 +0000 http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=258 In addition to writing junior hockey round-ups and watching the Olympics, I spent much of my weekend putting together a feature story for the Canadian Press on Richard Martel's record-setting 570th Quebec Major Junior Hockey League win.

No one is more surprised to be the Quebec Major Hockey League’s winningest head coach than Richard Martel.

Martel achieved the milestone Sunday night when his Chicoutimi Sagueneens beat the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-1 for his 570th career victory. With that, he surpassed QMJHL Hall of Famer Guy Chouinard for the all-time record.

“When I started in the QMJHL I just wanted to be involved in the hockey community,” said Martel. “I thought I’d have a job for a long time, but not for 20 years.

“I’m very proud to be a coach in the QMJHL . . . I feel privileged — very privileged.”

Since it was written for syndication, it's been picked up by several newspapers and websites including the Globe and Mail, the Winnipeg Free Press, the Guelph Mercury, the Halifax Metro and SportsEast.ca.

I was really pleased with this article and I hope you enjoy it too.

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