Although long gone, The ACES will never be forgotten
A company club
The
team was owned from 1928 to 1953 by the
Anglo-Canadian
Pulp
and Paper Company. ACES stands for Anglo-Canadian
Employees (the
S was added to make it plural).
A company promotes
the
formation of a hockey team composed of several of its employees, a
‘company club’ which, like so many others, constitutes a primary group
within the larger organization. However, through a kind of reciprocal
appropriation, the team surpasses the company in terms of social
importance, is eventually appropriated by the city and becomes the
famous Quebec Aces, a team still very much alive in the memories of
hockey fans in Quebec. Here is a case of a small group designed to
operate as a form of recreation within the industrial field but which
subsequently became a focus for the projection of Quebec city’s urban
cultural identity.
In
1954, the team became the ownership of Jack Latter and Charlie Smith,
two directors of the Anglo which sell retail it to the ancient player
Joe Crozier. From 1959 to 1967, Gerald Martineau, a local
businessman, owned the club . The Philadelphia Flyers
puchased the Quebec
Aces in 1967. They changed their great looking logo and their
uniform. In 1971, the ACES were history. They became the Richmond
Robins in the AHL.
1928-1935
In 1928 was created the Railway-Paper League. Anglo-Canadian Pulp (known as l' Anglo) introduced a team composed of ten of its employees : seven french speaking and three english speaking employees of various hierarchic levels in the company. The league had four teams: Railways-CNR and CPR and Papers-Sainte Anne and Anglo-Canadian. They played every Sunday only at the aréna of the parc Victoria.
1935-1936
The League of the City of Quebec came into the world in 1935. It counted four teams: Anglo-Pulp, the Laval University, Royal 22nd Regiment and Hebdo-Journal. The Anglo announced then its new name: A.C.E. for Anglo Canadian Employees, branch of the A.A.A, Anglo Athletic Association which sees to manage the sports activities of the employees of the company.
1936-1943
ACES joined in 1936 to the Senior League of Montreal. The Royal, the Concordia University, Cornwall, Verdun and Ottawa were also part of this league. At the beginning of season 1936, ACES did not recruit only at the plant but attracted players outside by making them glisten the perspective of a stable job. In 1944, the ACES joined the Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL).
Quebec
Aces 1936-37
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| Aces-1949 Punch
Imlach Coach/Player |
Aces-1948 |
Played in:
League of the City of Quebec
Senior League of Montreal
Quebec Senior
Hockey League
1944-53
Quebec Hockey
League 1953-59
American Hockey League
1959-71.
Home
ice : Quebec
Coliseum
Team colours : Green and red
Affiliations have included : Philadelphia Flyers
General manager : Punch Imlach, Frank Carlin, Bud Poile,
Keith Allen
Head coaches : Punch
Imlach 1950-56, Joe Crozier
1957-58, Floyd Curry 1961-64, Bernard Geoffrion 1964-66,Vic Stasiuk
1967-68, Turk
Broda, Ed Bush
Honours : Won the Québec Senior
Hockey League 1951-52.
Won the Québec Senior Hockey League
play-off Championships in 1952.
Won the Québec Hockey League
play-off Championships in 1954 & 1957.
Won the Québec Hockey League
in 1956-57.
Won the AHL, East Division Championship in 1963-64, 1964-65 and 1965-66.
Cups
ALLAN
CUP - 1943-44
In 1943-44, the Québec Aces won the Allan Cup for the Canadian
Senior Championship.
ALEXANDER CUP - 1951-52
The Québec Aces won the Alexander Cup in 1952 for the Canadian
Senior Championship.
EDIMBOURG CUP - 1956-57
Québec Aces won the Edimbourg Cup in 1957 for the Canadian
semi-pro Championship.
Quebec Senior Hockey
League (1944-1953)
| 1945 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Montreal Royals |
24
|
18
|
5
|
1
|
161
|
98
|
37
|
| Quebec Aces |
24
|
15
|
7
|
2
|
160
|
89
|
32
|
| Ottawa Commandos |
24
|
7
|
15
|
2
|
109
|
148
|
16
|
| Hull Volants |
24
|
5
|
18
|
1
|
81
|
176
|
11
|
| 1946 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Montreal Royals |
40
|
30
|
8
|
2
|
209
|
131
|
62
|
| Ottawa Senators |
40
|
24
|
14
|
2
|
211
|
158
|
50
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
40
|
18
|
20
|
2
|
158
|
193
|
38
|
| Quebec Aces |
40
|
17
|
20
|
3
|
149
|
169
|
37
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
40
|
15
|
22
|
3
|
163
|
184
|
33
|
| Hull Volants |
40
|
9
|
29
|
2
|
157
|
212
|
20
|
| 1947 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Ottawa Senators |
40
|
26
|
10
|
4
|
206
|
148
|
56
|
| Montreal Royals |
40
|
25
|
13
|
2
|
173
|
124
|
52
|
| Quebec Aces |
40
|
19
|
15
|
6
|
159
|
158
|
44
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
40
|
14
|
23
|
3
|
135
|
175
|
31
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
40
|
8
|
31
|
1
|
142
|
210
|
17
|
| 1948 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Ottawa Senators |
48
|
35
|
11
|
2
|
271
|
139
|
72
|
| Montreal Royals |
48
|
34
|
14
|
0
|
241
|
159
|
68
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
48
|
26
|
17
|
5
|
206
|
189
|
57
|
| Quebec Aces |
48
|
23
|
20
|
5
|
175
|
185
|
51
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
48
|
16
|
31
|
1
|
207
|
251
|
33
|
| New-York Rovers |
47
|
14
|
32
|
1
|
150
|
226
|
29
|
| Boston Olympics |
47
|
12
|
35
|
0
|
178
|
289
|
24
|
| 1949 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Ottawa Senators |
60
|
44
|
15
|
1
|
341
|
207
|
89
|
| Sherbrooke St. Francis |
60
|
41
|
16
|
3
|
263
|
176
|
85
|
| Montreal Royals |
59
|
35
|
19
|
5
|
216
|
178
|
77
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
60
|
29
|
30
|
1
|
265
|
270
|
59
|
| Quebec Aces |
60
|
22
|
32
|
6
|
186
|
213
|
50
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
60
|
18
|
40
|
2
|
201
|
292
|
38
|
| New-York Rovers |
59
|
10
|
47
|
2
|
191
|
328
|
22
|
| Boston Olympics |
26
|
7
|
18
|
1
|
99
|
166
|
15
|
| Boston folded Dec 17, 1948, records not included in standings. | |||||||
| 1950 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Sherbrooke Saints |
60
|
39
|
20
|
1
|
246
|
173
|
79
|
| Quebec Aces |
60
|
35
|
22
|
3
|
207
|
175
|
73
|
| Ottawa Senators |
60
|
31
|
25
|
4
|
251
|
240
|
66
|
| Montreal Royals |
60
|
27
|
24
|
9
|
206
|
188
|
63
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
60
|
25
|
26
|
9
|
216
|
200
|
59
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
60
|
22
|
35
|
3
|
172
|
236
|
47
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
60
|
15
|
42
|
3
|
184
|
270
|
33
|
| 1951 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
60
|
37
|
19
|
4
|
227
|
178
|
78
|
| Quebec Aces |
60
|
31
|
22
|
7
|
228
|
195
|
69
|
| Ottawa Senators |
60
|
29
|
23
|
8
|
214
|
189
|
66
|
| Montreal Royals |
60
|
28
|
29
|
3
|
200
|
203
|
59
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
60
|
27
|
28
|
5
|
220
|
216
|
59
|
| Sherbrooke Saints |
60
|
24
|
30
|
6
|
193
|
209
|
54
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
60
|
15
|
40
|
5
|
181
|
173
|
35
|
| 1952 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Quebec Aces |
60
|
37
|
16
|
7
|
230
|
168
|
81
|
| Montreal Royals |
60
|
30
|
24
|
6
|
219
|
204
|
66
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
60
|
26
|
25
|
9
|
210
|
179
|
61
|
| Ottawa Senators |
60
|
26
|
28
|
6
|
177
|
195
|
58
|
| Sherbrooke Saints |
60
|
24
|
29
|
7
|
155
|
183
|
55
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
60
|
24
|
30
|
6
|
169
|
178
|
54
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
60
|
19
|
34
|
7
|
147
|
200
|
45
|
| 1953 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
60
|
33
|
15
|
12
|
213
|
149
|
78
|
| Montreal Royals |
60
|
32
|
22
|
6
|
201
|
162
|
70
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
60
|
27
|
25
|
8
|
175
|
178
|
62
|
| Ottawa Senators |
60
|
27
|
26
|
7
|
171
|
191
|
62
|
| Sherbrooke Saints |
60
|
25
|
28
|
7
|
184
|
175
|
57
|
| Quebec Aces |
60
|
22
|
26
|
12
|
178
|
197
|
56
|
| Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts |
60
|
15
|
39
|
6
|
171
|
241
|
36
|
Quebec Hockey League
(1953-1959)
| 1953 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
60
|
33
|
15
|
12
|
213
|
149
|
78
|
| Montreal Royals |
60
|
32
|
22
|
6
|
201
|
162
|
70
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
60
|
27
|
25
|
8
|
175
|
178
|
62
|
| Ottawa Senators |
60
|
27
|
26
|
7
|
171
|
191
|
61
|
| Sherbrooke Saints |
60
|
25
|
28
|
7
|
184
|
175
|
57
|
| Quebec Aces |
60
|
22
|
26
|
12
|
178
|
197
|
56
|
| Shawinigan Cataracts |
60
|
15
|
39
|
6
|
171
|
241
|
36
|
| 1954 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
72
|
40
|
25
|
7
|
261
|
197
|
87
|
| Montreal Royals |
72
|
40
|
25
|
7
|
257
|
203
|
87
|
| Ottawa Senators |
72
|
34
|
32
|
6
|
223
|
212
|
74
|
| Quebec Aces |
72
|
30
|
34
|
8
|
216
|
212
|
68
|
| Sherbrooke Saints |
72
|
30
|
36
|
6
|
223
|
244
|
66
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
72
|
31
|
38
|
3
|
207
|
252
|
65
|
| Springfield Indians |
72
|
25
|
40
|
7
|
222
|
289
|
57
|
| 1955 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Shawinigan Cataracts |
62
|
39
|
20
|
3
|
228
|
145
|
81
|
| Quebec Aces |
60
|
31
|
27
|
2
|
206
|
208
|
64
|
| Montreal Royals |
62
|
30
|
28
|
4
|
232
|
207
|
64
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
61
|
29
|
29
|
3
|
216
|
212
|
61
|
| Valleyfield Braves |
62
|
21
|
39
|
2
|
178
|
261
|
44
|
| Ottawa Senators |
27
|
10
|
17
|
0
|
63
|
90
|
20
|
| Ottawa Senators fold on Dec.21/1954 | |||||||
| 1956 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Shawinigan Cataracts |
64
|
43
|
18
|
3
|
243
|
166
|
89
|
| Montreal Royals |
64
|
34
|
23
|
7
|
192
|
162
|
75
|
| Chicoutimi Saqueneens |
64
|
32
|
28
|
4
|
212
|
188
|
68
|
| Quebec Aces |
64
|
23
|
37
|
4
|
190
|
230
|
50
|
| Trois-Rivieres Lions |
64
|
18
|
44
|
2
|
159
|
250
|
38
|
| 1957 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Quebec Aces |
68
|
40
|
21
|
7
|
226
|
175
|
87
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
68
|
34
|
28
|
6
|
225
|
199
|
75
|
| Trois-Rivieres Lions |
68
|
29
|
32
|
7
|
168
|
197
|
65
|
| Montreal Royals |
68
|
28
|
34
|
6
|
191
|
211
|
62
|
| Shawinigan Cataracts |
68
|
24
|
35
|
9
|
202
|
213
|
57
|
| Ottawa-Hull Jr Canadiens |
20
|
7
|
12
|
1
|
57
|
74
|
15
|
| Ottawa-Hull played a 20 game. | |||||||
| 1958 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
64
|
35
|
24
|
5
|
241
|
209
|
75
|
| Shawinigan Cataracts |
64
|
31
|
28
|
5
|
243
|
235
|
67
|
| Montreal Royals |
64
|
29
|
30
|
5
|
227
|
219
|
63
|
| Quebec Aces |
64
|
29
|
31
|
4
|
224
|
233
|
62
|
| Trois-Rivieres Lions |
64
|
24
|
35
|
5
|
176
|
215
|
53
|
| 1959 Season |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
PTs
|
| Montreal Royals |
62
|
34
|
22
|
6
|
206
|
162
|
74
|
| Trois-Rivieres Lions |
62
|
30
|
29
|
3
|
194
|
184
|
63
|
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens |
62
|
30
|
31
|
1
|
238
|
236
|
61
|
| Quebec Aces |
62
|
21
|
33
|
8
|
176
|
232
|
50
|
American Hockey League (1959-71)
* league winners
| 1959-60 | Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Hershey Bears Providence Reds Quebec Aces Rochester Americans *Springfield Indians |
| 1960-61 | Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Hershey Bears Providence Reds Quebec Aces Rochester Americans *Springfield Indians |
| 1961-62 | Eastern Division Hershey Bears Providence Reds Quebec Aces *Springfield Indians Western Division Buffalo Bisons *Cleveland Barons Pittsburgh Hornets Rochester Americans |
| 1962-63 | East Division Baltimore Clippers Hershey Bears *Providence Reds Quebec Aces Springfield Indians West Division * Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Pittsburgh Hornets Rochester Americans |
| 1963-64 | East Division Baltimore Clippers Hershey Bears Providence Reds * Quebec Aces Springfield Indians West Division Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons * Pittsburgh Hornets Rochester Americans |
| 1964-65 | East Division Baltimore Clippers Hershey Bears Providence Reds * Quebec Aces Springfield Indians West Division Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Pittsburgh Hornets * Rochester Americans |
| 1965-66 | East Division Baltimore Clippers Hershey Bears Providence Reds * Quebec Aces Springfield Indians West Division Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Pittsburgh Hornets * Rochester Americans |
| 1966-67 | East Division Baltimore Clippers *Hershey Bears Providence Reds Quebec Aces Springfield Indians West Division Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons * Pittsburgh Hornets Rochester Americans |
| 1967-68 | Eastern Division Baltimore Clippers *Hershey Bears Providence Reds Springfield Kings Western Division Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Quebec Aces * Rochester Americans |
| 1968-69 | Eastern Division Baltimore Clippers *Hershey Bears Providence Reds Springfield Kings Western Division * Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Quebec Aces Rochester Americans |
| 1969-70 1970-71 |
Eastern Division *Montreal Voyageurs Providence Reds Quebec Aces Springfield Kings Western Division Baltimore Clippers *Buffalo Bisons Cleveland Barons Hershey Bears Rochester Americans Eastern Division *Providence Reds Montreal Voyageurs Springfield Kings Quebec Aces Western Division *Baltimore Clippers Cleveland Barons Hershey Bears Rochester Americans |