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{{infobox hockey team
|logo=MTL-R 1721.png
|city=[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
|league=[[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|Q.M.J.H.L.]]
|operated={{Start date|1999}} to 2003
|arena=[[Maurice Richard Arena]]
|colours=Maroon, Navy Blue, Silver, White
|name1=Montreal Rocket
|dates1=1999–2003
|name2=[[P.E.I. Rocket]]
|dates2=2003–2013
|name3=[[Charlottetown Islanders]]
|dates3=2013–present
}}
The '''Montreal Rocket''' were a [[junior ice hockey]] team in the [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]] for four seasons from 1999 to 2003, based out of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. The team was named in honour of [[Montreal Canadiens]] great [[Maurice Richard|Maurice "Rocket" Richard]]. The smoke from the rocket in the logo forms the number 9, which was Maurice Richard's jersey number.

In 1999–2000, [[Danièle Sauvageau|Daniele Sauvageau]] became an assistant coach for the Montreal Rocket of the [[QMJHL]]. She was the first female coach in QMJHL history.<ref>Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 5, p.393, [[Bob Ferguson (journalist)|Bob Ferguson]], Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, {{ISBN|1-55041-855-6}}</ref> The team played its home games at both the [[Maurice Richard Arena]] and the [[Bell Centre]]. In 2003, faced with dwindling fan support and massive financial losses, the team relocated to [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island]] to become the P.E.I. Rocket. In 2013 the name was changed to the [[Charlottetown Islanders]].

==Notable players==
*[[Maxim Lapierre]]
*[[Ryane Clowe]]
*[[Pascal Leclaire]]

==References==
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{{Defunct QMJHL}}

[[Category:Defunct Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League teams]]
[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Montreal|Roc]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Quebec]]
[[Category:2003 disestablishments in Quebec]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1999]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2003]]


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