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Source: Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Baie-Comeau, Monday, May 7, 2012 - Mr. Pierre Rousseau, Chairman of the Board of Baie-Comeau, is pleased to announce the contract renewal Serge Proulx to the position of executive director of the organization.

"It is important for the team to have stability and continuity to ensure our organization to resume its rightful place in the Junior Hockey League Quebec Major. The arrival of Serge Proulx to management has brought us closer to this goal, the Board is pleased with the turn it took the team and wants to continue this momentum. "

"The work done during the past year has enabled us to increase our average attendance at home games with over 500 fans, one of the best results of the League. It is obvious that such success is the result of outstanding work from all staff of the organization, from the hockey staff, of course, but we must recognize that the restructuring of our administrative services helped favorably in the balance, "explained Pierre Rousseau.

"Serge Proulx is a man passionate about hockey and his work. His hiring last year, allowed us to stabilize the team and establish good links between the hockey department and administrative department, a valuable element in the positive development of a hockey organization. The two-year contract plus an option year will allow the Baie-Comeau to continue the work already started very well, "concluded the president of the organization.

For the main interested party, this contract renewal is a sign of recognition for their work and the extraordinary opportunity to bring the team to a positive culture in the long run.

"The recovery of Drakkar keeps me greatly to heart. As I said last year, when I arrived, my roots are in Baie-Comeau and I'm a guy from the place and it's important for me that team touches the heart of the citizens of the community . The Drakkar is a tool for gathering people of the region. The results of the first year shows very interesting results in this direction and I want to continue the work. Only, I can not get there, but with the whole team, we can achieve great things and it is this avenue that I want to continue my tenure as executive director, "said Serge Proulx

 He added: "The contract will also allow us to set goals in the short to medium term and advance the organization. In the first year, we built an always important to the administration, this is a valuable basis for stability and development of the organization ".

Likewise, Serge Proulx announced that the administrative staff, including accounting and ticketing, will receive a contract from the same period: "This is an important step forward for the Drakkar. The best organizations in any sport, bet on the stability of its staff to achieve success. I would say that these decisions are to the credit of the board of directors adopted this policy to allow our team to achieve its objectives and to rank among the best in the league. "

The spectacle of Eric Lapointe will complement our 15th Anniversary. The next day, we will be the task to be ready for the 16th season of the team. The preparatory work for the 2012-2013 season is well underway, and the next three months we will require a very intensive work

We hope that the extraordinary support that people gave us during the last season will continue. For our part, we can assure our supporters that we spare no effort to ensure that next season is as unifying and inspiring than the last.

 Thank you for sharing our ambitions.