Favreau, 48, enters his first season as an assistant coach with the Crunch in 2026-27 after spending the previous nine seasons in the QMJHL.

He spent the previous three seasons as head coach of the Drummondville Voltigeurs, compiling a 128-50-11-7 record in that span.

He claimed the Gilles Courteau Trophy as QMJHL champions in 2024 and won the Ron Lapointe Trophy as the QMJHL coach of the year for the 2025-26 season.

The Orleans, Ontario native previosuly spent six seasons with the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL, serving as an assistant

coach from 2017 to 2021 and as head coach from 2021 to 2023. He led the Mooseheads to their second-best record in franchise history in 2022-23 (50-11-4-3) and earned a berth in the Gilles Courteau Trophy Finals.

Favreau additionally served as assistant coach for the Canada Under-17 team in 2018-19 and head coach in 2019-20 before winning gold as an assistant coach for Team Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in 2023. He also served as an assistant coach at the 2025 World Juniors.

Prior to his time in the QMJHL, Favreau was assistant coach of the CCHL’s Gloucester Rangers (2009-11) then head coach (2011-15) before being named head coach and director of hockey operations for the Cumberland Grads from 2015 to 2017.