Sherbrooke Castors

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Sherbrooke Castors
City: Sherbrooke, Quebec
League: Q.M.J.H.L.
Operated: 1969 to 1982 &
1998 to 2003
Home Arena: Palais des Sports
Franchise history
1969-73: Trois-Rivières Ducs
1973-92: Trois-Rivières Draveurs
1992-98: Sherbrooke Faucons
1998-03: Sherbrooke Castors
2003-Present: Lewiston MAINEiacs
Previous franchise history
1969-82: Sherbrooke Castors
1982-89: Saint-Jean Castors
1989-95: Saint-Jean Lynx
1995-Present: Rimouski Océanic

The Sherbrooke Castors or Sherbrooke Beavers (in english) was the name of two different teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Both franchises played at the Palais des Sports in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

[edit] Original Castors

The Sherbrooke Castors (1969-1982) moved to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec in 1982, named the Saint-Jean Castors. In 1989 they were renamed the Saint-Jean Lynx. In 1995 the team moved to Rimouski, Quebec to become the Rimouski Océanic.

This original Castors franchise won the President's Cup in 1975, 1977, and 1982. The second incarnation never won. The Castors played in the Memorial Cup in those three years, and came closest to winning in 1982, when they lost in the tournament final to the Kitchener Rangers.

[edit] Sherbrooke Faucons/Castors

The second Sherbrooke Castors team (1998-2003), originally the Trois-Rivières Draveurs, franchise moved to Sherbrooke in 1992 as the Sherbrooke Faucons ("Falcons"). The Faucons were renamed to Castors in 1998 and moved to Lewiston, Maine in 2003, to be renamed the Lewiston MAINEiacs.

[edit] NHL Alumni

The following Castors/Faucons later played in the NHL:

Defunct Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams
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