Ligue Centrale de Hockey

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Ligue Centrale de Hockey
Sport	ice hockey
Founded	N/A
No. of teams	10
Country(ies)
Most recent champion(s)	N/A
Official website	LCH official site (in French)

The LCH is a Senior AAA league. It is a semi-pro league for ex professional players and for young players coming out of major junior who have not yet found a spot on a professional team. The LCH also acts as a feeder league for the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). The League used to be strictly amateur but over the past few years there has been a shift from a senior league to a semi-pro format. Teams play for the Desjardins Cup named after the company that is one of the main sponsors of the LCH. The league champion advances to the Canadian Senior AAA national championship(Allan Cup).

[edit] Teams

The LCH has 10 current teams

BooMeRang de Charlevoix
Précision de Pont-Rouge (Used to be le Grand Portneuf de Pont Rouge)
98.3 FM de Saguenay (Used to be le PolVin de Saguenay)
X-Trême Bionest de Shawinigan
Gilmyr de Montmagny
CIMT de Rivière-du-Loup
Poutrelles Delta de Ste-Marie
Voyageurs de Cowansville (New team, used to be in the folded LHSP (Ligue de Hockey Senior Promutuel)
Turmel du Lac Mégantic (New team, used to be in the folded LHSP (Ligue de Hockey Senior Promutuel)
CHOX-FM de La Pocatière (Taking the 2007-08 season off upon completion of new arena)