Saint-Jean Chiefs | |
Home ice | Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur |
Based in | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec |
Colours | White, Blue, & Yellow |
League | Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey |
The Saint-Jean Chiefs is a hockey team based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). The Chiefs play at the Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur.
The team started as the Saint-Lin-Laurentides Gladiateurs in 1996-1997 and moved to Sainte-Thérèse to become the Sainte-Therese Chiefs in 1997-1998. They moved to Laval in 1998-1999 and won the Futura Cup in 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 as the Laval Chiefs. The team was sold to Genex Communications in 2005-2006 and were rechristened the Summum Chiefs after one of Genex's magazines, Summum. Genex sold the team to a group from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and it moved there for the 2006-2007 season.
The team moved to Saint-Hyacinthe in 2008 to become the Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs.
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