| Trois-Rivières Draveurs | |
|---|---|
| City | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| League | QMJHL |
| Operated | 1969 to 1992 |
| Home arena | Colisée de Trois-Rivières |
| Franchise history | |
| 1969–73 | Trois-Rivières Ducs |
| 1973–92 | Trois-Rivières Draveurs |
| 1992–98 | Sherbrooke Faucons |
| 1998–03 | Sherbrooke Castors |
| 2003–11 | Lewiston Maineiacs |
| 2012–future | Sherbrooke QMJHL team |
The Trois-Rivières Draveurs ("Raftmen") were a junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They played at the Colisée de Trois-Rivières, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The team was originally known as the Trois-Rivières Ducs ("Dukes") and were a founding member of the QMJHL in 1969. They were renamed the Draveurs in 1973.
The Draveurs finished first place in the QMJHL in 1977–78 with 101 points, and again in 1978–79 with 122 points. Those two seasons, Trois-Rivières won consecutive President's Cups. The Draveurs were also league finalists in 1980–81, 1981–82, and [p1991–92, during the final season in Trois-Rivières.
The team moved to Sherbrooke, in 1992, where they were renamed the Sherbrooke Faucons, and later, the Sherbrooke Castors. They are today the Lewiston Maineiacs.
List of Trois-Rivières players who also played in the National Hockey League.[1] ((no play in NHL))
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