Trois-Rivières Draveurs

Trois-Rivières Draveurs
City	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
League	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Operated	1969 to 1992
Home arena	Colisée de Trois-Rivières
Franchise history
1969–1973	Trois-Rivières Ducs
1973–1992	Trois-Rivières Draveurs
1992–1998	Sherbrooke Faucons
1998–2003	Sherbrooke Castors
2003–2011	Lewiston Maineiacs

The Trois-Rivières Draveurs ("Raftmen") were a Canadian junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). They played home games 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.

History

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 1991–92, during the final season in Trois-Rivières.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1991–92 season, Manon Rhéaume was a goaltender for the Draveurs and became the first female to play in the Canadian Hockey League.^[1][2]

The team moved to Sherbrooke, in 1992, where they were renamed the Sherbrooke Faucons, and later, the Sherbrooke Castors. They moved again in 2003 to become the Lewiston Maineiacs only to fold in 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Notable coaches

• Jean Bégin
• Michel Bergeron
• Alain Vigneault

Notable players

• Luc Tardif (later president of the International Ice Hockey Federation)^[3]

NHL alumni

List of Trois-Rivières players who also played in the National Hockey League (NHL).^[4]

References

This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 22:14