Sherbrooke Castors
CitySherbrooke, Quebec
LeagueQMJHL
Operated1969 (1969) to 1982 &
1998 to 2003
Home arenaPalais des Sports
Franchise history
1969–1973Trois-Rivières Ducs
1973–1992Trois-Rivières Draveurs
1992–1998Sherbrooke Faucons
1998–2003Sherbrooke Castors
2003–2011Lewiston Maineiacs
Previous franchise history
1962–1969Thetford Mines Canadiens
1969–1982Sherbrooke Castors
1982–1989Saint-Jean Castors
1989–1995Saint-Jean Lynx
1995–presentRimouski Océanic

The Sherbrooke Castors or Beavers (in English) was the name of two different junior ice hockey teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and another team in the Quebec Eastern Provincial Hockey League. Both later franchises played at the Palais des Sports in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Earlier Castors

The earlier Sherbrooke Beavers were a senior ice hockey team which won the 1965 Allan Cup,[1] and previously played in the Quebec Eastern Provincial Hockey League, an amateur league and team from 1959 to 1962.[2]

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.

On November 24, 1974 on the way to a game in Chicoutimi; the team's bus was involved in an accident that killed Gaétan Paradis, and injured 30 more.[3]

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. The Maineiacs folded in 2011, and the City of Sherbrooke received an expansion franchise in 2012 in the form of the Sherbrooke Phoenix.

NHL alumni

The following Castors/Faucons later played in the National Hockey League:

References

  1. ↑ "18 Years, Four Games To Win Cup". Brandon Sun. Brandon, Manitoba. May 10, 1965. p. 7.Free access icon
  2. ↑ "Sherbrooke Castors Statistics and History [QEPHL]". hockeydb.com.
  3. ↑ Deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash brings up memories of 1974 Quebec tragedy
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