Ligue Centrale de Hockey

Infobox sports league
sport = ice hockey
founded = N/A
teams = 10
country = flagicon|Canada
champion = N/A
folded =
website = [http://www.lch.qc.ca 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).

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)

Links

* [http://www.lch.qc.ca LCH official site] (In French)
* [http://www.semipromagazine.com Semi Pro Magazine] (In French)