Brûleurs de loups

The Brûleurs de loups(French for "Wolf Burners") are a professional ice hockey team that resides in Grenoble, France. The name comes from an event recorded by Cardinal LeCamus in 1672 at St Christophe en Oisans, see the book from Thomas Pfeiffer, "Le Brûleur de loups", Lyon, 2004. According to the Cardinal, members of his parrish became fed up with wolves plauging and harassing their livestock. One night, peasants cornered a pack into a small section of forest and burned them alive. The story still circulates in Grenoble popular folklore.

Such events were not too uncommon in 18th century France. The movie Brotherhood of the Wolf cronicals similar events in the same region of France circa 1764.

The Brûleurs de Loups hockey team is one of the most important of the Ligue Magnus and won the 2007 league. Former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Cristobal Huet played for Grenoble from the beginning of his career to 1998. He was born in nearby Saint-Martin-d'Hères.

External links

* [http://www.bruleursdeloups.com/accueil/ Team homepage (in French)]
* See the book from Pfeiffer Thomas, "Le Brûleur de loups", Lyon, Bellier, 2004 who gives the clue of the origin of the Wolf burners.