Saint-Jean Chiefs

The Saint-Jean Chiefs is a hockey team based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). The Chiefs play at the Colisée Isabelle Brasseur.

The team started as the Saint-Lin-Laurentides Gladiateurs in 1996-1997 and moved to Sainte-Therese to become the Sainte-Therese Chiefs in 1997-1998. They moved to Laval in 1998-1999 and won the Futura Cup in 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 as the Laval Chiefs. The team was sold to Genex Communications in 2005-2006 and were rechristened the Summum Chiefs after one of Genex's magazines, Summum. Genex sold the team to a group from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and it moved there for the 2006-2007 season.

Notable players

* Steve Bosse
* Patrick Boileau
* David Gosselin
* Guillaume Lefebvre

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