Sherbrooke Castors

Hockey team | CAN_eng = 1|
team = Sherbrooke Castors

logosize = 150px
city = Sherbrooke, Quebec
league = Q.M.J.H.L.
operated = 1969 to 1982 &
1998 to 2003
arena = Palais des Sports
name1 = Trois-Rivières Ducs
dates1 = 1969-73
name2 = Trois-Rivières Draveurs
dates2 = 1973-92
name3 = Sherbrooke Faucons | dates3 = 1992-98
name4 = Sherbrooke Castors
dates4 = 1998-03
name5 = Lewiston MAINEiacs
dates5 = 2003-Present
altname1 = Thetford Mines Canadiens
altdates1 = 1962-69
altname2 = Saint-Jean Castors
altdates1 = 1969-82
altname2 = Saint-Jean Castors
altdates2 = 1982-89
altname3 = Saint-Jean Lynx | altdates3 = 1989-95
altname4 = Rimouski Océanic
altdates4 = 1995-Present
|The Sherbrooke Castors or Sherbrooke Beavers (in English) was the name of two different junior ice hockey teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Both franchises played at the Palais des Sports in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

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.

herbrooke 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.

NHL alumni

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

*Dmitry Afanasenkov *Norm Aubin *Alain Bélanger *Yves Bélanger *Serge Boisvert *Paul Boutilier *Fred Burchell *Claude Cardin *Ron Carter *John Chabot *Dan Chicoine *Rejean Cloutier *Claude Cyr

*Gord Donnelly *Gilles Dube *Norm Dube *Norm Dussault *Jean-François Fortin *Ray Fortin *Gerard Gallant *Jean-Marc Gaulin *Jere Gillis *Alan Haworth *Pierre Jarry *Brian Johnson *Claude Larose

*Fern LeBlanc *Reggie Lemelin *Jean Lemieux *Mario Lessard *Gilles Lupien *Drew MacIntyre *Jimmy Mann *Peter Marsh *Sean McKenna *Corrado Micalef *Richard Mulhern *Simon Nolet *Michel Petit

*Noel Picard *Roger Picard *Pascal Rheaume *Dany Sabourin *Richard Sevigny *Bobby Simpson *Claude St. Sauveur *Radoslav Suchy *Jocelyn Thibault *Rick Vaive *Sid Veysey *Tomas Vokoun *Kurt Walker