Trois-Rivières Draveurs

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city = Trois-Rivières, Quebec
league = Q.M.J.H.L.
operated = 1969 to 1992
arena = Colisée de Trois-Rivières
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-PresentThe Trois-Rivières Draveurs ("Raftmen") were a junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They played at the Colisée de Trois-Rivières, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The team was originally known as the Trois-Rivières Ducs ("Dukes") and were a founding member of the QMJHL in 1969. They were renamed the Draveurs in 1974.

The Draveurs finished first place in the QMJHL in 1977-78 with 101 points, and again in 1978-79 with 122 points. Those two seasons, Trois-Rivières won consecutive President's Cups. The Draveurs were also league finalists in 1980-81, 1981-82, and 1991-92, during the final season in Trois-Rivières.

The team moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1992, where they were renamed the Sherbrooke Faucons, and later, the Sherbrooke Castors. They are today the Lewiston MAINEiacs.

NHL alumni

List of Trois-Rivières players who also played in the National Hockey League. [ [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Trois-Rivieres+Draveurs Legendsofhockey.net alumni search] ]

*Pierre Aubry *Joel Baillargeon *Francois Breault *Paul Brousseau *Eric Charron *Enrico Ciccone *Jacques Cloutier *Roland Cloutier *Alain Daigle *Richard David *Martin Desjardins *Andre Dore *Donald Dufresne

*Benoit Gosselin *Gilles Hamel *Denis Herron *Jean-Francois Labbe *Pierre Lacroix *Claude Lapointe *Steve Larouche *Alain Lemieux *Claude Lemieux *Eric Messier *Bob Mongrain *Yanic Perreault *Michel Picard

*Alain Raymond *Pascal Rheaume *Normand Rochefort *Dominic Roussel *Yves Sarault *Jean-Francois Sauve *Martin St. Amour *Christian Tanguay *Jocelyn Thibault *Brent Tremblay *Pascal Trepanier *Claude Verret *Alain Vigneault

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