Trois-Rivières Draveurs

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Trois-Rivières Draveurs
City	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
League	QMJHL
Operated	1969 (1969) to 1992
Home arena	Colisée de Trois-Rivières
Franchise history 1969–73 Trois-Rivières Ducs 1973–92 Trois-Rivières Draveurs 1992–98 Sherbrooke Faucons 1998–03 Sherbrooke Castors 2003–present Lewiston Maineiacs

The 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 1973.

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 [p1991–92, during the final season in Trois-Rivières.

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

[edit] NHL alumni

List of Trois-Rivières players who also played in the National Hockey League.^[1]

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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