The Sherbrooke Castors or Beavers (in English) was the name of two different junior ice hockey teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and another team in the Quebec Eastern Provincial Hockey League. Both later franchises played at the Palais des Sports in Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada.
5-639: The earlier Sherbrooke Beavers were a senior ice hockey team which won the 1965 Allan Cup , and previously played in the Quebec Eastern Provincial Hockey League, an amateur league and team from 1959 to 1962. 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
10-619: The Allan Cup . From the beginning of the 1900s until the 1970s, Senior hockey was immensely popular across Canada, particularly in rural towns. At a time when most households didn't have a television and few hockey games were broadcast, local arenas were filled to capacity to watch the local team take on a rival. The popularity of Senior hockey declined in the 1980s and 1990s. A number of long-running leagues and teams vanished. Today, many players choose to play organized recreational hockey, sometimes referred to as "commercial hockey." The popularity of
15-683: The National Hockey League : Senior ice hockey Senior hockey refers to amateur or semi-professional ice hockey competition. There are no age restrictions for Senior players, who typically consist of those whose Junior eligibility has expired. Senior hockey leagues operate under the jurisdiction of Hockey Canada or USA Hockey . They are not affiliated in any way with professional hockey leagues. Many former professional players play Senior hockey after their pro careers are over. The top Senior AAA teams in Canada compete annually for
20-796: 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 . On November 24, 1974 on the way to a game in Chicoutimi ; the team's bus was involved in an accident that killed Gaétan Paradis, and injured 30 more. The second Sherbrooke Castors team (1998-2003), originally
25-711: 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 . The Maineiacs folded in 2011, and the City of Sherbrooke received an expansion franchise in 2012 in the form of the Sherbrooke Phoenix . The following Castors/Faucons later played in
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