Éperviers de Sorel

Éperviers de Sorel
founding	1969
resolution	1981
history	Éperviers de Sorel 1969–1977 Éperviers de Verdun 1977–1979 Éperviers de Verdun / Sorel 1979–1980 Éperviers de Sorel 1980–1981 Bisons de Granby 1981–1995 Prédateurs de Granby 1995–1997 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 1997–2019 Cape Breton Eagles since 2019
Stadion	Colisée Cardin Verdun Auditorium
Location	Sorel-Tracy , Québec Verdun , Québec
league	QMJHL
Memorial Cups	no
Coupes du President	no

The Éperviers de Sorel ( English : Sorel Black Hawks ) were a Canadian ice hockey team from Sorel-Tracy and Verdun , Québec . The team played from 1969 to 1981 under different names in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Québec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

history

The Éperviers de Sorel were founded in 1969 as a franchise of the Québec Major Junior Hockey League . The team's greatest success was winning the East Division in the 1973/74 season and the Lebel Division in the 1978/79 season. In addition, the team from Québec set an offensive record in the Canadian Hockey League with 620 goals scored in one player time. Both Pierre Larouche , Michel Deziel and Jacques Cossette get each more than 90 goals and 200 points scorer. In addition, Sorel's goalkeeper Claude Legris scores the Trophée Jacques Plante despite an average of 4.50 goals per game.

For the period from 1977 to 1979 the Éperviers were active in Verdun. After a season as Verdun / Sorel Éperviers they returned to Sorel under their original name. Following the 1980/81 season, the franchise was relocated to Granby , Québec, where it was then active in the QMJHL under the name Bisons de Granby .

Former players

The following players who were active for the Éperviers de Sorel played in the National Hockey League during their career :

Norm Aubin Marco Baron Michel Belhumeur Michel Bergeron Serge Bernier Gilles Bilodeau

Raymond Bourque Jacques Cossette Richard David Lucien DeBlois Michel Deziel Jean-Marc Gaulin

Pierre Giroux Benoit Gosselin Brian Johnson Steve Kasper Alain Langlais Jean-Marc Lanthier

Pierre Larouche Claude Legris Pierre Mondou Bob Ritchie Ron Smith Chris Valentine

Team records

Career records

Games: 270 Lucien DeBlois

Goals: 196 Michel Deziel

Assists: 261 Michel Deziel

Points: 457 Michel Deziel

Penalty minutes: 682 Carlo Torresan

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Éperviers de Sorel
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Éperviers de Sorel
• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Éperviers de Verdun
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Éperviers de Verdun
• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Éperviers de Sorel / Verdun
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Éperviers de Sorel / Verdun