Bisons de Granby

This article refers to the ice hockey team from the QMJHL. For the team of the same name from the Ligue de hockey semi-professionnelle de Québec see Prédateurs de Granby (LHSPQ) .

Bisons de Granby
founding	1981
resolution	1997
history	Éperviers de Sorel 1969–1977 Éperviers de Verdun 1977–1979 Éperviers de Sorel / Verdun 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	Aréna-Léonard Grondin
Location	Granby , Quebec
league	Québec Major Junior Hockey League
Memorial Cups	1996
Coupes du President	1995/96

The Bisons de Granby were a Canadian ice hockey team from Granby , Québec . The team played from 1981 to 1997 in one of the top three Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Québec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

history

The Éperviers de Sorel were resettled in 1981 from Sorel-Tracy , Québec , to Granby, Québec, and renamed Bisons de Granby. The franchise played under this name until 1995. In its last two years, the team was called Prédateurs de Granby. The team completed their most successful season in the 1995/96 season in which they first won the Coupe du Président as champions of the QMJHL. In the subsequent final tournament for the Memorial Cup , the Prédateurs defeated the Peterborough Petes from the Ontario Hockey League 4-0 in the final, which was the first time in 15 years that a Québec club won the Memorial Cup.

Following the 1996/97 season, the franchise was relocated to Sydney , Nova Scotia , where it has since participated in the QMJHL game operations under the name Cape Breton Screaming Eagles . The gap that the resettlement left in the city was closed in 1997 by Blitz de Granby from the Québec Semi-Pro Hockey League , which also competed in their league from 2002 to 2004 under the name Prédateurs de Granby.

Former players

The following players who were active for the Bisons / Prédateurs de Granby played in the National Hockey League during their career :

• Serge Aubin
• Philippe Audet
• Joel Baillargeon
• Jesse Bélanger
• Eric Bertrand
• Philippe Boucher
• Francis Bouillon
• François Breault
• Martin Brochu
• Marc Bureau
• Alain Côté
• Ed Courtenay
• Xavier Delisle
• Eric Desjardins
• Jason Doig
• Jocelyn Gauvreau
• Daniel Goneau
• Benoît Gratton
• Claude Houde
• Daniel Lacroix
• Georges Laraque
• Christian Matte
• Stéphane Quintal
• André Racicot
• Stéphane Richer
• Marc Rodgers
• Patrick Roy
• Stéphane Roy
• Everett Sanipass
• Martin Simard
• Pierre Turgeon

Team records

Career records

Games: 268 Martin Balleux

Goals: 132 Martin Bouliane

Assists: 187 Martin Bouliane

Points: 319 Martin Bouliane

Penalty minutes: 1097 Daniel Lacroix

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Bisons de Granby
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Bisons de Granby
• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Prédateurs de Granby
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Prédateurs de Granby