Cape Breton Eagles

Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
founding	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	Center 200
Location	Sydney , Nova Scotia
Team colors	black, white, gold, gray
league	Québec Major Junior Hockey League
division	Eastern Division
Head coach	Marc-André Dumont
General manager	Marc-André Dumont
Memorial Cups	no
Coupes du President	no

The Cape Breton Eagles are a Canadian ice hockey team from Sydney , Nova Scotia . The team has played in one of Canada's three highest junior ice hockey leagues, the Québec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) , since 1997 .

history

The Granby Prédateurs were relocated from Granby , Québec , to Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 1997 and renamed Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. In their first three seasons in the QMJHL, they immediately reached the playoffs for the Coupe du Président , but were eliminated in the first round. The Eagles, who have so far reached at least the first playoff round in every season, qualified for the finals for the first time in the 2001/02 season, but lost 4-1 to Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the best-of-seven series Wins. In the 2006/07 season, the Eagles moved into the final of the QMJHL for the second and so far last time, losing to the Foreurs after victories over the St. John's Fog Devils (4: 0) and Acadie-Bathurs Titan (4: 1) de Val-d'Or just 3: 4. In the 2008/09 season Cape Breton failed after a sweep against the Saint John Sea Dogs in the first round in round 2 with 3: 4 victories at the Remparts de Québec .

In August 2019, the team renamed itself Cape Breton Eagles and from now on also competes under a new logo.

Blocked numbers

The number 29 of Marc-André Fleury , who was selected as the overall first by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft , has not been awarded by the Cape Breton Eagles since January 25, 2008.

Former players

Ondřej Pavelec in the jersey of the Eagles

The following players who were active for the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles played in the National Hockey League during their career :

• Oskars Bārtulis
• Mark Barberio
• Drake Batherson
• Luc Bourdon
• William Carrier
• Jean-Philippe Côté
• Pierre-Luc Dubois
• Marc-André Fleury
• Ryan Flinn
• Martin Houle
• Tomáš Klouček
• Guillaume Lefebvre
• Adam Pardy
• Ondřej Pavelec
• Alexandre Picard
• Tim Ramholt
• Logan Shaw
• James Sheppard
• Yevgeny Svetschnikov

Team records

Career records

Games: 317 Chris Culligan

Goals: 121 Kévin Asselin

Assists: 197 Chris Culligan

Points: 284 Chris Culligan

Penalty minutes: 1122 Hunter Lahache

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Cape Breton Eagles
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Cape Breton Eagles