Tigres de Victoriaville

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Tigres de Victoriaville
founding 1987
history Chevaliers de Longueuil
1982–1987
Tigres de Victoriaville
since 1987
Stadion Colisee Desjardins
Location Victoriaville , Quebec
Team colors yellow, white, black
league LHJMQ
division Telus Division
Head coach Bruce Richardson
General manager Jérôme Mésonéro
Memorial Cups no
Coupes du President 2001/02

The Tigres de Victoriaville are a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Victoriaville in the province of Québec that plays in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . The franchise plays its home games at Colisée Desjardins .

history

For the 1982/83 season , the team was founded in Longueuil in the Canadian province of Québec as Chevaliers de Longueuil . In 1987 the Chevaliers moved to Victoriaville, where they have been on the ice under their current name ever since. In 2002 the Tigres won the Coupe du Président , the championship of the LHJMQ. This earned them participation in the Memorial Cup 2002 , where they were subject to the Kootenay Ice from the Western Hockey League in the final .

Well-known former players

Various players who spent their junior years with the Tigres de Victoriaville later made careers in the National Hockey League . Some of them are:

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