Français Volants is an ice hockey team in

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. They are currently playing in

FFHG Division 2 FFHG Division 2 (Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace Division 2 or French Ice Hockey Federation Division 2) is an amateur ice hockey league in France. It is the third of four levels of national ice hockey in France. The teams that end at ...

, the third level of French ice hockey.

History

The club was founded in 1933 by

Jacques Lacarrière Jacques Lacarrière (; 2 December 1925 – 17 September 2005) was a French writer, born in Limoges. He studied moral philosophy, classical literature, and Hindu philosophy and Hindi literature, literature. Professionally, he was known as a prom ...

, a French ice hockey player. Volants regularly participated in the top-level of French ice hockey from the 1930s until the 1990s, winning the championship four times, in 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1989. They also won the

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

in 1987. Their last appearance in the highest-level league came during the 1990-91 season. The club currently plays in the third-level French league, the

Achievements

*French champion (4): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1989.French Ice Hockey Federation
/ref> *Coupe de France champion (1): 1987.

Notable players

André Peloffy André Charles Peloffy (born February 25, 1951) is a French former professional ice hockey forward. He was the first person born in France to play in the National Hockey League (NHL), and played 9 games with the Washington Capitals during the 197 ...

(born 1951), French ice hockey player *

Patrice Lefebvre Patrice Lefebvre (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian-born Italian former ice hockey player. Lefebvre played three games in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals during the 1998–99 NHL season. Biography Lefebvre was born in Mont ...

(born 1967), Canadian-born Italian ice hockey player *

Eliezer Sherbatov Eliezer "Elie" Alexeevich Sherbatov (; born 9 October 1991) is an Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player who plays for the Jonquière Marquis of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, after having played for HC Mariupol of the Ukrainian Hockey Leagu ...

(born 1991), Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player

References

External links

Team profile
on eurohockey.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Francais Volants Ice hockey teams in France