The Laval Predators (french: link=no, Prédateurs de Laval) were an ice hockey team based in Laval, Quebec which competed in the

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdure Cup. History The league was fou ...

(LNAH) from 2013 to 2017. Their home arena was the historic Colisée de Laval, built in 1954 and nicknamed the "House of Pain", which seats 3500 spectators. The team originated in the city of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield as the Valleyfield Braves but relocated to Laval due to lackluster attendance and financial issues. The team finished the 2013–14 season as the Laval Braves before being renamed the Laval Predators for the start of the 2014–15 season. On May 31, 2017, it was announced that the Predators would cease operations.

History

The team originated in the city of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield for the 2013–14 season as the Valleyfield Braves but it was announced by the league on November 26, just eleven games into the season, that they would be relocated to Laval due to lackluster attendance and financial issues. The team became the first LNAH team to play in Laval since the

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moved to

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in 2006. The Laval Braves finished the regular season in last place and were drawn against the Trois-Rivières Viking in the first round of the playoffs. Viking knocked the Braves out of the playoffs in five games with the Brave only winning game two. Following the end of the season the team was renamed to Laval Predators. The Predators finished the 2014–15 season in seventh place ahead of the

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. In the playoffs they were drawn against

Jonquière Marquis The Jonquière Marquis are a hockey team in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH), which is based in the province of Quebec. They play at the Palais des Sports. The team has a long hockey history and have been known as Gladiateurs (1996–19 ...

for the quarterfinals and were knocked out in four games. The following season the club finished in fifth place and were drawn against

Trois-Rivières Blizzard Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...

for the quarterfinals. The Predators defeated the Blizzard four games to three and advanced to the semifinals against

Rivière-du-Loup 3L The Riviere-du-Loup 3L is a hockey team in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) based in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. The team's first season in the LNAH was 2008–09. The city of Rivière-du-Loup earlier in the decade had teams in the Queb ...

. Rivière-du-Loup knocked the Predators out of the playoffs after winning the semifinals series 2–4. The club finished the 2016–17 regular season in sixth place and qualified for the playoffs. In the quarterfinals the Predators were defeated by Jonquière Marquis two games to four. On May 31, 2017, it was announced that the Predators would cease operations citing the introduction of the American Hockey League's

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into the market and a lack of attendance.

Season-by-season results

References

External links

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