The Sorel-Tracy Éperviers (Sorel-Tracy Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in

Sorel-Tracy Sorel-Tracy (; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Champlain Valley. It is located at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre, downstre ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. The team is part of 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). The Éperviers play at the

Colisée Cardin The Colisée Cardin is an indoor arena located in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. It was built in 1954 and has a capacity of 3,037 people. It once hosted the Sorel Éperviers of the QMJHL The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey juni ...

. Initially, the team was based in

Saint-Gabriel, Quebec Saint-Gabriel () is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality. It is located on the shores of Lake Maskinongé, in the shadows of the Laurentian Mountains. History The first settlers ...

and was called the Blizzard. Its first season was the 1996–97 season, where they captured the

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. The team then moved to

Joliette Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greate ...

in 1998. It changed its name from Blizzard to Mission before the 2000–01 season. During its time in Joliette, they won a further two Futura Cups in 1998-99 and 2000–01. Before the 2002–03 season, they moved to

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost naviga ...

. They played two season there, before they moved to Sorel-Tracy before the 2004–05 season. The Sorel LNAH franchise was inactive after the 2008 season, but was officially reinstated into the league on May 21, 2010LNAH.com:Sorel-Tracy back in the LNAH
as the Sorel-Tracy GCI, backed by new shareholders and owners, Roger Savard, owner of mining equipment manufacture
GCI Environnement
Jean-Guy Poirier, the former owner of Royal Sorel, and four players, Christian Deschênes, Gregory Dupré, Steven Low, and Jonathan Forest. In 2011, the team changed its name to HC Carvena, afte
Carvena
a local cleaning and sanitation service when GCI ended its sponsorship. In 2013, the team decide to change its name again to Sorel-Tracy Éperviers, after the former junior team

Sorel Éperviers The Sorel Éperviers (Black Hawks) were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1969 to 1981. The team was one of the founding members of the QMJHL. They mostly played at the Colisée Cardin in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, ...

of the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...

, famous for alumni

Ray Bourque Raymond Jean Bourque (born December 28, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He holds records for most career goals, assists, and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the James Norris Memorial ...

References

External links

Sorel-Tracy Hawks official site
Ice hockey teams in Quebec Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey teams Sport in Sorel-Tracy {{Canada-icehockey-team-stub