Saint-Jean Lynx were a junior ice hockey team which played from 1989 to 1995 in 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 ...

. They played at the Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur. In 1982 they moved from

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...

and were formerly the

Sherbrooke Castors The Sherbrooke Castors or Beavers (in English) was the name of two different junior ice hockey teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and another team in the Quebec Eastern Provincial Hockey League. Both later franchises played at the Pal ...

. They were known as the Saint-Jean Castors from 1982 until 1989. In 1995 they moved to

Rimouski Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), t ...

to become the

Rimouski Océanic The Rimouski Océanic are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The franchise was granted for the 1969–70 season as the Sherbrooke Castors. The Castors played in Sherbrooke from 1969 to 1982 before moving t ...

NHL alumni

:''Totals include both the St-Jean Lynx and St-Jean Castors.'' {{Defunct QMJHL Defunct Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams Sport in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Ice hockey clubs established in 1982 Sports clubs disestablished in 1995 1982 establishments in Quebec 1995 disestablishments in Quebec