Sorel Éperviers
Sorel Éperviers | |
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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | |
2019–present | Cape Breton Eagles |
The Sorel Éperviers (Black Hawks) were a
The Éperviers originated in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, and were the league's champion in 1969. Sorel were finalists in the eastern Canadian championship for the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, losing 3 games to 1 to the Montreal Junior Canadiens.
The 1973–74 QMJHL season sparked an offensive explosion, unmatched in Canadian Hockey League history. Sorel set a CHL record of 620 goals scored as a team. Three Sorel players, Pierre Larouche, Michel Deziel and Jacques Cossette, had more than 90 goals and 200 points each. Sorel goaltender Claude Legris also posted the highest goals against average of 4.50 goals per game for a Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy winner.
In 1981 the franchise moved to Granby, Quebec where they became the Granby Bisons. They won the Memorial Cup there in 1996. The franchise is today the Cape Breton Eagles.
NHL alumni
- Norm Aubin
- Marco Baron
- Michel Belhumeur
- Michel Bergeron
- Serge Bernier
- Gilles Bilodeau
- Raymond Bourque
- Jacques Cossette
- Richard David
- Lucien DeBlois
- Michel Deziel
- Jean-Marc Gaulin
- Pierre Giroux
- Benoit Gosselin
- Brian Johnson
- Steve Kasper
- Alain Langlais
- Jean-Marc Lanthier
- Pierre Larouche
- Claude Legris
- Pierre Mondou
- Bob Ritchie
- Ron Smith
- Chris Valentine
Season-by-season record
- Sorel Éperviers (1969–1977)[1]
- Verdun Éperviers (1977–1979)[2]
- Verdun/Sorel Éperviers (1979–1980)[3]
- Sorel Éperviers (1980–1981)[1]
Note :Pct = Winning percentage
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Pct | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing |
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1969–70 | 56 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 66 | 0.589 | 295 | 220 | 4th, East |
1970–71 | 62 | 25 | 36 | 1 | 51 | 0.411 | 214 | 249 | 6th, QMJHL |
1971–72 | 62 | 38 | 24 | 0 | 76 | 0.613 | 287 | 224 | 4th, QMJHL |
1972–73 | 64 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 79 | 0.617 | 398 | 362 | 3rd, QMJHL |
1973–74 | 70 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 117 | 0.836 | 620 | 301 | 1st, East |
1974–75 | 72 | 20 | 43 | 9 | 49 | 0.340 | 297 | 388 | 4th, East |
1975–76 | 72 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 65 | 0.451 | 302 | 377 | 4th, East |
1976–77 | 72 | 19 | 48 | 5 | 43 | 0.299 | 319 | 448 | 5th, Dilio |
1977–78 | 72 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 73 | 0.507 | 378 | 332 | 4th, Lebel |
1978–79 | 72 | 41 | 24 | 7 | 89 | 0.618 | 367 | 313 | 1st, Lebel |
1979–80 | 72 | 20 | 47 | 5 | 45 | 0.312 | 321 | 426 | 4th, Lebel |
1980–81 | 72 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 78 | 0.542 | 333 | 303 | 2nd, Lebel |