Shawinigan Cataractes
| Shawinigan Cataractes | |
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| City | Shawinigan, Quebec |
| League | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
| Conference | Telus |
| Division | Telus East |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Home arena | Centre Gervais Auto |
| Colours |
Navy blue, gold, green, white and burgundy |
| General manager | Martin Mondou |
| Head coach | Martin Bernard |
| Championships | 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup Champions |
| Website | www.cataractes.qc.ca |
| Franchise history | |
| 1969–1973 | Shawinigan Bruins |
| 1973–1978 | Shawinigan Dynamos |
| 1978–present | Shawinigan Cataractes |
The Shawinigan Cataractes are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based out of Shawinigan, Quebec. The Cataractes have been previously known as the Shawinigan Bruins until 1973, and were called the Shawinigan Dynamos from 1973 to 1978.
The Cataractes play their home games at the Centre Gervais Auto. The former home of the team was Aréna Jacques Plante. Over the course of their 43-year history, they have not won any League championships or Memorial Cups until they were chosen to host the 2012 Memorial Cup tournament, as they became only the second team to play in the tie-breaker and win in overtime in front of a sellout hometown crowd.
"Cataractes" is the plural form of "cataracte", which means in English 'cataract' in the sense of a powerful waterfall, derived from the Latin word "cataracta" meaning 'waterfall' or 'portcullis'. The team is named after the Shawinigan Falls, a prominent waterfall in the city of Shawinigan.
Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss
†Seeded 8th in Eastern Division for 2006–07 playoffs.
††Seeded 5th in Telus Division for 2008–09 playoffs.
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