Shawinigan Cataractes Explained

Team:	Shawinigan Cataractes Cataractes de Shawinigan
Colour:	background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003E7E 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB827 5px solid;
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City:	Shawinigan, Quebec
League:	Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
Division:	Telus East
Founded:	1969
Arena:	Centre Gervais Auto
Colours:	Navy blue, gold, green, white and burgundy
Championships:	Memorial Cup: 2012 QMJHL: 2022
Coach:	Daniel Renaud
Gm:	Martin Mondou
Website:	www.cataractes.qc.ca
Name1:	Shawinigan Bruins
Dates1:	1969–1973
Name2:	Shawinigan Dynamos
Dates2:	1973–1978
Name3:	Shawinigan Cataractes
Dates3:	1978–present

The Shawinigan Cataractes (French: Cataractes de Shawinigan) are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Shawinigan, Quebec. The franchise plays their home games at the Centre Gervais Auto, and were originally known as the Shawinigan Bruins until 1973, as well as the Shawinigan Dynamos from 1973 to 1978.

Etymology

"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.

NHL alumni

• Yves Beaudoin
• Anthony Beauvillier
• Simon Benoit
• Jean-Claude Bergeron
• Marc-André Bergeron
• Yves Bergeron
• Alexandre Bolduc
• Michaël Bournival
• Mathieu Biron
• Michel Brière
• Alexandre Burrows
• Stéphane Charbonneau
• Mathieu Chouinard
• Enrico Ciccone
• Matthieu Descoteaux
• Sam Girard
• Benoit Gosselin
• Mario Gosselin
• François Groleau
• Stéphane Guérard
• Jean-François Jomphe
• Patrick Lalime
• Patrick Lebeau
• Stéphan Lebeau
• Patrice Lefebvre
• Zbynek Michalek
• Olivier Michaud
• Sergio Momesso
• Stéphane Morin
• Paul Pageau
• Steve Penney
• Timo Pielmeier
• Jason Pominville
• Vasili Ponomaryov
• Daniel Poudrier
• Claude Pronovost
• Jean-François Quintin
• Pierre Rioux
• Stéphane Robidas
• Dominic Roussel
• Daniel Shank
• Patrick Traverse
• Radim Vrbata

Season results

• 1969–73 Shawinigan Bruins
• 1973–78 Shawinigan Dynamos
• 1978–present Shawinigan Cataractes

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SL	Points	Pct %	Goals for	Goals	Standing
1969–70	56	36	19	1	-	-	73	0.652	318	254	2nd in East
1970–71	62	38	23	1	-	-	77	0.621	301	256	2nd in QMJHL
1971–72	61	34	24	3	-	-	71	0.582	290	208	5th in QMJHL
1972–73	64	28	34	2	-	-	70	0.453	301	278	4th in QMJHL
1973–74	70	30	37	3	-	-	63	0.450	347	402	3rd in East
1974–75	72	16	45	11	-	-	43	0.299	324	462	5th in East
1975–76	72	9	59	4	-	-	22	0.153	254	554	5th in East
1976–77	72	18	42	12	-	-	48	0.333	265	357	4th in Dilio
1977–78	72	3	65	4	-	-	10	0.069	258	687	5th in Dilio
1978–79	74	24	43	7	-	-	53	0.372	310	424	5th in Dilio
1979–80	72	28	35	9	-	-	65	0.451	314	339	5th in Dilio
1980–81	72	34	34	4	-	-	72	0.500	325	321	4th in Dilio
1981–82	64	35	27	2	-	-	72	0.562	349	278	5th in QMJHL
1982–83	70	52	16	2	-	-	106	0.757	406	232	1st in Dilio
1983–84	70	37	33	0	-	-	74	0.529	329	287	1st in Dilio
1984–85	68	48	19	1	-	-	98	0.713	384	255	1st in Dilio
1985–86	72	32	38	2	-	-	66	0.458	353	361	4th in Dilio
1986–87	70	38	26	6	-	-	82	0.586	408	335	2nd in Dilio
1987–88	70	30	37	3	-	-	63	0.450	387	381	4th in Dilio
1988–89	70	31	35	4	-	-	66	0.471	318	321	8th in QMJHL
1989–90	70	38	30	2	-	-	78	0.557	328	275	4th in QMJHL
1990–91	70	27	40	3	-	-	57	0.407	261	289	4th in Dilio
1991–92	70	37	27	6	-	-	80	0.571	279	273	2nd in Dilio
1992–93	70	19	46	5	-	-	43	0.307	262	357	5th in Dilio
1993–94	72	36	31	5	-	-	77	0.535	316	313	4th in Dilio
1994–95	72	40	28	4	-	-	84	0.583	325	270	2nd in Dilio
1995–96	70	35	30	5	-	-	75	0.536	289	259	3rd in Dilio
1996–97	70	41	24	5	-	-	87	0.621	277	232	2nd in Dilio
1997–98	70	40	24	6	-	-	86	0.614	262	217	3rd in Lebel
1998–99	70	44	22	4	-	-	92	0.657	275	212	1st in Lebel
1999–2000	72	37	25	5	5	-	84	0.549	295	257	1st in Central
2000–01	72	54	10	6	2	-	116	0.792	375	192	1st in Central
2001–02	72	43	21	5	3	-	94	0.632	288	200	1st in Central
2002–03	72	25	35	8	4	-	62	0.403	209	249	3rd in Central
2003–04	70	39	21	4	6	-	88	0.586	259	215	2nd in West
2004–05	70	31	25	12	2	-	76	0.529	199	188	2nd in West
2005–06	70	37	28	-	3	2	79	0.544	285	278	6th in West
2006–07	70	25	39	-	2	4	56	0.357	228	301	9th in Telus^†
2007–08	70	33	33	-	-	4	70	0.471	226	241	6th in Telus
2008–09	68	51	14	-	3	0	105	0.750	308	183	2nd in Central^††
2009–10	68	31	29	-	3	5	70	0.477	148	162	3rd in Central
2010–11	68	42	23	-	2	1	87	0.640	250	202	4th in Telus West
2011–12	68	45	16	-	3	4	97	0.713	274	179	1st in East
2012–13	68	15	46	-	5	2	37	0.220	154	284	17th in QMJHL
2013–14	68	20	39	-	4	5	49	0.360	163	251	16th in QMJHL
2014–15	68	39	26	-	1	2	81	0.596	259	214	3rd in East
2015–16	68	44	19	-	4	1	93	0.684	281	220	1st in East
2016–17	68	42	20	-	4	2	90	0.662	258	184	1st in East
2017–18	68	16	45	-	6	1	39	0.287	183	298	17th in QMJHL
2018–19	68	14	49	-	2	3	33	0.243	188	347	8th in West
2019–20	63	29	32	-	2	0	60	0.476	227	245	6th in West
2020–21	34	21	10	-	2	1	45	0.662	125	109	2nd in East
2021–22	68	40	24	-	1	3	84	0.618	235	190	3rd in West
2022–23	68	29	34	-	2	3	63	0.463	209	236	5th in West

^†Seeded 8th in Eastern Division for 2006–07 playoffs.

^††Seeded 5th in Telus Division for 2008–09 playoffs.

External links

• Official Site