Palais des Sports Leopold-Drolet

The Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet is a 3,646-seat multi-purpose arena in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1965. Starting in 2012, this arena was renovated and is now home to the Sherbrooke Phoenix of the QMJHL.La Tribune, Palais des sports: les Sherbrookois paieront plus cher
For the 1976 Summer Olympics in neighbouring Montreal, it hosted four women and five men's team handball matches.1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 212-5.1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 349-51, 355-61.
It was home to the Sherbrooke Castors ice hockey team, before their move to Lewiston, Maine as the Lewiston Maineiacs in 2003. It was also home to two AHL hockey teams, the Sherbrooke Jets, and the Sherbrooke Canadiens who became the Fredericton Canadiens in 1990. With the folding of the Lewiston Maineiacs, Sherbrooke receive an expansion QMJHL team (Sherbrooke Phoenix) for the 2012–13 and the team began play at the renovated Palais De Sports. The team is owned by a group led by former NHL goaltender Jocelyn Thibault.
It held the 2015 QMJHL Draft on June 7, 2015.
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Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Quebec
Category:Sherbrooke Canadiens
Category:Quebec Major Junior Hockey League arenas
Category:Quebec Major Junior Hockey League arena
Category:Former American Hockey League arena