Sorel Éperviers

The Sorel Éperviers (Black Hawks) were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1969 to 1981. The team was one of the founding members of the QMJHL. They mostly played at the Colisée Cardin in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, but also spent a few seasons at the Verdun Auditorium in the Montreal suburb of Verdun, Quebec. The most famous Épervier alumnus would undoubtedly be Ray Bourque, who is also the only former Épervier in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The Éperviers originated in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, and were the league's champion in 1969. Sorel were finalists in the 1968-69 Eastern Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs 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 goalkeeper 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 Screaming 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)
* Verdun Éperviers (1977–1979)
* Verdun/Sorel Éperviers (1979–1980)
* Sorel Éperviers (1980–1981)
Note :Pct = Winning percentage
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Season 	Games 	Won 	Lost 	Tied 	Points 	Pct 	Goalsfor 	Goalsagainst 	Standing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==All-time scoring leaders==
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Player 	Pos 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	Seasons 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Michel Déziel 	LW 	241 	196 	261 	457 	1970-1974 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lucien DeBlois 	F 	270 	188 	221 	409 	1973-1977 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pierre Larouche 	F 	110 	141 	211 	352 	1972-1974 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jacques Cossette 	RW 	132 	158 	183 	341 	1972-1974 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dennis Desgagnés 	C 	183 	104 	192 	296 	1970-1973 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bob Ritchie 	LW 	253 	123 	168 	291 	1971-1975 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Michel Bergeron 	RW 	157 	125 	164 	289 	1971-1974 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Serge Gamelin 	RW 	180 	103 	143 	246 	1971-1974 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pierre Mondou 	RW 	152 	115 	123 	238 	1972-1975 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Noël Desfossés 	 	123 	75 	109 	184 	1970-1972 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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