Thetford Mines Canadiens

The Thetford Mines Canadiens were a Junior "A" team in Thetford Mines, Quebec. They played in the Provincial Junior League from 1967-69, winning the league title in 1966-67.

For those three seasons they were a Montreal Canadiens farm team, feeding players to the Montreal Junior Canadiens who were regarded as a higher level team.

In 1964-65 they were known as the Thetford Mines Black Hawks and in 1965-66 they were the Thetford Mines Junior Aces.

In 1969 the team moved to Sherbrooke and became the Sherbrooke Castors. They are now the Rimouski Oceanic.

Alumni who played in the NHL

 * Michel Dumas
 * Andre Dupont
 * Gilles Gilbert
 * Norm Gratton
 * Rejean Houle
 * Francois Lacombe
 * Rich Lemieux
 * Rick Martin
 * Gilbert Perreault
 * Marc Tardif