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 Bionest de Shawinigan. 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.

Current NHL players

 * Marc-André Bergeron
 * Alexandre Bolduc
 * Michaël Bournival
 * Alexandre Burrows
 * Pascal Dupuis
 * Zbynek Michalek
 * Jason Pominville
 * Stéphane Robidas
 * Radim Vrbata

Former NHL players

 * Yves Beaudoin
 * Jean-Claude Bergeron
 * Yves Bergeron
 * Mathieu Biron
 * Michel Brière
 * Stéphane Charbonneau
 * Enrico Ciccone
 * Matthieu Descoteaux
 * Benoit Gosselin
 * Mario Gosselin
 * François Groleau
 * Stéphane Guérard
 * Jean-François Jomphe
 * Patrick Lalime
 * Patrick Lebeau
 * Stéphan Lebeau
 * Patrice Lefebvre
 * Sergio Momesso
 * Stéphane Morin
 * Steve Penney
 * Daniel Poudrier
 * Claude Pronovost
 * Jean-François Quintin
 * Pierre Rioux
 * Dominic Roussel
 * Daniel Shank
 * Patrick Traverse
 * Olivier Michaud (1 game)
 * Mathieu Chouinard (1 game)
 * Timo Pielmeier (1 game)

Yearly results

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

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

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