Shawinigan Cataractes

The Shawinigan Cataractes (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

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

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