Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

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Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

City:	Sydney, Nova Scotia
League:	Q.M.J.H.L.
Division:	Eastern
Founded:	1997-98
Home Arena:	Centre 200
Colours:	Black, White, Gold & Grey
Head Coach:	Pascal Vincent
General Manager:	Pascal Vincent
Franchise history
1969-77:	Sorel Éperviers
1977-79:	Verdun Éperviers
1979-80:	Sorel/Verdun Éperviers
1980-81:	Sorel Éperviers
1981-95:	Granby Bisons
1995-97:	Granby Prédateurs
1997-Present:	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

1 History
2 Yearly Results
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The franchise was granted for the 1969-70 season as the Sorel Eperviers. They moved from Sorel to Verdun in 1977 to become the Verdun Eperviers. In 1979 they played in both Sorel and Verdun before moving back to Sorel for the next season. In 1981 they moved to Granby to become the Granby Bisons in 1995 they changed their names to the Granby Prédateurs. In 1997 they moved to Sydney to become the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. In 1996 the franchise won the Memorial Cup as the Granby Prédateurs. Prior to the Eagles' arrival, Sydney played host to the AHL's Cape Breton Oilers from 1988 to 1996.

The best year of the Screaming Eagles came in 2001-2002, when they reached the league's division final. They lost in 5 games to Acadie-Bathurst Titan. The Eagles also finished first overall in their division in the regular season in 2003-04 but lost in the second round of the playoffs.

The Screaming Eagles have had two of their players drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. Marc-Andre Fleury was the first overall pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and James Sheppard was drafted 9th overall to the Minnesota Wild in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

NHL players who played for Cape Breton include Jean-Philippe Côté, Marc-Andre Fleury, Ryan Flinn, Tomas Kloucek, Guillaume Lefebvre, and Alexandre Picard.

[edit] Yearly Results

Legend:
T = Tie, SL = Shoot Out Loss (2005-06 onward), OTL = Overtime Loss

Season	Games	Won	Lost	T/SL	OTL	Points	Pct.	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1997-98	70	19	46	5	-	43	0.307	211	295	6th in Dilio
1998-99	70	22	44	4	-	48	0.343	226	272	6th in Dilio
1999-00	72	24	39	3	6	57	0.354	230	302	3rd in Maritimes
2000-01	72	30	37	4	1	65	0.444	270	292	2nd in Maritimes
2001-02	72	38	20	10	4	90	0.597	286	224	3rd in Maritimes
2002-03	72	21	37	9	5	56	0.354	200	268	4th in Maritimes
2003-04	70	49	16	2	3	103	0.714	273	164	1st in Atlantic
2004-05	70	32	27	8	3	75	0.514	206	195	3rd in Atlantic
2005-06	70	40	23	4	3	87	0.606	236	206	3rd in East