Saint-Jean Lynx
former QMJHL ice hockey team located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Quebec, Canada)
The Saint-Jean Lynx were a junior ice hockey team which played from 1989 to 1995 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They played at the Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur. In 1982, they moved from Sherbrooke where they were formerly the Sherbrooke Castors. They were known as the Saint-Jean Castors from 1982 until 1989. In 1995, they moved to Rimouski to become the Rimouski Océanic.
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Totals include both the St-Jean Lynx and St-Jean Castors.
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