Centre Gervais Auto is a 4,125-seat multi-purpose

arena An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...

Shawinigan Shawinigan (; ) is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,620 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) ...

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, Canada that opened on December 27, 2008 and has been the home of the

Shawinigan Cataractes The Shawinigan Cataractes () 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 ...

since 2008. When the Shawinigan Cataractes played their first-ever game in their new state-of-the-art facility, the game sold out with 4,112 spectators in attendance. The Cataractes won 5–1 against the Junior de Montreal. The team departed from the historic

Aréna Jacques Plante The Arena Jacques Plante was a 2,524-seat (total capacity 3,700) multi-purpose arena in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1937. It was home to the Shawinigan Cataractes Ice hockey team. The arena is named in honour of Jacques Plante ...

after their last game there on December 18 of the same year.

Events

On May 5, 2009, the Shawinigan Cataractes hosted their first

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President Cup Finals game in 38 years and their first in the new arena. The area hosted the

2012 Memorial Cup The 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup was a four-team, round-robin format ice hockey tournament played from May 18–27, 2012 at the Centre Bionest in Shawinigan, Quebec. It was the 94th Memorial Cup championship and determined the champion of th ...

from May 18 to May 27, 2012. On May 27, 2012, the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the London Knights 2–1 in overtime to capture the MasterCard Memorial Cup, and also become just the second team in QMJHL history as the host team to win.

Tenants

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(2008–present)

Retired jerseys

The following numbers have been retired by the Cataractes (positions in parentheses) and hang from the rafters: * 7 Michel Brière (F) Shawinigan Bruins (original team name) * 14 Benoit Plouffe (F) Shawinigan Dynamos (team name change) * 18 Marcel Giguère (F) Shawinigan Cataractes (present team name) * 26 Dean Bergeron (F) * 17 Patrice Lefebvre (F) * 27 Stephan Lebeau (F) * 33 Patrick Lalime (G) * 21 Marc-André Bergeron (D) * 19 Stephane Robidas (D)

External links

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