Les ÃÂperviers de Sorel-Tracy or the Sorel-Tracy ÃÂperviers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). The ÃÂperviers play at the Colisée Cardin.
Initially, the team was based in Saint-Gabriel, Quebec and was called the Blizzard. Its first season was the 1996âÂÂ97 season, where they captured the Futura Cup. The team then moved to Joliette, Quebec in 1998. It changed its name from Blizzard to Mission before the 2000âÂÂ01 season. During its time in Joliette, they won a further two Futura Cups in 1998-99 and 2000âÂÂ01. Before the 2002âÂÂ03 season, they moved to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. They played two season there, before they moved to Sorel-Tracy before the 2004âÂÂ05 season.
The Sorel LNAH franchise was inactive after the 2008 season, but was officially reinstated into the league on May 21, 2010 as the Sorel-Tracy GCI, backed by new shareholders and owners, Roger Savard, owner of mining equipment manufacturer GCI Environnement, Jean-Guy Poirier, the former owner of Royal Sorel, and four players, Christian Deschênes, Gregory Dupré, Steven Low, and Jonathan Forest.
In 2011, the team changed its name to HC Carvena, after Carvena, a local cleaning and sanitation service when GCI ended its sponsorship.
In 2013, the team decide to change its name again to Sorel-Tracy ÃÂperviers, after the former junior team Sorel ÃÂperviers of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, famous for alumni Ray Bourque.