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St-Jean Castors
Arena Name: Iberville Palladium |
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| Iberville Palladium |
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| What was the Arena Like? |
| Iberville is the town on the eastern banks of the Richelieu River across from St-Jean, and is best known internationally for being the home of the famous racing Villeneuves, Gilles and Jacques. It is certainly not known for its history in the QMJHL, which in actuality only extends to one game, a 5-3 Shawinigan victory over the Castors in February of 1984. That year, a municipal strike had shuttered the Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur, and so the St-Jean Castors played one game across the river in the tiny Palladium. The Iberville Palladium sits in a residential neighbourhood and is a community rink covered in brown brick and aluminum siding. There is a small lobby that looked interesting enough from the outside, but I didn't get inside as it was locked up at the time I was there. The Palladium has since officially been renamed the Arena Marcel Larocque, but is still informally known as the Palladium. It's a footnote in QMJHL history, and the league will never return even in extenuating circumstances. Even if St-Jean was to get a team back, another strike would shut the doors of every arena in the area, as municipal reorganization in Quebec has meant that Iberville no longer exists as an independent community. |
| How To Get There |
| From A-35: Follow A-35 until it ends and exit at the last interchange, boul. d'Iberville. Make an almost immediate left onto rue Lareau and the arena will be on your right. |
| What's it Used For Today? |
| The Iberville Palladium today is home to minor hockey and skating. |
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