The LCH was a Senior AAA league that operated between 1978 and 2008 in Québec, Canada. It was a semi-pro league for ex-professional players and for young players coming out of major junior who had not yet found a spot on a professional team. The LCH also acted as a feeder league for the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey

The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey was founded in 2004 and is a low-level professional league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was called the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1996 until it turned pro in 2004...

 (LNAH). The League used to be strictly amateur but in its last few years of existence it shifted from a senior league to a semi-pro format. Teams played for the Desjardins Cup named after the company that is one of the main sponsors of the LCH. The league champion would advance to the Canadian Senior AAA national championship(Allan Cup). The League took a hiatus for the 2008-09 season hoping to return for 2009-10 but never came back. 3 of its teams went to play in the LNAH

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey

The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey was founded in 2004 and is a low-level professional league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was called the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1996 until it turned pro in 2004...

 and two are still there (Rivière-du-Loup

Rivière-du-Loup CIMT

The Riviere-du-Loup 3L is a hockey team in the LNAH , which is based in the province of Quebec. The team's first season in the LNAH was 2008-09. The city of Rivière-du-Loup earlier in the decade had teams in the QSPHL, QSMHL and QSCHL, including a previous CIMT franchise....

 & Saguenay

Saguenay Marquis

The Saguenay Marquis are a hockey team in the LNAH, which is based in the province of Quebec. They play at the Palais des Sports.The team started as the Saint-Lin-Laurentides Gladiateurs in 1996-1997 and moved to Sainte-Therese to become the Sainte-Therese Chiefs in 1997-1998. They moved to Laval...

).

Teams

The LCH had 10 teams in its last season

• BooMeRang de Charlevoix
  Clermont, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec
  Clermont is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, and the seat of government for the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality. It is located on the southern banks of the Malbaie River.-History:...
  
  
• Précision de Pont-Rouge (Used to be le Grand Portneuf de Pont Rouge)
• 98.3 FM de Saguenay
  Saguenay, Quebec
  Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
  
   (Used to be le PolVin de Saguenay)
• X-Trême Bionest de Shawinigan
  Grand-Mère, Quebec
  Grand Mère is a settlement and former municipality in central Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River. As a result of the municipal reorganization in Quebec which took effect at the beginning of 2002, Grand-Mère now forms part of the City of Shawinigan. Population in 2001 was...
  
  
• Gilmyr de Montmagny
  Montmagny, Quebec
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• CIMT
  CIMT-TV
  CIMT-TV is a television station. It is the TVA affiliate in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.-History:The station was launched on September 17, 1978...
  
   de Rivière-du-Loup
• Poutrelles Delta de Sainte-Marie
  Sainte-Marie, Quebec
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• Voyageurs de Cowansville
  Cowansville, Quebec
  Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality...
  
   (New team, used to be in the folded LHSP (Ligue de Hockey Senior Promutuel)
• Turmel du Lac Mégantic (New team, used to be in the folded LHSP (Ligue de Hockey Senior Promutuel)
• CHOX-FM
  CHOX-FM
  CHOX-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a francophone hot adult contemporary format at 97.5 FM in La Pocatière, Quebec.The station originally signed on as CHGB in 1938 and changed through a number of different AM frequencies, until it moved to its last spot at 1310 AM before being...
  
   de La Pocatière
  La Pocatière, Quebec
  La Pocatière is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec.A Bombardier plant which manufactures subway and railway cars is located there. Educational institutions include the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Cégep de La Pocatière...
  
  (Taking the 2007-08 season off upon completion of new arena)

External links

• LCH official site (in French)
• Semi Pro Magazine (in French)