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The Québec Nordiques (translated into English as "Northmen") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The franchise was relocated to Denver in 1995 and renamed the Colorado Avalanche. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Colisée Pepsi (formerly the Colisée de Québec) is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec. ...
Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ...
The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league in North America from 1972 to 1979. ...
This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ...
Denver is the largest city and capital of the state of Colorado, United States of America. ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Colorado Avalanche are a National Hockey League team based in Denver, Colorado. ...
- Founded: 1972
- Arena: Colisée de Québec
- Uniform colors: Blue, white, red.
- Avco Cup wins: 1 - 1977
- Avco Cup runners-up: 1975
- Division Championships: 1975, 1977, 1986, 1995
| Contents | 1.1 Merger into the NHL
1.2 Eric Lindros
1.3 The move to Denver
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Colisée Pepsi (formerly the Colisée de Québec) is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec. ...
The Avco Cup was the championship trophy of the original World Hockey Association (1972_1979). ...
1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
The Avco Cup was the championship trophy of the original World Hockey Association (1972_1979). ...
1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Franchise History
The Quebec Nordiques formed part of the World Hockey Association in 1972, coached by the legendary Maurice "Rocket" Richard - but he only lasted one game, a 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Crusaders. The "Rocket" decided coaching wasn't his forte and stepped down. The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league in North America from 1972 to 1979. ...
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Maurice Richard in his Canadiens uniform Joseph Henri Maurice Richard, also nicknamed Rocket Richard (born August 4, 1921 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, died May 27, 2000 in Montreal, Quebec) was a professional ice hockey player, and played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960. ...
The Cleveland Crusaders was an ice hockey team that played in the WHA in Cleveland, Ohio from 1972-1976. ...
The Nordiques boasted J. C. Tremblay, who led the WHA is assists that first season, and then in the next season Serge Bernier and Rejean Houle joined the Northmen. In 1974-75, they finally made the playoffs with the help of Marc Tardif. They beat the Phoenix Roadrunners and the Minnesota Fighting Saints to reach the finals, where they were swept in four games by the Gordie Howe-armed Houston Aeros. The Phoenix Roadrunners are an ECHL hockey team set to begin play for the 2005-2006 season in Phoenix, Arizona. ...
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The next season saw playoff disappointment as the Nordiques lost to the Calgary Cowboys after losing Marc Tardif to injury. But they finally captured the Avco Cup in 1976-77 as they took out the New England Whalers and the Indianapolis Racers in five games before beating the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the Finals to win the championship. The Calgary Cowboys were a professional ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association in the 1970s in Calgary, Alberta. ...
The Avco Cup was the championship trophy of the original World Hockey Association (1972_1979). ...
The Carolina Hurricanes are a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...
The Indianapolis Racers were a franchise in the former World Hockey Association. ...
This article or section should be merged with Phoenix Coyotes The Winnipeg Jets were a WHA and then an NHL franchise who are now the Phoenix Coyotes. ...
By this time the WHA was on shaky ground. The Nordiques were unable to defend their title and fell in the playoffs to the New England Whalers. The 1978-79 season would be the final one for the WHA and for J. C. Tremblay, who retired at the end of the season and had his number 3 retired before the Nordiques merged into the NHL together with three other WHA teams, the Winnipeg Jets, New England Whalers, and the Edmonton Oilers. The Carolina Hurricanes are a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...
This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ...
This article or section should be merged with Phoenix Coyotes The Winnipeg Jets were a WHA and then an NHL franchise who are now the Phoenix Coyotes. ...
The Carolina Hurricanes are a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...
The Edmonton Oilers are a National Hockey League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ...
Merger into the NHL Forced to let all but three players go in a dispersal draft, the Nordiques were now an expansion team and sunk to the bottom. They finished the 1979-80 season in last place. But with the top draft pick, the Nordiques got Peter Stastny in the close season, who put in a Calder Trophy-winning performance with 109 points and led the Nordiques to the playoffs, where they fell in five games to the Philadelphia Flyers. Peter Šťastný (born September 18, 1956 in Bratislava, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1995. ...
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The Nordiques again made the playoffs in 1981-82, making it to the conference finals where they were swept by the eventual Stanley Cup winners, the New York Islanders, but not before disposing of the vaunted Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins. The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ...
The New York Islanders are a National Hockey League team based in Uniondale, New York. ...
The Montréal Canadiens (officially le Club de Hockey Canadien, and known as le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, The Habs, le Tricolore, les Glorieux, la Sainte-Flanelle, les Habitants, le Canadien, the Flying Frenchmen) are the oldest established National Hockey League and a member of the Leagues Original Six. ...
The Boston Bruins are a National Hockey League team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...
The rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens was most visible in the 1984-85 season where both sides battled for the division championship. The Habs won by three points, but the Nordiques would exact revenge in the playoffs with a seven-game victory which was clinched by Peter Stastny's overtime goal. They won their first NHL division title in 1985-86 but were met with a defensive collapse in the playoffs, allowing the Hartford Whalers to advance. The Montréal Canadiens (officially le Club de Hockey Canadien, and known as le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, The Habs, le Tricolore, les Glorieux, la Sainte-Flanelle, les Habitants, le Canadien, the Flying Frenchmen) are the oldest established National Hockey League and a member of the Leagues Original Six. ...
Peter Šťastný (born September 18, 1956 in Bratislava, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1995. ...
The Hartford Whalers, previously known as the New England Whalers, were a World Hockey Association and later National Hockey League franchise from 1972 to 1997. ...
The next season saw more of the Nords-Habs rivalry as the playoff series went to a seven-game battle royale, with the Canadiens finally coming out tops. But this was the end of their relatively successful period as decline began the following season. They finished last in their division and missed the playoffs for the first time in 8 years. In 1988-89 they had the league's worst record, and the arrival of legend Guy Lafleur couldn't help as the Nordiques now had to transition. The Montréal Canadiens (officially le Club de Hockey Canadien, and known as le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, The Habs, le Tricolore, les Glorieux, la Sainte-Flanelle, les Habitants, le Canadien, the Flying Frenchmen) are the oldest established National Hockey League and a member of the Leagues Original Six. ...
Guy Damien Lafleur, born September 20, 1951 in Thurso, Quebec, is one of the greatest and most popular players ever to play professional ice hockey. ...
Eric Lindros Controversy came in the 1991-92 season as their first-round draft pick, Eric Lindros, refused to sign a contract with the Nordiques. It is thought that he was afraid of not being able to adjust to the language differences. The struggles continued as the Nordiques finished last for the 5th season in a row. The Nordiques then traded Lindros to the Philadelphia Flyers for seven players (including Peter Forsberg, Chris Simon, Mike Ricci, and Jocelyn Thibault), a first round draft pick, and cash. Eric Lindros (born February 28, 1973 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a professional hockey player. ...
The Philadelphia Flyers are a National Hockey League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
Peter Forsberg (born July 20, 1973 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a center/left winger for his hometown team, MODO Hockey. ...
Jocelyn Thibault (born January 12, 1975 in Montreal, Québec) is a professional ice hockey player. ...
The new players helped inspire the biggest single-season improvement in NHL history. The Nordiques finished second and made the playoffs, but fell to their old nemesis the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. They would miss the playoffs again the next season as they struggled with injuries, but there were off-ice happenings too. The Montréal Canadiens (officially le Club de Hockey Canadien, and known as le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, The Habs, le Tricolore, les Glorieux, la Sainte-Flanelle, les Habitants, le Canadien, the Flying Frenchmen) are the oldest established National Hockey League and a member of the Leagues Original Six. ...
The move to Denver Marc Crawford was appointed the new head coach for the 1994-95 season, but first there was the problem of a lockout. When the shortened season began, the Nordiques played well to finish top of the Eastern Conference. But on-ice success didn't translate into success in other areas. In financial trouble, the team owner Marcel Aubut asked for a bailout from Quebec's provincial government. The bailout fell through and Aubut was forced to sell the team to a group of investors in Denver. Marc Crawford (born February 13, 1961 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian National Hockey League head coach and former forward for the Vancouver Canucks. ...
The term lockout has two uses: In industry a lockout is the shutting down of a company by its owners In telecommunications a lockout is a system of preventing unwanted signals This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Denver is the largest city and capital of the state of Colorado, United States of America. ...
The franchise was packed up and shipped to Colorado and renamed the Colorado Avalanche. Fans in Quebec still felt the team was theirs though, and cheered the Avalanche to Stanley Cup success in their first season in Denver. This is the article on the state. ...
The Colorado Avalanche are a National Hockey League team based in Denver, Colorado. ...
The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ...
See also: Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche are a National Hockey League team based in Denver, Colorado. ...
Players of Note
Hall of Famers The Hockey Hall of Fame is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; it is devoted to ice hockey rather than the field variety of the game. ...
Guy Damien Lafleur, born September 20, 1951 in Thurso, Quebec, is one of the greatest and most popular players ever to play professional ice hockey. ...
Not to be forgotten Joe Sakic (born July 7, 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. ...
Peter Forsberg (born July 20, 1973 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a center/left winger for his hometown team, MODO Hockey. ...
Peter Šťastný (born September 18, 1956 in Bratislava, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1995. ...
Mats Johan Sundin (born February 13, 1971, in Bromma, Sweden) is a professional Ice Hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL). ...
Retired Numbers - 3 - Jean Claude Tremblay
- 8 - Marc Tardif
- 16 - Michel Goulet
Salaries comparison (US$) Nordiques / Current Joe Sakic: 2 250 000$ / 9 880 939$ Peter Forsberg: 2 250 000$ / 11 000 000$ Mike Ricci: 640 000$ / 3 000 000$ Owen Nolan: 630 000$ / 6 500 000$ Adam Foote: 580 000$ / 4 300 000$ |
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