Quebec Nordiques

This Day in Hockey History – April 20, 1984 – Bataille de Québec

“The Battle of Quebec had erupted into a mini-war,” wrote one Gazette reporter of the events at the end of the second period of...

This Day in Hockey History – March 21, 1991 – The Give and Take of Bourque and Tugnutt

Some people are givers – like Ray Bourque offering up a record-setting 19 shots. Others are takers – like goalie

This Day in Hockey History – August 24, 1980 – Slovakian Stastny Siblings

The plan played out like a spy movie – secret phone call, police escort racing through the streets, asylum at an embassy,...

This Day in Hockey History – August 10, 1995 – Avalanche Buries Nordiques to the Extreme

The new owners of the relocated Nordiques apparently were so excited, they could not keep anything out of the news. Newspapers...

This Day in Hockey History – June 20, 1992 – Nordiques Double Deal Lindros

Eric Lindros could have starred in a reality TV show if not hockey. For a whole year, he refused to sign...

This Day in Hockey History – June 18, 1987 – Traveling Coach

What began as a bit of a joke, ended with the only time a coach has been traded in the same manner...

This Day in Hockey History – June 17, 1989 – Swede Sundin Selected

The Quebec Nordiques had first pick out of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. They had only had their eye on one...

This Day in Hockey History – May 6, 1995 – Sakic Does the Trick

The season before, the Quebec Nordiques did not even make the playoffs while the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup....

This Day in Hockey History – January 23, 1989 – Toilet Bowl of ‘89

The Quebec Nordiques were having a terrible season in 1988-89. That January, they stopped talking to the press when a Calgary newspaper calling...

This Day in Hockey History – October 17, 1989 – Flames Rise in the Third

Over half way into the third period on October 17, 1989, the visiting Calgary Flames had only three goals while the Quebec...