Quebec Nordiques 1070505 224349319 2008-07-08T13:37:14Z Blueboy96 42558 /* The 1990s */ tweak {{NHL Team | CAN_eng = 1 |team_name = Quebec Nordiques |text_color = white |bg_color = #007BB9 |logo_image = QuebecNordiques.svg |founded = [[1972–73 WHA Season|1972]] |history = '''Quebec Nordiques'''<br/>1972 – 1995<br/>'''[[Colorado Avalanche]]'''<br/>1995 - Present<br/> |arena = [[Colisée Pepsi|Colisée de Québec]] |city = [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]] |team_colors = Red, White, and Blue |avco= [[1976–77 WHA season|1977]] |division_titles= [[1974–75 WHA season|1975]], [[1976–77 WHA season|1977]], [[1985–86 NHL season|1986]], [[1994–95 NHL season|1995]] }} The '''Quebec Nordiques''' ({{lang-fr|Nordiques de Québec}}, [[French phonology|pronounced]] {{IPA|[nɔʀ.dɪkz]}} in [[Quebec French]]; translated into English as "Northerners") were a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. The Nordiques played in the [[World Hockey Association]] (1972–1979) and the [[National Hockey League]] (1979–1995). The franchise was relocated to [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] in [[1995–96 NHL season|1995]] and renamed the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. ==Beginnings in the WHA== [[Image:QuebecNordiques1972.png|left|frame|Quebec Nordiques WHA logo.]] The Quebec Nordiques formed as one of the original [[World Hockey Association]] teams in [[1972–73 WHA season|1972]]. The franchise was originally awarded to a group in [[San Francisco]], as the '''San Francisco Sharks.''' However, the San Francisco group's funding collapsed prior to the start of the first season, and the WHA hastily sold the organization to a Quebec City-based group headed by Paul Racine and [[Marcel Aubut]]. They were named the '''Nordiques''' because they were one of the northernmost teams in professional sports in North America. Quebec City is located at 46 degrees north [[latitude]]; the only WHA teams located further north were the [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Calgary Cowboys]], [[Vancouver Blazers]] and [[Winnipeg Jets]]. The Nordiques' first head coach was the legendary [[Maurice Richard|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 Nordiques' first star was two-way defenceman [[J.C. Tremblay]], who led the WHA in assists in the league's first season and would be named a league All-Star for his first four years in Quebec. The next season [[Serge Bernier]] and [[Réjean Houle|Rejean Houle]] joined the Nordiques. In 1974–75, they finally made the playoffs with the help of the high-scoring [[Marc Tardif]]; the year also saw the debut of [[Real Cloutier]], who would be one of the WHA's great stars. They beat the [[Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)|Phoenix Roadrunners]] and the [[Minnesota Fighting Saints]] to reach the finals, where they were swept in four games by the [[Gordie Howe]]-led [[Houston Aeros (WHA)|Houston Aeros]]. The next season saw the squad become a high-flying offensive juggernaut, becoming the only team in major professional history to have five players break 100 points (Tardif, Cloutier, [[Chris Bordeleau]], Bernier and Houle). The season ended in disappointment as the Nordiques lost to the [[Calgary Cowboys]] in the first round of the playoffs, after losing [[Marc Tardif]] to injury after a controversial hit by the Cowboys' [[Rick Jodzio]]. Despite injuries to Tardif and an aging Tremblay, the Nordiques finally captured the [[Avco World Trophy]] in 1976–77 as they took out the [[New England Whalers]] and the [[Indianapolis Racers]] in five games before beating the [[Winnipeg Jets]] in seven, behind Bernier's record 36 points in 17 playoff games. They represented Canada at the Izvestia Hockey Tournament in [[Moscow]], finishing last with an 0–3–1 record. By 1978, the WHA was on shaky ground, and Aubut, by then the team's President under ownership of the Carling-O'Keefe Brewery, began putting out feelers to the NHL. The Nordiques were unable to defend their title and fell in the playoffs to the [[New England Whalers]]. The [[1978–79 WHA season|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 jersey retired. ==The 1980s== The WHA insisted on including all of its surviving Canadian teams, including the Nordiques, among the teams taken into the NHL at the end of the 1978–79 season. As a result, the Nordiques entered the NHL along with the Whalers, Oilers and Jets. Forced to let all but three players go in a [[1979 NHL Expansion Draft|dispersal draft]], the Nordiques sank to the bottom of the standings. They finished the [[1979–80 NHL season]] last in their division despite the play of promising rookie left winger [[Michel Goulet]]. An early highlight to the otherwise dreary season came when [[Real Cloutier]] became the second (following Alex Smart) NHL player ever to score a [[hat trick]] in his first NHL game. In [[1980–81 NHL season|1980]] the Nordiques signed [[Anton Stastny]], a member of the Czechoslovak national team, and a Nordiques' draft choice, who defected earlier that year. His brothers, [[Peter Stastny|Peter]] and [[Marian Stastny|Marian]], would soon follow and also sign with Quebec. The following season, led by Peter Stastny's 109-point [[Calder Trophy]]-winning performance, the Nordiques made the NHL playoffs for the first time, but fell in the best-of-five opening round in five games to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]. Led by Goulet and Peter Stastny, the Nordiques made the playoffs eight years in a row. In [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]], despite notching only 82 points in the regular season, they defeated the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and then the [[Boston Bruins]], both in winner-take-all games on the road. Their Cinderella run ended when they were swept by the [[New York Islanders]] in the conference finals. The rivalry with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] intensified during the [[1983–84 NHL season]] culminating in the infamous "Vendredi Saint" brawl during the 1984 playoffs. The Habs scored five unanswered goals in the third period of Game 6 at the [[Montreal Forum]] to eliminate the Nordiques. The goals all came after Peter Stastny and [[Dale Hunter]] were ejected in the brawl. In 1984–85, Montreal and Quebec battled for the Adams Division championship. The Nordiques finished with 91 points, at the time their highest point total as an NHL team. However, the Habs won the division by three points - solidified by a 7–1 Canadiens trashing of the Nordiques at The Forum in the final week of the regular season. The Nordiques would exact revenge in the Adams finals with a seven-game victory, which was clinched by Peter Stastny's overtime goal at the Forum. They then took the powerful [[Philadelphia Flyers]], who had the league's best record, to six games. They won their first NHL division title in [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]] (and as it turned out, their only division title in Quebec), but a defensive collapse in the playoffs allowed the [[Hartford Whalers]] to sweep the Nordiques in three games. [[1986–87 NHL season|The next season]] saw more of the Nords-Habs rivalry as the playoff series went to seven games, with the Canadiens coming out on top. In that same season, when Quebec hosted Rendez-Vous '87, an alteration of the All-Star Game to include the Soviet national team, the Nordiques became the first NHL team to employ a costumed mascot when [[Badaboum]] - a fuzzy, roly-poly blue creature - began entertaining fans at the Colisée with his bizarre dance routines. Badaboum was created just for Rendez-Vous, but generated such a following that the Nordiques made it a permanent fixture at home games. Decline began the following season. The Nordiques finished last in their division--the first of five straight years of finishing at the bottom of the Adams Division--and missed the playoffs for the first time in eight years. The slide continued in [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]] they had the league's worst record. [[Michel Bergeron]], who had coached the team from 1980 to 1987, returned for [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]. The season was also highlighted by the arrival of Hall of Famer [[Guy Lafleur]], who turned down a lucrative offer from the [[Los Angeles Kings]] so he could finish his career in his home province. It soon became clear Lafleur's best years were far behind him. "The Flower" managed only 24 goals in 98 games with Quebec over two seasons, but the 38-year-old was still among the team's best players while receiving diminished ice time. The season saw the Nords hit rock bottom; they finished with a hideous record of 12–61–7 (31 points)--the second of three straight seasons with the worst record in the league, and still the worst record in franchise history. Both Michel Goulet and Peter Stastny were traded in 1990, winding up with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] and [[New Jersey Devils]] respectively. Despite the stellar play of young forward [[Joe Sakic]], the Nordiques struggled throughout the late '80s and early '90s. However, in [[1989 NHL Entry Draft|that year's draft]] they drafted Swedish prospect [[Mats Sundin]], making him the first European to be selected first overall in the NHL draft. The following [[1990 NHL Entry Draft|year]] Quebec chose first again, taking [[Owen Nolan]]. ==The 1990s== ===The Lindros Draft and Trade=== In [[1991 NHL Entry Draft|1991]], the Nordiques once again had the first overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft. They picked amateur star [[Eric Lindros]], even though he had let it be known well in advance that he would never play in Quebec. As a result, Lindros refused to wear the team jersey on Draft Day, and only held it for press photographs. Lindros, on advice of his mother Bonnie, refused to sign with the team and began a holdout that would last over a year. Meanwhile, the Nordiques finished with another dreadful season in [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]], missing the 70-point barrier for the fifth year in a row. Finally on [[June 30]], [[1992]], after confusion over whether Quebec had traded Lindros' rights to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] or [[New York Rangers]] was settled by an arbitrator, the Nordiques sent Lindros to the Flyers in exchange for forward [[Mike Ricci]], goaltender [[Ron Hextall]], defencemen [[Steve Duchesne]] and [[Kerry Huffman]], "future considerations" which eventually became enforcer [[Chris Simon]], two first-round picks and US$15 million. One of the draft picks was used by the Nordiques to select goaltender [[Jocelyn Thibault]], the other was traded twice and ultimately used by the [[Washington Capitals]] to select [[Nolan Baumgartner]]. Also in the trade were the rights to a Swedish teenage prospect named [[Peter Forsberg]]. While Lindros had been initially hyped at the most valuable amateur player in North America, being nicknamed "[[The Next One]]" as a nod to [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s moniker "The Great One", the deal has since been considered by many columnists as probably the single most significant NHL transaction of the entire decade, as well as one of the most lopsided trades in NHL sports history. The deal transformed the Nordiques from league doormats to a legitimate Stanley Cup contender almost overnight. Forsberg won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] in 1995, his first season with the Nordiques, and would be one of the cornerstones of the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise for almost a decade. Ricci would give three useful seasons to the franchise before being traded, while Hextall was moved after a single season to the [[New York Islanders]]. In return, the franchise got two draft picks, which they used to select [[Adam Deadmarsh]] and [[Alex Tanguay]], who would both be key members of the Avalanche Cup-winning teams. Thibault would be traded for Montreal goalie [[Patrick Roy]], after the franchise moved to Denver. During the [[1992–93 NHL season]], these new players, along with Sakic - now a bona fide NHL All-Star -and the rapidly developing Sundin and Nolan, led Quebec to the biggest single-season turnaround in NHL history. They leaped from 52 points in the previous season to 104--in the process, going from the second-worst record in the league to the fourth-best, as well as notching the franchise's first 100-point season as an NHL team. They made the playoffs for the first time in six seasons, but fell to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Canadiens in the first round, winning the first two games but then losing the next four. Sakic and Sundin both scored over 100 points each, and head coach [[Pierre Page]] was a finalist for the [[Jack Adams Award]]. The Nordiques missed the playoffs in 1993–94 as they struggled with injuries. After that season, Sundin was traded to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in return for [[Wendel Clark]]. ===The move to Denver=== [[Image:QuebecNordiquesNew.png|thumb|right|Had the Nordiques stayed in Quebec instead of heading for Denver, this would have been the franchise's new [[logo]] starting in 1996.]]For the [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]] season, [[Marc Crawford]] was hired as the new head coach, and Forsberg was deemed ready to finally join the team, but first there was the problem of a [[1994–95 NHL lockout|lockout]]. In the shortened season of 48 games, the Nordiques played well and finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference. However, the team faltered in the postseason and was eliminated in the first round by the defending [[Stanley Cup]] champion [[New York Rangers]]. The playoff loss proved to be the Nordiques' swan song in the NHL as the team's financial troubles increasingly took centre stage, even in the face of renewed fan support over the previous three years. The league's Canadian teams (with the exception of Montreal, Toronto, and to a lesser extent, [[Vancouver Canucks|Vancouver]]) found it difficult to compete in a new age of rising player salaries, which was made further difficult by a weakening Canadian dollar (these teams' revenues are earned in Canadian, but salaries are paid in US). Quebec City was by far the smallest market in the NHL, and the second-smallest market in North America to host a major league team (behind only [[Green Bay Packers|Green Bay, Wisconsin]]). It didn't help that even in their best years, they were unable to escape the long shadow of the Canadiens. Additionally, Quebec City is a virtually unilingual Francophone city. Unlike in Montreal, nearly all public address announcements were only given in French. Then as now, there were no privately-owned English-language radio stations, and the only English-language newspaper was a weekly. All of these factors severely limited the Nords' marketability, and made free agents and draftees (most notably Lindros) skeptical about playing for them. Aubut asked for a bailout from Quebec's provincial government. It didn't go through, and in May 1995, shortly after the Nordiques were eliminated from the playoffs, Aubut explained that he had no other choice but to sell the team to a group of investors in [[Denver, Colorado]]. The franchise was moved to Denver where it was renamed the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. The Avalanche would win the [[Stanley Cup]] in their first season after the move, and add another in [[2000–01 NHL season|2001]]. The Nordiques had planned to change their logo, colours, and uniforms for the 1995–96 season, and the new design had already appeared in the Canadian press. A committee of local citizens and businesses has been formed in an attempt to bring an NHL franchise back to Quebec City.<ref>[http://www.quebeclnh.com/EN/Accueil/index.html Quebecnhl.com -English Version]</ref> A number of former Nordiques are still active in professional hockey, including [[Mats Sundin]], [[Peter Forsberg]], [[Owen Nolan]], [[Jocelyn Thibault]], [[Chris Simon]], [[Martin Rucinsky]], [[Martin Gélinas|Martin Gelinas]], and [[Aaron Miller]]. [[Joe Sakic]], [[Peter Forsberg]], and [[Adam Foote]] are the only Nordiques still with the Quebec/Colorado franchise, although [[Milan Hejduk]] was selected #87 overall by the Nordiques at the [[1994 NHL Entry Draft]], and both Forsberg and Foote briefly left the franchise after the [[2004–05 NHL Lockout]] before returning in the 2007–08 season. [[Chris Drury]], currently playing for the [[New York Rangers]], was also drafted by the Nordiques in 1994, but didn't play for the franchise until the 1998–1999 season, after the team had already moved to Colorado. ==Season-by-season record== '''''Note:''' GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals scored for, GA = Goals scored against, PIM = Penalty minutes ===WHA era=== {| cellpadding=5 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" |'''Season''' || '''GP''' || '''W''' || '''L''' || '''T''' || '''Pts''' || '''GF''' || '''GA''' ||'''PIM''' ||'''Finish''' || '''Playoffs''' |- | [[1972–73 WHA season|1972–73]] || 78 || 33 || 40 || 5 || 71 || 276 || 313 ||1354 || 5th in Eastern || Did not qualify |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | [[1973–74 WHA season|1973–74]] || 78 || 38 || 36 || 4 || 80 || 306 || 280 || 909 || 5th in Eastern || Did not qualify |- | [[1974–75 WHA season|1974–75]] || 78 || 46 || 32 || 0 || 92 || 331 || 299 ||1132 || '''1st in Canadian''' || Won Quarterfinal ([[Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)|Phoenix]])<br>Won Semifinal ([[Minnesota Fighting Saints|Minnesota]])<br>Lost Finals ([[Houston Aeros (WHA)|Houston]]) |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | [[1975–76 WHA season|1975–76]] || 81 || 50 || 27 || 4 ||104 || 371 || 316 ||1654 || 2nd in Canadian || Lost Quarterfinal ([[Blazers/Cowboys (WHA)|Calgary]]) |- | [[1976–77 WHA season|1976–77]] || 81 || 47 || 31 || 3 || 97 || 353 || 295 ||1485 || '''1st in Eastern''' || Won Quarterfinal ([[Hartford Whalers|New England]])<br>Won Semifinal ([[Indianapolis Racers|Indianapolis]])<br>'''Won Finals ([[Winnipeg Jets|Winnipeg]])''' |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | [[1977–78 WHA season|1977–78]] || 80 || 40 || 37 || 3 || 83 || 349 || 347 ||1185 || 4th in WHA || Won Quarterfinal ([[Houston Aeros (WHA)|Houston]])<br>Lost Semifinal ([[Hartford Whalers|New England]]) |- | [[1978–79 WHA season|1978–79]] || 80 || 41 || 34 || 5 || 87 || 288 || 271 ||1399 || 2nd in WHA || Lost Semifinal ([[Winnipeg Jets|Winnipeg]]) |- bgcolor="#eeeddd" | '''WHA Totals''' || '''556''' || '''295''' || '''237''' || '''24''' || '''614''' || '''2,274''' || '''2,121''' || '''9,118''' || || |} ===NHL era=== {| cellpadding=5 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" |'''Season''' || '''GP''' || '''W''' || '''L''' || '''T''' || '''Pts''' || '''GF''' || '''GA''' ||'''PIM''' ||'''Finish''' || '''Playoffs''' |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |[[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]] || 80 || 25 || 44 || 11 || 61 || 248 || 313 || 1062 || 5th, Adams || Did not qualify |- |[[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]] || 80 || 30 || 32 || 18 || 78 || 314 || 318 || 1524 || 4th, Adams || Lost in Preliminary Round ([[Philadelphia Flyers|Philadelphia]]) |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |[[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]] || 80 || 33 || 31 || 16 || 82 || 356 || 345 || 1757 || 4th, Adams || Won Adams Semifinal ([[Montreal Canadiens|Montreal]]),</br>Won Adams Final ([[Boston Bruins|Boston]]),</br>Lost Wales Conference Final ([[New York Islanders|NY Islanders]]) |- |[[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]] || 80 || 34 || 34 || 12 || 80 || 343 || 336 || 1648 || 4th, Adams || Lost Adams Semifinal ([[Boston Bruins|Boston]]) |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |[[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]] || 80 || 42 || 28 || 10 || 94 || 360 || 278 || 1600 || 3rd, Adams || Won Adams Semifinal ([[Buffalo Sabres|Buffalo]]),</br>Lost Adams Final ([[Montreal Canadiens|Montreal]]) |- |[[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]] || 80 || 41 || 30 || 9 || 91 || 323 || 275 || 1643 || 2nd, Adams || Won Adams Semifinal ([[Buffalo Sabres|Buffalo]])</br>Won Adams Final ([[Montreal Canadiens|Montreal]])</br>Lost Wales Conference Final ([[Philadelphia Flyers|Philadelphia]]) |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |[[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]] || 80 || 43 || 31 || 6 || 92|| 330 || 289 || 1847 || '''1st, Adams''' || Lost Adams Semifinal ([[Hartford Whalers|Hartford]]) |- |[[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]] || 80 || 31 || 39 || 10 || 72 || 267 || 276 || 1741 || 4th, Adams || Won Adams Semifinal ([[Hartford Whalers|Hartford]])</br>Lost Adams Final ([[Montreal Canadiens|Montreal]]) |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |[[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]] || 80 || 32 || 43 || 5 || 69 || 271 || 306 || 2042 || 5th, Adams || Did not qualify |- | [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]] || 80 || 27 || 46 || 7 || 61 || 269 || 342 || 2004 || 5th, Adams || Did not qualify |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]] || 80 || 12 || 61 || 7 || 31 || 240 || 407 || 2104 || 5th, Adams || Did not qualify |- | [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]] || 80 || 16 || 50 || 14 || 46 || 236 || 354 || 1741 || 5th, Adams || Did not qualify |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]] || 80 || 20 || 48 || 12 || 52 || 255 || 318 || 2044 || 5th, Adams || Did not qualify |- | [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]] || 84 || 47 || 27 || 10 || 104 || 351 || 300 || 1846 || 2nd, Adams || Lost Adams Semifinal ([[Montreal Canadiens|Montreal]]) |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]] || 84 || 34 || 42 || 8 || 76 || 277 || 292 || 1625 || 5th, Northeast || Did not qualify |- | [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]<sup>1</sup> || 48 || 30 || 13 || 5 || 65 || 185 || 134 || 770 || '''1st, Northeast''' || Lost Eastern Quarterfinal ([[New York Rangers|NY Rangers]]) |- bgcolor="#eeeddd" | '''NHL Totals''' || '''1,256''' || '''497''' || '''599''' || '''160''' || '''1,154''' || '''4,625''' || '''4,883''' || '''26,998''' || || |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Grand Total''' || '''1,812''' || '''792''' || '''836''' || '''184''' || '''1768''' || '''6,899''' || '''7,004''' || '''36,116''' || || |} :<sup>1</sup><small>Season was shortened due to the [[1994–95 NHL lockout]].</small> ==Notable players== ===Team captains=== ''Includes WHA captains'' <div style="float:left; width:48%;"> *[[Jean-Guy Gendron]], 1972–74 *[[Michel Parizeau]], 1974–76 *[[Marc Tardif]], 1976–81 *[[Robbie Ftorek]], 1981 *[[Andre Dupont]], 1981–82 *No captain, 1982–83 </div><div style="float:right; width:48%;"> *[[Mario Marois]], 1983–85 *[[Peter Šťastný|Peter Stastny]], 1985–90 *[[Steven Finn]] & [[Joe Sakic]] 1990–91 <small> <br /> (co-captains)</small> *[[Mike Hough]] 1991–92 *Joe Sakic 1992–95 </div><br clear="all"> ===[[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]=== *[[Michel Goulet]], LW, 1979–1990, inducted 1998 *[[Guy Lafleur]], RW, 1989–91, inducted 1988 *[[Jacques Plante]], coach, 1973–1974, inducted 1978 *[[Peter Šťastný|Peter Stastny]], C, 1980–1990, inducted 1998 *[[Maurice Richard]], coach, 1972–1973, inducted 1961 ===Retired numbers=== *'''3''' - [[J.C. Tremblay]], D, 1972–79 *'''8''' - [[Marc Tardif]], LW, 1974–83 *'''16''' - [[Michel Goulet]], C, 1979–90 *'''26''' - [[Peter Šťastný|Peter Stastny]], C, 1980–90 ===First round draft picks=== ''Note: This list does not include selections from the [[World Hockey Association|WHA]].'' * [[1979 NHL Entry Draft|1979]]: [[Michel Goulet]] (20th overall) * [[1980 NHL Entry Draft|1980]]: none * [[1981 NHL Entry Draft|1981]]: [[Randy Moller]] (11th overall) * [[1982 NHL Entry Draft|1982]]: [[David Shaw (ice hockey)|David Shaw]] (13th overall) * [[1983 NHL Entry Draft|1983]]: none * [[1984 NHL Entry Draft|1984]]: [[Trevor Stienburg]] (15th overall) * [[1985 NHL Entry Draft|1985]]: [[David Latta (ice hockey)|David Latta]] (15th overall) * [[1986 NHL Entry Draft|1986]]: [[Ken McRae]] (18th overall) * [[1987 NHL Entry Draft|1987]]: [[Bryan Fogarty]] (9th overall) and [[Joe Sakic]] (15th overall) * [[1988 NHL Entry Draft|1988]]: [[Curtis Leschyshyn]] (3rd overall) and [[Daniel Doré|Daniel Dore]] (5th overall) * [[1989 NHL Entry Draft|1989]]: [[Mats Sundin]] (1st overall) * [[1990 NHL Entry Draft|1990]]: [[Owen Nolan]] (1st overall) * [[1991 NHL Entry Draft|1991]]: [[Eric Lindros]] (1st overall) * [[1992 NHL Entry Draft|1992]]: [[Todd Warriner]] (4th overall) * [[1993 NHL Entry Draft|1993]]: [[Jocelyn Thibault]] (10th overall) and [[Adam Deadmarsh]] (14th overall) * [[1994 NHL Entry Draft|1994]]: [[Wade Belak]] (12th overall) and [[Jeff Kealty]] (22nd overall) ==See also== *[[List of Quebec Nordiques players]] *[[List of Quebec Nordiques draft picks]] *[[Head Coaches of the Quebec Nordiques]] *[[List of defunct NHL teams]] *[[Colorado Avalanche]] *[[Quebec Bulldogs]] *[[World Hockey Association]] *[[List of NHL seasons]] *[[List of WHA seasons]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.nordiquespreservation.com Quebec Nordiques Preservation Society] *[http://www.whahockey.com/Nordiques.html WHAhockey.com - Quebec Nordiques] *[http://www.retourdesnordiques.com RetourDesNordiques.com Group] *[http://www.quebeclnh.com QuebecLNH.com Group] *[http://www.retourlnh.com RetourLNH.com] *[http://archives.cbc.ca/lifestyle/travel/clip/11365/ CBC Archives] CBC Television on the dying days of the team from 1995. {{Quebec Nordiques seasons}} {{WHA}} {{NHLdefunct}} {{NHL}} {{Defunct Quebec Sports}} [[Category:Quebec Nordiques| ]] [[de:Nordiques de Québec]] [[fr:Nordiques de Québec]] [[nl:Québec Nordiques]] [[no:Quebec Nordiques]] [[pl:Quebec Nordiques]] [[pt:Quebec Nordiques]] [[ru:Квебек Нордикс]] [[sk:Quebec Nordiques]] [[fi:Quebec Nordiques]] [[sv:Quebec Nordiques]] [[uk:Квебек Нордікс]]