Nordiques vs Canadiens - Premier Match au Colisée (28 octobre 1979)

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

Bring back NHL hockey in Québec.

[@TheHat--Man]

it's already here.. it's called the montreal canadiens

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

@@TheHat--Man la Ville de Québec, not Montréal

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

@@geoffaldwinckle1096 I went there with my girlfriend Carolyn in 2015--and they did sell Quebec Nordiques souvenirs--in French, of course!

[@alspencer3826]

Awesome game thanks for the post

[@francois-patrickarteau6511]

1979 fut le début des Nordiques de Québec dans la LNH après la dissolution de l'Association mondiale de hockey (ou AMH), dont ils étaient issus, de même que pour les Whalers de Hartford, les Jets de Winnipeg et les Oilers d'Edmonton. En 1995, les Nordiques quittent Québec pour Denver où ils deviennent l'Avalanche. Puis en 1996, les Jets quittent Winnipeg et deviennent les Coyotes de Phoenix. Enfin, en 1997, les Whalers de Hartford déménagent à Raleigh en Caroline du Nord deviennent les Hurricanes de la Caroline. Elles opéraient dans un marché souvent trop petit pour avoir une équipe de la LNH. Mais surprise! En 2011, les Jets de Winnipeg font un retour quand les Thrashers d'Atlanta sont achetés par True North! Au tour de Québec et Hartford à ravoir leur équipe!

[@Ibelikemj]

Like how the Nordiques came out with the Star Wars theme on the organ

[@thegreatrenaldo7718]

These games were a much better rivalry than Leafs v Canadiens

[@nancetardiff339]

A lot more hardcore I agree

[@ronmailloux8655]

J.C. Tremblay should be in the hockey hall of fame there is no good argument against his shunning

[@todd4317]

He was an NHL All-Star, and most likely the greatest defenseman the WHA ever had. Would have been on Team Canada '72 if it weren't for Alan Eagleson and Clarence Campbell. Yeah he should have been inducted into the hall a long time ago, while he was still alive to enjoy it.

[@PhilipJoyce-n4l]

Without question, had all the credentials and certainly one of the most gifted Canadiens players ever, his WHA stint hampered his inductio n. Imagine him still on the late 70s dynasty

[@Classicrocker6119]

A most underrated two way defenceman! Let’s get this legend in the HHOF!

[@wendellblackett8317]

You are 100 per cent right.

[@Thomas-lg6jx]

Claude Provost also should be there also.

[@JBM425]

It was like the Nordiques merged with the Cincinnati Stingers... Ftorek, Hislop, Legge, Leduc, and Dion in the lineup, and former Stingers coach Jacques Demers who had taken over the Nordiques in their final WHA season. It was also good to see Serge Bernier back in the NHL. Who knew at the time that Michel Goulet would go on to bigger and better things, while Real Cloutier faded away over a couple seasons.

[@richardhamel8439]

You're right about the Stingers. It was the dismantal draft for the Stingers and Bulls, a couple of days before the amateur draft.

[@GetBenched2010]

with Cloutier, all you need to know is that injuries suck.

[@Thomas-lg6jx]

​@@richardhamel8439Richard are you from Que city?

[@halon7476]

This is the season that the New York Islanders start their dynasty.

[@OOIEatte]

Thanks for uploading this

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

28 octobre 1979 fell on 'dimanche' (Sunday)!

[@richardhamel8439]

Sunday night games were common in Quebec City.

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

It was the beginning of the Battle of La Belle Province for the next 16 years! Now les Canadiens, without les Nordiques, owns the entire province of Quebec all to itself; maybe it just was not big enough for two teams in a province (lol)!

[@WS-fw9jg]

@@martinfelsenfeld6012 It was big enough then and it's certainly big enough now. Obviously chances are the Nords will never come back but if they ever do one day, they will be a succesful business, no question about that. And the NHL would actually benefit from a new Nords-Habs rivalry because it's the only hockey rivalry you can liken to those incredible local European soccer club rivalries in Italy, Spain or Northern England. Of course Bettman doesn't care as he sees the NHL as a U.S. major league catering for the U.S. market. The Canadian teams are just being tolerated because of 'History'. And in Montreal, Geoff Molson is obviously playing a double game 'protecting' his market. So there you go, no team in Quebec city. Meanwhile Arizona are allowed to lose money every year and play in a tiny varsity arena. Because you know, Phoenix is such a huge market,... A huge market with very few hockey fans, but who cares.

[@trentmiller8139]

The fans very loud !great atmosphere !!

[@mmodnao]

Ahhh, l’époque où les commentateurs parlaient un français compréhensible et les joueurs comme Goulet donnaient des entrevues franches, sans filtre. C’était le bon temps.

[@GetBenched2010]

JC Trembley was to the Nordiques what Bobby Hull was to Winnipeg.

[@kokocaptainqc]

amazing how it even sounded like church back then

[@Davidhamel8]

J'aurais bin aimé pouvoir connaitre sa un equipe a Quebec

[@pierreberthiaume8528]

C’était vraiment très spécial au Colisée

[@spacerazer]

1975 Quebec Caribous vs Montreal Quebecois LaCrosse final

[@liberte456]

On voit que les gens avaient plus de classe dans ce temps là, en applaudissant les Canadiens, qui étaient encore en plus d'être l'équipe de Montréal celle du peuple Québécois, avant que la rivalité débute. On peut entendre des gens scander «Guy, Guy» lors de l'entrée du CH.

[@stac9001]

le jeune Goulet !

[@sylvainrobichaud8362]

29:50 - Trouvez l'erreur..................Paul Baxter, (en punition)... appartenait aussi au Pirates de Pittsburg... (Équipe de baseball). Une petite erreur de ce bon monsieur Lecavalier !

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

Effectivement, les droits de Paul Baxter appartenait aux Pingouins de Pittsburgh

[@lys-patrickjoseph1148]

Les Nordiques au Colisée

[@nancetardiff339]

Le casque de Ftorek 🍚

[@wiedep]

Nobody left their seat until Nordeques scored. No glass around the benches or penalty boxes. Typical "Let-'em-loose" Bruce Hood game - chippy. These matches were known as The 'Habs and The 'Hab-not's. Surprised that Drapeau didn't get himself into the Tremblay ceremony. Almost as big a win as what happened in Lake Placid 4 months later.

[@watcher171]

L’orgue est plutôt pénible mais belle soirée

[@todd4317]

The organ at Le Colisee and the Forum was wonderful.