'Nordiques Nation' Loudly, Politely Invades Coliseum for Islanders-Thrashers Game

by Kevin Schultz

Filed under: Islanders, Thrashers, Eastern, NHL Fans

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Saturday night the New York Islanders hosted the Atlanta Thrashers ... and the Quebec Nordiques. This wasn't any ordinary home game; it may be the only one in recent memory where there were three fanbases in attendance, but only two different teams on the ice.

A group of about 1,000 Québécois joined in an announced attendance of 10,056 at the Nassau Coliseum to pay tribute to their long lost hockey team and try to make enough noise to encourage the NHL to bring a team back to Quebec City. The city lost the Quebec Nordiques after the 1994-95 season when they moved to Denver. They now play as the Colorado Avalanche.

 

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