by Kevin SchultzFiled under: Islanders, Thrashers, NHL Fans
The Islanders could be in for yet another public relations headache on Saturday night, though it would be no fault of their own. Saturday, the team faces off against the Atlanta Thrashers at the Nassau Coliseum. Both teams are having issues drawing fans and have long been subjected to rumors of relocation, but nothing has come to pass. A group from North of the Border is looking to take advantage of this instability Saturday through as formal a demonstration as you can find at a hockey game."Nordiques Nation," which is led by Vince Cauchon, a Quebec radio personality on 98.1 Radio X, will be making the 10 hour drive from Quebec City to Uniondale, NY for the game. Cauchon is leading 23 busloads of fans to the Coliseum according to Le Journal de Quebec.
The plan is that the large group of fans will sit in the lower bowl behind each net with light blue shirts that read 'Nordiques Nation." At the 15:00 mark of each period, the group plans to make a lot of noise to commemorate the 15 years it has been since the Nordiques left Quebec City for Denver. With rumors of relocation swirling for both the Thrashers and Islanders, the Nordiques supporters plan to make their voices heard in an attempt to help bring NHL hockey back to their hometown.
"We just want to show the N.H.L. that Quebec needs a team and is a better market," Cauchon told the New York Times. "Maybe a third of the markets in the N.H.L. aren't doing so well right now."
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