Category: National Hockey League

1973-74 Atlanta Flames Media Guide from the National Hockey League

Atlanta Flames

This was a good 1970’s NHL expansion team!  No, really. The Atlanta Flames had a winning record in five of their eight seasons as the NHL’s only Deep South outpost. They made the playoffs six out of those eight years. They had a core of outstanding young players and a future Hall-of-Fame executive in the GM chair. But the collective memory of the Atlanta Flames is that they weren’t very good because they were God-awful in the playoffs (objectively true) and Southerners hate ice hockey (possibly true, definitely a well-worn trope).

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1974-75 Quebec Nordiques Media Guide from the World Hockey Association

Quebec Nordiques

World Hockey Association (1972-1979) National Hockey League (1979-1995) Born: June 21, 1972 – WHA founding franchise Moved: May 1995 (Colorado Avalanche) First Game: October 11,

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