Quebec Rafales
September 14, 2012
The International Hockey League’s Quebec Rafales set up shop at Le Colisee in 1996, replacing the recently departed Nordiques of the National Hockey League. For a minor league, the IHL offered a high quality of play. But by the late 1990’s the 50-year old circuit was unraveling following a continent-wide orgy of expansion earlier in the decade. The Rafales went out of business after two seasons of play in 1998.