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Winnipeg Jets
vs. Quebec Nordiques
Phoenix Lines
Vrbata - Hanzal - Doan
Conner - Vermette - Boedker
Klinkhammer - Gordon - Moss
Bissonnette - Brown - Chipchura
Ekman-Larsson - Stone
Yandle - Schlemko
Klesla - Morris
Smith
Colorado Lines
Landeskog - O'Reilly - McLeod
McGinn - Duchene - Parenteau
van der Gulik - Olver - Palushaj
Mitchell - Malone - Bordeleau
Hunwick - Johnson
Hejda - O'Brien
Zanon - Barrie
Verlamov
TV: Fox Sports Arizona Plus
Radio: Money Radio 1510 AM
The Jets ran into financial trouble when player salaries began spiraling up in the 1990s; this hit the Canadian teams particularly hard. Winnipeg was the second-smallest market in the NHL for most of the Jets' existence, and after the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995 to become the Colorado Avalanche, it became the smallest market. In addition, the club's home arena, Winnipeg Arena, was one of the smallest in the league. Despite strong fan support, several attempts to keep the team in Winnipeg ultimately fell through. In December 1995, Jerry Colangelo, owner of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, along with Phoenix businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke and a local investor group, bought the team with plans to move it to Phoenix for the 1996–97 season. A name-the-team contest yielded the nickname "Coyotes."
While the Nordiques experienced on-ice success, it struggled financially. Quebec City was by far the smallest market in the league, and the second-smallest to host a team in the four major sports. The changing financial environment in the NHL made things even more difficult, and in 1995 team owner Marcel Aubut asked for a bailout from Quebec's provincial government as well as a new publicly funded arena. The bailout fell through and Aubut subsequently sold the team to COMSAT Entertainment Group of Denver, which already owned the NBA's Denver Nuggets. In May 1995, the COMSAT Entertainment Group announced an agreement in principle to purchase the team. The deal became official on July 1, 1995, and 12,000 season tickets were sold in the 37 days after the announcement of the move to Denver. The franchise was presented as the Colorado Avalanche on August 10, 1995.
Take that, relocationists.
Don't tell us we're not a hockey town.
This thread is...
Heather Morris approved!
Winnipeg Jets
vs. Quebec Nordiques
Phoenix Lines
Vrbata - Hanzal - Doan
Conner - Vermette - Boedker
Klinkhammer - Gordon - Moss
Bissonnette - Brown - Chipchura
Ekman-Larsson - Stone
Yandle - Schlemko
Klesla - Morris
Smith
Colorado Lines
Landeskog - O'Reilly - McLeod
McGinn - Duchene - Parenteau
van der Gulik - Olver - Palushaj
Mitchell - Malone - Bordeleau
Hunwick - Johnson
Hejda - O'Brien
Zanon - Barrie
Verlamov
TV: Fox Sports Arizona Plus
Radio: Money Radio 1510 AM
The Jets ran into financial trouble when player salaries began spiraling up in the 1990s; this hit the Canadian teams particularly hard. Winnipeg was the second-smallest market in the NHL for most of the Jets' existence, and after the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995 to become the Colorado Avalanche, it became the smallest market. In addition, the club's home arena, Winnipeg Arena, was one of the smallest in the league. Despite strong fan support, several attempts to keep the team in Winnipeg ultimately fell through. In December 1995, Jerry Colangelo, owner of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, along with Phoenix businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke and a local investor group, bought the team with plans to move it to Phoenix for the 1996–97 season. A name-the-team contest yielded the nickname "Coyotes."
While the Nordiques experienced on-ice success, it struggled financially. Quebec City was by far the smallest market in the league, and the second-smallest to host a team in the four major sports. The changing financial environment in the NHL made things even more difficult, and in 1995 team owner Marcel Aubut asked for a bailout from Quebec's provincial government as well as a new publicly funded arena. The bailout fell through and Aubut subsequently sold the team to COMSAT Entertainment Group of Denver, which already owned the NBA's Denver Nuggets. In May 1995, the COMSAT Entertainment Group announced an agreement in principle to purchase the team. The deal became official on July 1, 1995, and 12,000 season tickets were sold in the 37 days after the announcement of the move to Denver. The franchise was presented as the Colorado Avalanche on August 10, 1995.
Take that, relocationists.
Don't tell us we're not a hockey town.
This thread is...
Heather Morris approved!
