Quebec Rafales

The team played out of the Omni Coliseum, the former home of the Atlanta Flames and was able to use the large building to achieve a good deal of success.

That summer, the Quebec Nordiques old building, the Colisée de Québec, was looking for a tenant and agreed to be the home for the displaced Knights.

Initially, the club tried to make a splash by signing Chris Simon while he was engaged with a contract holdout with the Colorado Avalanche but an arrangement was never reached.

[3] With former NHLer Jean Pronovost at the helm, the team finished with a solid record in its first campaign and made the second round of the Turner Cup playoffs, losing to the aforementioned Vipers.

When the club's financial situation became dire, the team began shipping off many of its star players in order to lower salary.