Rafales de Quebec

Rafales de Quebec
founding	1996
resolution	1998
history	Atlanta Knights 1992-1996 Rafales de Québec 1996-1998
Stadion	Colisee de Quebec
Location	Quebec
Team colors	blue White
league	International Hockey League
Turner Cups	no

The Rafales de Québec were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League from Québec . The venue for the Rafales was the Colisée de Québec .

history

The Atlanta Knights were relocated from Atlanta , Georgia , to the city of Québec in 1996 and renamed Rafales de Québec due to the impending demolition of the Omni Coliseum and the formation of the Atlanta Thrashers' NHL team . In Quebec, they filled the void caused by the relocation of the Québec Nordiques to Colorado a year earlier. The Rafales reached the playoffs for the Turner Cup straight away in their first season , but were eliminated in the second round. In the 1997/98 season they missed this and had to stop playing in the IHL after only two years due to financial problems.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1996-97	82	41	30th	-	11	-	93	267	248	4th, North	Defeat in the second round
1997-98	82	27	48	-	7th	-	61	211	292	4th, North-East	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 147 Steve Larouche

Goals: 72 Steve Larouche

Assists: 97 Steve Larouche

Points: 169 Steve Larouche

Penalty minutes: 388 Serge Roberge

Known players

• Jesse Bélanger
• Gaétan Duchesne
• Glen Metropolitan
• Eric Perrin
• Francis Bouillon
• Bob Sweeney

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Rafales de Québec
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Rafales de Québec