After being drafted 24^th Overall in 1980, Quebec-born Defenseman Normand Rochefort joined the Quebec Nordiques as a rookie and played 56 Games.

In 1989, Mats Sundin would make history as he would become the first European player to be chosen number one in the NHL Draft when the Quebec Nordiques did so in 1989. 

Mario Marois joined the Quebec Nordiques, where he would stay until he was traded to the Winnipeg Jets in November of the 1985-86 Season.

In an earlier entry, we looked at the candidacy of William Heffelfinger, who predated the NFL by decades and was the first paid Pro Football player.  Charles Follis would make similar history as the first African-American Pro Football player.