The Quebec Nordiques of the 1970s represented not just Quebec City, but they were also predominantly composed of French-Canadians.  One of those stars was Real Cloutier, an offensively skilled player who would win the WHA Scoring Title twice.  The Nordiques owned that award for four consecutive years, as his teammate, Marc Tardif won that honor in 1975-76 and 1977-78, with Cloutier capturing it in 1976-77 and 1977-79.  In those four years where the two Quebecers were trading the Bill Hunter Trophy (The WHA’s version of the Art Ross), Cloutier never had fewer than 114 Points and was a post-season All-Star (one First Team and three Second Team) Selection in all of those years.  He would also score 27 Points in the 1977 Avco Cup Playoffs, which Quebec won.

Milan Hejduk was drafted in the 4^th Round of the 1994 NHL Draft, but he elected to stay in the Czech League for five years before he made his NHL debut.  In his second and third years, he would exceed the 70 Point threshold and help the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2001.  Hejduk was notably the playoffs leader in Assists that year.

Marc Tardif would win two Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens, but like so many other players in the early 70s, he jumped to the upstart World Hockey Association for a higher salary.

On December 5, 1995, Patrick Roy had an awful night between the pipes, allowing nine goals on 26 shots.  Great Goalies have bad games, but usually, when this transpires, they get the hook early.  Montreal's Head Coach, Mario Tremblay, left the two-time Stanley Cup champion in there, and Roy believed (probably correctly) that he was left there to be embarrassed as the player and coach did not get along.  Roy stated that this would be his last game in Montreal, and he demanded a trade.  Four days later, he got exactly that.