Don Cherry approves of NHL expansion to Quebec City
Coach's Corner star looks forward to Nordiques, Canadiens rivalry
Coach's Corner star Don Cherry took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to express his excitement about the return of NHL hockey to Quebec City.
The expansion team likely won't debut until the 2017-18 season, however Cherry is already looking forward to a renewed rivalry between the Nordiques and the Montreal Canadiens.
1) Quebec Nordiques will get an NHL franchise just like I predicted on Coach's Corner last winter. So will Las Vegas. The Las Vegas
—@CoachsCornerCBC2) franchise is the one the NHL wanted. Why? They want to be the first major league sport in Vegas. Billy Foley and the Black Knights have
—@CoachsCornerCBC3) got deposits for over 13000 season seats and a building almost done. It's a done deal. As far as the Nordiques, there's not a rivalry
—@CoachsCornerCBC4) like Montreal and Quebec anywhere, in any sport. Remember that brawl between the Nordiques and Canadiens in the forum? Before the game
—@CoachsCornerCBC5) game you could feel the hate in warmup. The brawl was a beauty. I remember Hamel was hurt in the fight. Finally they got everybody off
—@CoachsCornerCBC6) the ice and a bunch of guys got kicked out of the game. But the referee did not inform the clubs. They all came back on the ice and I
—@CoachsCornerCBC7) said uh-oh, watch this, this is going to be a beauty. It was so vicious. Dick Irvin had to take his wife Wilma home, she was so upset.
—@CoachsCornerCBC8) I went up and did the colour. I had the scoop that the referee didn't send a letter to tell the guys they were out of the game. That's
—@CoachsCornerCBC9) why they had the brawl. This is a great move by the NHL. Québecor has the money. You should see the beautiful building. I can hardly wait
—@CoachsCornerCBC10) for the first game between the Nordiques and Canadiens.
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