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The next season saw the squad become a high-flying offensive juggernaut, becoming the only team in major professional history to have five players break 100 points (Tardif, Cloutier, Chris Bordeleau, Bernier and Houle), a mark which still stands as of 2017. They beat the Phoenix Roadrunners and the Minnesota Fighting Saints to reach the finals, where they were swept in four games by the Gordie Howe-led Houston Aeros. In 1974–75 season, they finally made the playoffs with the help of the high-scoring Marc Tardif the year also saw the debut of Real Cloutier, who would be one of the WHA's stars. The next season Serge Bernier and Rejean Houle joined the Nordiques. Tremblay, who led the WHA in assists in the league's first season and would be named a league All-Star for his first four years in Quebec. The Nordiques' first star was two-way defenceman J. Richard decided coaching was not his forte and stepped down. The Nordiques' first head coach was the legendary Maurice "Rocket" Richard but he only lasted two games – a 2–0 loss to the Cleveland Crusaders and a 6–0 win against the Alberta Oilers. Quebec City is located at 46 degrees north latitude Nordiques translated from French to English means "Northerners" or "Northmen." The only WHA teams located farther north were the Alberta Oilers (who changed their name to the Edmonton Oilers after one season), Calgary Cowboys, Vancouver Blazers, and Winnipeg Jets. The team was renamed the Quebec Nordiques because they were one of the northernmost teams in professional sports in North America. They bought the team after the American Hockey League team, the Quebec Aces, moved south to Richmond, Virginia. However, the San Francisco group's funding collapsed prior to the start of the first season, and the WHA, in haste, sold the organization to a group of six Quebec City-based businessmen who owned the highly-profitable Quebec Remparts junior team. The franchise was originally awarded to a group in San Francisco and named the San Francisco Sharks. The Quebec Nordiques formed as one of the original World Hockey Association teams in 1972. The Nordiques were the only major professional sports team based in Quebec City in the modern era, and one of two ever the other, the Quebec Bulldogs, played one season in the NHL in 1919–20. They played their home games at the Colisée de Québec from 1972 to 1995. The franchise was relocated to Denver, Colorado in May 1995 and renamed the Colorado Avalanche. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972–1979) and the National Hockey League (1979–1995). The Quebec Nordiques ( French: Nordiques de Québec, pronounced in Quebec French, / n ɔːr ˈ d iː k s/ in Canadian English literally translated "Quebec City Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. For a potential expansion franchise in Quebec City, see Potential National Hockey League expansion § Quebec City. This article is about the now defunct Canadian hockey team.