Amateur roots, 1878–1909 .The Quebec Hockey Club was founded in 1878, after the construction of the Quebec Skating Rink in 1877. rather than
Bulldogs. While the team had been suspended, their star player, Joe Malone, played for the Canadiens. Malone rejoined the franchise, and won the scoring championship that year with 39 goals. Despite Malone's scoring and the presence of players like
Harry Mummery, Quebec had a dismal season, finishing last, with 4 wins and 20 losses. Before the 1920–21 season, the NHL took back the franchise, and sold it to new owners who moved the team to Hamilton, where it became the Tigers. This helped to head off a potential competing league organized by Livingstone from setting up in Hamilton. The Tigers played in the NHL from
1920 to
1925. Due in large part to a team players' strike in the 1925 NHL playoffs, the franchise was revoked a second time that summer, this time for good. The entire Tigers roster was then sold to
Bill Dwyer, owner of the expansion
New York Americans franchise. However, the NHL does not reckon the Americans as a continuation of the Bulldogs/Tigers franchise. The Americans would play in the NHL from
1925 to
1942. The last active Bulldogs player in major-league hockey was
Dave Ritchie, who retired in 1926. The last active Bulldog player was
Eddie Oatman, who played pro hockey until 1939 and played against the CAHL Quebec Beavers in 1929. Over time, various hockey teams played in Quebec, including the minor-pro
Quebec Castors and
Quebec Aces. Big-league hockey would not return to Quebec City until the
Quebec Nordiques were founded in 1972 as part of the new
World Hockey Association. They joined the NHL in 1979. However, as with the Bulldogs, they found the going difficult playing in the league's smallest market. They moved to
Denver in 1995 as the
Colorado Avalanche. A
potential National Hockey League expansion bid for Quebec City has been tabled by the league's board of governors since 2015. ==Season-by-season record==