Nordiques kick off season with win against Flyers
Max Paccioretty scored a hatrick in his Nordiques debut, and Quebec City battled back twice before taking care of the Flyers in their inaugural game.
Nick Deslaurier kicked off the scoring for the Flyers, who also added another goal scored by Joel Farabee.
The Nordiques, who trailed 1-0 and 2-1, responded both times with goals from Paccioretty, who also put them up for good with 18 seconds left in the second period.
Goals from Jesper Boqvist and Vitali Kravtsov in the 3rd sealed the deal as Quebec City starts 1-0-0.
The Nordique controlled the play most of the night, outshooting the Flyers 34-19, handing Anthony Stolarz his first win of the season between the pipes.
Quebec continues their 6 game road trip with a game in Vancouver on Friday.