A very, very provincial trivia question

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  1. Michael says:
    November 25, 2008 at 3:08 am

    Also, if that’s what you were going for, you might be missing Quebec City, PQ.

    They had the Quebec Aces from 1959-1971. The Quebec Citadels didn’t come around until 1999, after the Beast was no more.

  2. Michael says:
    November 25, 2008 at 2:56 am

    The first thing that pops up is that all four are American Hockey League cities.

    Cornwall, Ontario was home to the Cornwall Aces from 1993-1996.

    Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, had the PEI Senators from 1993-1996.

    Greensboro, North Carolina hosted the Carolina Monarchs from 1995-1997.

    Montreal, Quebec was home to the Montreal Voyageurs from 1969-1971.

    After examining the dates, it becomes apparent that all four franchises were very short-lived.

    You mention that the answer has something to do with New Haven. Looking at New Haven’s AHL teams…

    New Haven Eagles/Ramblers/Eagles (1936-1951)
    New Haven Nighthawks (1972-1992)
    New Haven Senators (1992-1993)
    New Haven Beast (1997-1999)

    Now let’s rearrange everything…

    New Haven Eagles/Ramblers/Eagles (1936-1951)
    Montreal Voyageurs (1969-1971)
    New Haven Nighthawks (1972-1992)
    New Haven Senators (1992-1993)
    PEI Senators (1993-1996)
    Cornwall Aces (1993-1996)
    Carolina Monarchs (1995-1997)
    New Haven Beast (1997-1999)

    You immediately notice that none of the teams could have possibly played against any team from New Haven, since they were all founded and then folded during the years when New Haven was not represented in the American Hockey League.

    There’s also a correlation between the franchises. Example: New Haven Nighthawks become New Haven Senators who then move to PEI and become the PEI Senators. Carolina Monarchs move to New Haven and become the Beast of New Haven.

    But I can’t find any direct correlation between the Montreal Voyageurs or Cornwall Aces and any of the franchises to skate in New Haven. That must be why Charlottetown and Greensboro were denoted with the “obvious reasons” labels.

    All that being said, my answer is this.

    During the time that New Haven was represented in the American Hockey League (1936 with the Eagles to 1999 with the Beast), the four cities you mentioned are the ONLY four American Hockey League cities that have never faced a team from the city of New Haven, Connecticut.

    One might say, for example, that “New Haven also never faced the Baltimore Bandits (1995-1997).” But, Baltimore also hosted the Skipjacks from 1981-1993, meaning they had to play the Nighthawks at least once.

    That’s why you named cities, not teams.

  3. Jeff says:
    November 24, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    When talking to Mike yesterday. He answered that it may have to do with New Haven.

  4. hank says:
    November 24, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    does it have to do with New Haven?

  5. george says:
    November 23, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    is it all have a blue sky in July

  6. Fornabaio says:
    November 23, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    It’s a very, very local (so local as to almost be personal) hockey question.

  7. Andy says:
    November 23, 2008 at 11:33 am

    This can’t be a sports related question.

    Cornwall means nothing to me. Charlottetown and Greensboro share a history of confederacy (Charlottetown is the birthplace of Canadian Confederacy and Greensboro is the final resting place of American Confederacy), but I just don’t know enough about Cornwall to link it that way.