The Anoka Nordiques were a semi-professional team based in Anoka, Minnesota. They played in the United States Hockey League for the 1978-79 season. The organization formed the core of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Hennepin Nordiques when the league became a Junior level league for the 1979-80 season. The team won both the Anderson Cup (regular season champion) and Clark Cup (playoff champion) in their only season in Minneapolis. The team relocated to Waterloo, Iowa after the previous incarnation of the Waterloo Black Hawks relocated to Dubuque, Iowa and became the first incarnation Dubuque Fighting Saints. When the Nordiques franchise moved to Waterloo they assumed the identity and history of the Waterloo Black Hawks which dated back to 1962.