Colorado Avalanche
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| Colorado Avalanche | |
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| Conference | Western |
| Division | Northwest |
| Founded | 1972 |
| History | Quebec Nordiques 1972 - 1995 Colorado Avalanche 1995 - present |
| Arena | Pepsi Center |
| City | Denver, Colorado |
| Local Media Affiliates | Altitude KKFN (950 AM) |
| Team Colors | Burgundy, Steel Blue, Black, Silver, and White |
| Owner |  Stan Kroenke |
| General Manager |  Francois Giguere |
| Head Coach | Joel Quenneville |
| Captain | Joe Sakic |
| Minor League Affiliates | Albany River Rats (AHL) Arizona Sundogs (CHL) |
| Stanley Cups | 1995-96, 2000-01 |
| Conference Championships | 1995-96, 2000-01 |
| Division Championships | 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 |
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup two times, in 1996 and 2001. The franchise was founded in Quebec and were the Quebec Nordiques until moving to Denver, Colorado in 1995. The Avalanche have won 8 division titles and have gone to playoffs in all their 10 seasons in the NHL.[1] The Avalanche is also notable for being the only team in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup their first season after a re-location.
Since their move to Denver, the Avalanche have played their home games at the Pepsi Arena. The Avalanche has a notable rivalry with the Detroit Red Wings due to both teams having met each other five times in seven years in the Western Conference playoffs between 1996 and 2002.[2]
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[edit] Franchise history
[edit] Quebec Nordiques (1972-1995)
- See also: Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were one of the World Hockey Association's original teams when the league began play in 1972. Though first awarded to a group in San Francisco, the team quickly moved to Quebec City when the California deal soured due to financial and arena problems.[3] During their seven WHA seasons, the Nordiques won the Avco World Trophy once, in 1977 and lost the finals once, in 1975.[4] Two years later, in 1979, they entered the NHL, along with the WHA's Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, and Winnipeg Jets.[5]
After making the postseason for seven consecutive years, 1981 to 1987, the Nordiques fell into the league's basement.[6] In 1991, for the third straight draft, Quebec had the first overall selection.[7][8] Although Eric Lindros, the draft's top-ranked player, had made it clear he did not wish to play for the Nordiques, they drafted him anyway.[9] Lindros did not even wear the jersey for the press photographs, only holding it when it was presented to him.[10] On advice from his mother, Lindros refused to sign a contract and began a holdout that would last over a year. On June 30, 1992, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for five players, the rights to Swedish prospect Peter Forsberg, two first-round draft picks, and $15 million (USD).[11] The Lindros trade is seen as the foundation for the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise success.[12] In the first season after the trade, the 1992-93 NHL season, the Nordiques reached the playoffs for the first time in six years and would do so two seasons later again. Quickly, Quebec would become a Stanley Cup contender.
While the team experienced on-ice success, off-ice financial failure during the lockout-shortened 1994-95 NHL season forced team owner Marcel Aubut to ask for a bailout from Quebec's provincial government.[13] The bailout fell through and Aubut subsequently sold the team to a group of investors in Denver.[14] The franchise moved to Colorado following the 1995 season, where they were renamed the Colorado Avalanche.
[edit] Colorado Avalanche (1995-present)
Led by captain Joe Sakic, Forsberg and defensive stalwart Adam Foote, Colorado entered their first season in Denver with a strong lineup. The goaltender Patrick Roy joined the team after an incident while playing for the Montreal Canadiens against the Detroit Red Wings. Roy was left in the net after having suffered 9 goals in 26 shots in a game that would end 11-1. Roy felt humiliated and told team president Ronald Corey it was his last game for the Canadiens. Four days later, he joined the Avalanche with Mike Keane. Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Rucinsky and Andrei Kovalenko were sent to Montreal.[15] In the 1996 playoffs, after beating the Detroit Red Wings in a six-game series in the Western Conference Final, the Avalanche would roll to the Stanley Cup Final to meet the Florida Panthers. In the game four, during the third overtime and after more than 100 minutes of playing with no goals, defenseman Uwe Krupp scored to claim the franchise's first Cup.[16]
In 1996-97, Colorado lost in the Western Conference Finals in a rematch against the Red Wings, despite having won the Presidents' Trophy for best regular-season record. After losing in the Conference Quarterfinals in 1997-98 against the Edmonton Oilers, the Avalanche lost two more Western Conference Finals the following two years, both times against the Dallas Stars.
In March 6, 2000, the Boston Bruins traded future Hockey Hall of Famer defenseman Ray Bourque and forward Dave Andreychuk to Colorado for Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, and a first-round draft pick. Bourque, who had been a Bruin since 1979-80, requested a trade to a contender for one last shot at a Stanley Cup.[17]
After failing to do so in 2000, for the 2000-01 season the Avalanche strengthen their defense for a run at the Stanley Cup. On February 21, 2001, they acquired star defenseman Rob Blake and defensive center Steven Reinprecht from the Los Angeles Kings for Adam Deadmarsh, Aaron Miller and their first-round 2001 Draft pick.[18] Colorado won the Presidents' Trophy again, with a 52-16-10-4, 118-point record. The team had dedicated 00-01 to getting Ray Bourque a ring.[19] Although Peter Forsberg had emergency spleen surgery after their second-round series against the Kings and missed the rest of the playoffs, the Avalanche won against the New Jersey Devils in the Stanley Cup finals. The Devils had taken a 3-2 advantage in the series onto home ice for game six, but Colorado won 4-0 in New Jersey and then 3-1 at Denver to claim the Cup. After being handed the Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, the captain Joe Sakic immediately gave it to Ray Bourque, capping off his 22-year career with his only championship.[20]
The Avalanche never reached the Stanley Cup finals again since 2001. In 2002, they lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals in a 7-game series. In 2003, the Avalanche blew a 3-1 lead over the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the playoffs, losing in overtime of game 7.[21]
After that season, Patrick Roy retired and the Avalanche signed star wingers Paul Kariya and Teemu Selänne from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.[22] Both failed to live up to the expectations and for the first time in Denver and first since the 1993-94 season, the franchise failed to win their division, ending an NHL-record nine consecutive division titles.[23]
On March 8, 2004, during a game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Vancouver Canucks, Steve Moore was punched from behind by Todd Bertuzzi, who knocked him to the ground and left him unconscious. After falling on the ice, Moore suffered additional injuries. The incident happened after Bertuzzi attempted to engage with Moore in a fight and was ignored.[24] Moore sustained three fractured neck vertebrae, facial cuts and a severe concussion.[24] Moore did not return to professional hockey after the injury, and has filed a $19.5 million lawsuit against Bertuzzi.[25]
After the 2004-05 NHL lockout and the implementation of a salary cap, the Avalanche had to let go some of their top players. Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote were lost to free agency in order to save some room cap for Joe Sakic and Rob Blake.[26] Although the salary cap was a blow to one of the biggest spenders of the league,[27] the Avalanche made it to the Conference semifinals, where they lost to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in a 4-0 series. The day after the loss, Pierre Lacroix, who had been the General Manager of the franchise since 1994, resgined and François Giguère was hired.[28][29] Lacroix remains to this day as President of the franchise.[30]
By the beginning of the 2006-07 season Joe Sakic and Milan Hejduk were the only two remaining members since the 2001 Stanley Cup winning team. Joe Sakic is the only player left from the team's days in Quebec (though Hejduk was drafted by the Nordiques), but prospect Paul Stastny, son of Nordiques legend Peter Stastny, also provides a link to the past.
After a record 487 consecutive games, the NHL's longest consecutive attendance sellout ended with the Avalanche on October 16, 2006 after a reported attendance of 17,681 which was 326 under capacity at the Pepsi Center before an Avalanche-Chicago Blackhawks game, which the Hawks ultimately won 5-4. The streak began on November 9, 1995, the Avalanche's eighth regular season home game during the 1995-96 NHL season, before a sellout of 16,061 at the McNichols Sports Arena versus the Dallas Stars.[31] The Avalanche recorded their 500th home sellout in their 515th game at Denver on January 20, 2007, against the Detroit Red Wings.[32]
[edit] Team colors and jersey
The Colorado Avalanche logo is composed by a burgundy letter A with snow wrapped around, similar to an Avalanche. Around the logo, there's a blue oval.
The team's alternate logo is the foot of Bigfoot, a mythical creature, with a blue oval around it.
The Avalanche jerseys have not changed since their first season in 1995. The team colors are burgundy, blue and white. The home jersey, which was the team's road jersey until 2003 when the NHL decided to switch home and road jerseys,[33] is dominantly burgundy and dark blue in color. There are two black and white zigzag lines along the jersey, one in the shoulders, the other near the belly. Between them, the jersey is burgundy, outside those lines it is dark blue. Similar lines exist around the neck. The Avalanche logo is in the center of the jersey. On top of the shoulders, there is the alternate logo, one on each side. The away jersey is similar, just with different colors. The burgundy part on the home jersey is white on the away jersey, the dark blue part is burgundy and the black and white lines became white and dark blue.
The Avalanche have introduced a third jersey during the 2001-02 season.[34] It is dominantly burgundy. "Colorado" is spelled in a diagonal across the jersey where the logo is on the other jerseys. From the belly down, three large horizontal stripes, the first and the last being black and the middle one being white. In the middle of the arms, there are 5 stripes, black, white and burgundy from the outside inside in both sides.
[edit] Rivalry with the Detroit Red Wings
In 1996, the Colorado Avalanche met the Detroit Red Wings in the Eastern Conference Finals and won the series 4-2. Colorado would go on to win the Stanley Cup. During game 6 of those Conference Finals, as Red Wings player Kris Draper was skating backwards towards the bench, he was checked into the boards by Avalanche player Claude Lemieux.[35] Draper bled a lot but he did not lose consciousness until being taken out of the ice and for a few moments. He had broken bones in the nose, jaw, cheekbone; damages to his right eye socket may had been made and five teeth were bent inward toward the throat.[35] He was submitted to reconstructive surgery.[36] After the incident, Lemieux recieved many threats from Red Wings players and fans, with goalie Chris Osgood being the first to issue one.[35]
In the following season, in the last meeting between the two teams in the regular season, a brawl known as Brawl in Hockeytown occurred. The gamed ended with 9 fights, 11 goals, 39 penalties, 148 penalty minutes, one hat-trick (by Valeri Kamensky) and with a goalie fight between Stanley Cup champion goalies Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon.[36] After two fights throught the first period, it was near the end of it that the brawl started. Peter Forsberg and Igor Larionov started fighting and then Darren McCarty hit Claude Lemieux. Patrick Roy came in aid of his teammate and collided against Brendan Shanahan. Mike Vernon joined the brawl and he had a "legendary scrap" with Roy.[36] Four more fights occurred and the Red Wings ended up winning the game in overtime by 6-5.[36] Both teams met again in the Conference Finals that season and Red Wings went on to win the Stanley Cup. In the following 5 years, the Avalanche and the Red Wings met 3 times in the playoffs, with Colorado winning the first two and losing the last.
This rivalry is considered one of the top rivalries in the NHL by the press and fans.[37]
[edit] Seasons and records
[edit] Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Records as of February 6, 2007. [38]
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1995-96 | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | — | 104 | 326 | 240 | 1536 | 1st, Pacific | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Canucks) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-2 (Blackhawks) Won in Conference Finals, 4-2 (Red Wings) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-0 (Panthers) |
| 1996-97 | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | — | 107 | 277 | 205 | 1361 | 1st, Pacific | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Blackhawks) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-1 (Oilers) Lost in Conference Finals, 2-4 (Red Wings) |
| 1997-98 | 82 | 39 | 26 | 17 | — | 95 | 231 | 205 | 1729 | 1st, Pacific | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Oilers) |
| 1998-99 | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | — | 98 | 239 | 205 | 1619 | 1st, Northwest | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Sharks) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-2 (Red Wings) Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Stars) |
| 1999-00 | 82 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 96 | 233 | 201 | 1118 | 1st, Northwest | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Coyotes) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-1 (Red Wings) Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Stars) |
| 2000-01 | 82 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 118 | 270 | 192 | 1138 | 1st, Northwest | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Canucks) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-3 (Kings) Won in Conference Finals, 4-1 (Blues) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-3 (Devils) |
| 2001-02 | 82 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 212 | 169 | 1007 | 1st, Northwest | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Kings) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-3 (Sharks) Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Red Wings) |
| 2002-03 | 82 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 105 | 251 | 194 | 1084 | 1st, Northwest | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Wild) |
| 2003-04 | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 100 | 236 | 198 | 1293 | 2nd, Northwest | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Stars) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Sharks) |
| 2004-051 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005-062 | 82 | 43 | 30 | — | 9 | 95 | 283 | 257 | 1293 | 2nd, Northwest | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Stars) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (Mighty Ducks) |
| 2006-07 | 68 | 34 | 29 | - | 5 | 73 | 167 | 159 | 587 | ||
| Totals | 820 | 443 | 246 | 101 | 30 | 1072 | 2558 | 2066 | 13053 | — |
- 1 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
- 2 As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games tied after regulation will be decided in a shootout; SOL (Shootout losses) will be recorded as OTL in the standings.
[edit] Franchise individual records
- Most Goals in a season: Michel Goulet, 60 (1982-83)
- Most Assists in a season: Peter Stastny, 93 (1981-82)
- Most Points in a season: Peter Stastny, 139 (1981-82)
- Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Gord Donnelly, 301 (1987-88)
- Most Points in a season, defenseman: Steve Duchesne, 82 (1992-93)
- Most Points in a season, rookie: Peter Stastny, 109 (1980-81)
- Most Wins in a season: Patrick Roy, 40 (2000-01)
- Most Shutouts in a season: Patrick Roy, 9 (2001-02)
[edit] Current roster
As of February 24th, 2007. [1]
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| 31 |  |
Peter Budaj | L | 2001 | Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia |
| 60 | |
Jose Theodore | R | 2006 | Laval, Quebec |
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Ken Klee | R | 2006 | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Karlis Skrastins | L | 2003 | Riga, U.S.S.R. |
| 4 | |
John-Michael Liles | L | 2000 | Zionsville, Indiana |
| 5 | |
Brett Clark | L | 2002 | Wapella, Saskatchewan |
| 6 | |
Jeff Finger | R | 1999 | Houghton, Michigan |
| 27 |  |
Ossi Vaananen | L | 2004 | Vantaa, Finland |
| 34 | |
Kurt Sauer | L | 2004 | St. Cloud, Minnesota |
| 44 | |
Jordan Leopold | L | 2006 | Golden Valley, Minnesota |
| 71 | |
Patrice Brisebois (IR) | R | 2005 | Montreal, Quebec |
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| 8 | |
Wojtek Wolski1 | LW | L | 2004 | Zabrze, Poland |
| 12 | |
Brad Richardson | C/LW | L | 2003 | Belleville, Ontario |
| 14 | |
Ian Laperriere - A | RW/C | R | 2004 | Montreal, Quebec |
| 15 | |
Andrew Brunette - A | LW | L | 2005 | Sudbury, Ontario |
| 19 | |
Joe Sakic - C | C | L | 1987 | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| 20 | |
Mark Rycroft | RW/LW | R | 2006 | Penticton, British Columbia |
| 23 |  |
Milan Hejduk | RW | R | 1994 | Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia |
| 26 | |
Paul Stastny | C | L | 2006 | Quebec City, Quebec |
| 28 | |
Ben Guite | RW | R | 2006 | Montreal, Quebec |
| 29 | |
Scott Parker | RW | R | 2007 | Hanford, California |
| 39 | |
Tyler Arnason | C/LW | L | 2006 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 40 | |
Marek Svatos | RW | R | 2001 | Košice, Czechoslovakia |
| 53 | |
Brett McLean | C/LW | L | 2004 | Comox, British Columbia |
| 87 | |
Pierre Turgeon (IR) | C | L | 2005 | Rouyn, Quebec |
- To see the player roster and bios, click here.
1. Wojtek Wolski plays for Team Canada. Was born in Poland but became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1990.
[edit] Honored members
- See also: List of Colorado Avalanche players and Colorado Avalanche notable players and award winners
The Avalanche have retired two numbers: 77 of Ray Bourque and 33 of Patrick Roy.[39] Ray Bourque played in the NHL for 22 seasons. He was traded to Colorado in 2000 so he could have a chance of winning the Stanley Cup before retiring.[17] He won his only Stanley Cup in 2001, in the last season of his career, becoming the player who waited the most to win a Stanley Cup. Patrick Roy played from 1995 to 2003 in the Avalanche and won two Stanley Cups. He is the goaltender with more wins in the history of the NHL.
Both Bourque and Roy were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The only other Avalanche player to be inducted is Jari Kurri who played the last season of his career with the franchise.
Joe Sakic is the only captain the Avalanche have ever had.[40] He was in both Avalanche Stanley cup winning teams, played his entire career in the franchise, has six individual NHL trophies and holds the franchise record for goals, assists and points. Peter Forsberg was also in both Stanley Cup winning teams and won 3 individual NHL trophies while playing for the Avalanche and one when the franchise was in Quebec.
[edit] Leaders
[edit] Team captains
Note: This list of team captains does not include captains from the Quebec Nordiques (WHA &NHL).
- Joe Sakic, 1995- present
- Sylvain Lefebvre, 1997-98 (Interim)
[edit] Head coaches
Note: This list does not include head coaches from the Quebec Nordiques (WHA &NHL).
- Marc Crawford, 1995-98
- Bob Hartley, 1998-2003
- Tony Granato, 2003-04
- Joel Quenneville, 2004-present
[edit] NHL honors
[edit] References
[edit] General
- Colorado Avalanche season statistics and records. The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Colorado Avalanche History. CBS Sportsline. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Kravitz, Bob. "Welcome to NHL's nastiest rivalry", Rocky Mountain News, 1996-12-18. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Quebec Nordiques. WHA Hockey. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ WHA Yearly Standings. WHA Hockey. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ From the WHA to the NHL. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Quebec Nordiques Almanac. Nordiques Preservation. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ NHL Entry Draft First Round Selections 1980-89. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ NHL Entry Draft First Round Selections 1990-99. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Roarke,Shawn P.. "A look back: 1991", NHL, 2006-05-31. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "As expected, Quebec selects Lindros No.1", Associated Press, 1991-06-23. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Eric Lindros profile. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Benton, Jim. "A Franchise deal. Lindros trade laid foundation for Nordiques/Avalanche drive to berth in Stanley Cup Final", Rocky Mountain News, 1996-06-06. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Quebec's Government Plans Bailout to keep Nordiques from moving", Associated Press, 1994-04-09. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "NHL's Nordiques sold, moving west to Denver \ Comsat Entretainment Group bought the team. Quebec had refused to fund a new hockey arena", Philadelphia Inquirer, 1995-05-26. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Sadowski, Rick. "Roy gets call he's in Hall", Rocky Mountain News, 2006-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Ulman, Howard. "No stopping the Avalanche - Colorado completes Cup sweep of Panthers with 3OT victory", Associated Press, 1996-06-11. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ a b Roarke, Shawn P.. "For Bourque, at long last Stanley!", NHL, 2007-03-22. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Sadowski, Rick. "Kings take Avs' Aulin to complete Blake trade", Rocky Mountain News, 2001-03-23. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Canfora, Jason La. "Bourque Is Frozen Out No More", Washington Post, 2001-06-11. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Allen, Kevin. "Avalanche beat Devils to capture Stanley Cup", USA Today, 2001-06-10. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Minnesota 3, Colorado 2", Sports Illustrated, 2003-04-22. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Avalanche sign Kariya, Selanne to one-year deals", Associated Press, 2003-07-03. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "NHL's winningest goalie retiring after 18 seasons", Associated Press, 2003-05-28. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ a b "The Todd Bertuzzi Reader", About.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ "Notebook: No hype in latest praise of Crosby", CBS, 2006-12-15. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ "Sakic, Blake to stay; Forsberg, Foote up in air", Associated Press, 2005-07-26. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Goldstein, Wes. "Winners, losers, undecided in wake of free-agent frenzy", CBS Sportsline, 2005-08-31. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Lacroix steps down as Colorado GM", Associated Press, 2006-05-12. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Avs hire Giguere as team's general manager", Associated Press, 2006-05-24. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Pierre Lacroix Profile. Colorado Avalanche. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ Frei, Terry. "Avs see sellout streak get away", Denver Post, 2006-10-17. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Avalanche Reaches 500th Sellout In Denver", Colorado Avalanche, 2006-01-20. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Karol, Kristofer (January 27, 2003). NHL 'quacked' up with hockey jersey switch. State News. Retrieved on 2006-08-30.
- ^ Dater, Adrian. "OILERS 4, AVALANCHE 1 "Third jersey' to make debut on Halloween", Denver Post, 2001-10-19. Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
- ^ a b c Dater, Adrian (2006). Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 1589793196.
- ^ a b c d Neumann, Thomas. "Happy anniversary to Red Wings, Avalanche", ESPN, 2007-03-26. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ "Part II -- Top rivalries", ESPN, 2005-10-29. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Hockeydb.com, Colorado Avalanche season statistics and records
- ^ "Patrick Roy #33 to Be Retired", http://www.sportzdomain.com, 2003-05-29. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Sylvain Lefebvre was interim captain in 1997-98
[edit] See also
- List of Colorado Avalanche players
- Head Coaches of the Colorado Avalanche
- Quebec Nordiques
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- List of Stanley Cup champions
[edit] External Links
- Official website of the Colorado Avalanche
- Largest Colorado Avalanche Database
- Unofficial fan site
- Unofficial Colorado Avalanche Podcast
| Preceded by New Jersey Devils |
Stanley Cup Champions 1995-96 |
Succeeded by Detroit Red Wings |
| Preceded by New Jersey Devils |
Stanley Cup Champions 2000-01 |
Succeeded by Detroit Red Wings |
Quebec Nordiques • Players • Notable players & Award Winners • Pepsi Center
Head Coaches: Crawford • Hartley • Granato • Quenneville
Pacific Division titles: 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 • Northwest Division titles: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03
Western Conference Championships: 1995-96, 2000-01
Stanley Cups: 1995-96, 2000-01
Seasons: 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-00 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07
