Colorado Avalanche
| Colorado Avalanche | |
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| founding | 1972 |
| history |
Québec Nordiques 1972 - 1979 ( WHA ) 1979 - 1995 ( NHL ) Colorado Avalanche since 1995 |
| Stadion | Pepsi Center |
| Location | Denver , Colorado |
| Team colors | Burgundy, steel blue, black, silver, white |
| league | National Hockey League |
| Conference | Western Conference |
| division | Central Division |
| Head coach |
 Jared Bednar
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| Team captain |
 Gabriel Landeskog
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| General manager |
Joe Sakic
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| owner |
 Stan Kroenke
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| Cooperations |
Colorado Eagles ( AHL ) Utah Grizzlies ( ECHL ) |
| Stanley Cups | 1996 , 2001 |
| Conference title | 1995/96 , 2000/01 |
| Division title |
1995/96 , 1996/97 , 1997/98 , 1998/99 , 1999/00 , 2000/01 , 2001/02 , 2002/03 , 2013/14 |
The Colorado Avalanche ( IPA : [kɔləˈɹɑdoʊ ˈævəlænʃ] ) are an American ice hockey franchise of the National Hockey League from Denver , Colorado . It was founded in 1972 as a franchise of the World Hockey Association under the name Québec Nordiques and began playing at the beginning of the 1972/73 season . After the dissolution of the WHA in 1979, the Nordiques were included together with three other teams in the NHL, where they competed for the first time in the 1979/80 season. Before the 1995/96 season the company moved and renamed it to its current name. The team colors are burgundy, steel blue, black, silver and white.
The Avalanche plays its home games at the Pepsi Center and is the only franchise based in the Rocky Mountains . The Avalanche developed after moving from Québec to one of the best teams in the league and won the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001 , and the Presidents' Trophy in 1997 and 2001 . The division titles won from 1996 to 2003 are the most consecutive division titles in the history of the NHL to date. After the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season and the introduction of a salary cap , the team had to part with some top performers and subsequently fell into mediocrity.
history
Origins of the Québec franchise (1972–1995)
In 1972, the World Hockey Association ice hockey league began playing, and the Québec Nordiques were formed with it . In 1977 the Nordiques won the Avco World Trophy . The end for the WHA came two years later and in addition to the Nordiques, the Edmonton Oilers , Hartford Whalers and the Winnipeg Jets were taken over into the National Hockey League .
From 1981 to 1987 the team qualified for the play-offs , after which the team had both sporting and financial problems. From 1988 to 1992, the Nordiques always finished last in the Adams Division and from 1989 to 1991 three times in a row the last place in the entire league. However, this gave them the privilege of being able to select players very early in the NHL Entry Draft . After the team selected Joe Sakic in 1987 , they engaged young talents such as Mats Sundin , Owen Nolan and Eric Lindros in the unsuccessful years . Since Lindros did not want to play for the Franco-Canadian team, he was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1992 , whereby the Nordiques received, among other things, the transfer rights to the Swedish talent Peter Forsberg . The team evolved into a candidate for the Stanley Cup .
Despite their success on the ice, the team continued to have financial worries. The then team owner Marcel Aubut decided in 1995 to sell the team to COMSAT Corporation after financial support from local authorities was rejected. In the summer of 1995, the franchise was relocated to Denver , Colorado , and renamed Colorado Avalanche .
Immediate success in Denver (1995-2000)
After purchasing the franchise, ownership of the team passed to COMSAT's newly formed subsidiary Ascent Entertainment Group. 80% of the shares were bought by COMSAT, the rest were available on the NASDAQ electronic exchange .
The Colorado Avalanche (nickname Avs ) was placed in the Pacific Division and played their first game on October 6, 1995 in Denver's McNichols Sports Arena , the former home ground of the Colorado Rockies , against the Detroit Red Wings . The Avalanche won the game 3-2, Valeri Kamenski scored both Colorado's first NHL goal, as well as the game-winning goal shortly before the end.
The squad around strikers Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg was reinforced on December 6, 1995 by All-Star goalkeeper Patrick Roy . Roy played up to this point since the 1985/86 NHL season with the Montreal Canadiens and won with this team in 1986 and 1993 the Stanley Cup , as well as several personal awards. After a game by the Canadiens on December 2, 1995 against the Detroit Red Wings, in which Roy conceded nine goals, the goalkeeper felt so humiliated by Montréal coach Mario Tremblay that he announced Canadiens President Ronald Corey while the game was still under way , he will never play for the Montréal Canadiens again. Four days later, Patrick Roy was transferred to the Colorado Avalanche along with Montréals team captain Mike Keane , while the Canadiens received goalkeeper Jocelyn Thibault and strikers Martin Ručínský and Andrei Kowalenko .
The Avs ended the regular season of the 1995/96 season with 47 wins from 82 games. Colorado's 104 table points were most in the Pacific Division and runner-up in the Western Conference . In the subsequent play-offs, Colorado defeated the Vancouver Canucks , the Chicago Blackhawks and Presidents' Trophy winner Detroit Red Wings one after the other . In the championship final, the Avalanche met the winner of the Eastern Conference . After a 4-0 sweep against the Florida Panthers , the Québec / Colorado franchise won its first Stanley Cup . Colorado team captain Joe Sakic was named Most Valuable Player with the Conn Smythe Trophy after scoring 18 goals and a total of 34 scorer points in 22 Avalanche play-offs . As a result of the Stanley Cup success, the players Alexei Wassiljewitsch Gussarow , Valeri Viktorowitsch Kamenski and Peter Forsberg were accepted into the Triple Gold Club .
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Stanley Cup winner 1996
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Goalkeepers: Stéphane Fiset , Patrick Roy Defenders: Adam Foote , Alexei Gussarow , Jon Klemm , Uwe Krupp , Sylvain Lefebvre , Curtis Leschyshyn , Sandis Ozoliņš , John Slaney , Craig Wolanin Attackers: René Corbet , Adam Deadmarsh , Peter Forsberg , Dave Hannan , Waleri Kamenski , Mike Keane , Claude Lemieux , Troy Murray , Mike Ricci , Warren Rychel , Joe Sakic , Chris Simon , Stéphane Yelle , Scott Young Head Coach: Marc Crawford General Manager: Pierre Lacroix |
In the 1996/97 NHL season , the Avalanche won the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in its history, after the team had 49 wins and 107 points after 82 games. In addition, Colorado was the most dangerous team in the National Hockey League with an average of 3.38 goals . In the play-offs, the Colorado Avalanche won the first two rounds against the Chicago Blackhawks and the Edmonton Oilers and was eliminated in the conference final against the eventual Stanley Cup winner Detroit Red Wings. Following this season, Joe Sakic signed a so-called offer sheet as a restricted free agent , a kind of contract offer. The offered contract came from the New York Rangers , had a term of three years and awarded Sakic an annual fixed salary of $ 7 million. Due to the commitment to the current club as a Restricted Free Agent specified in the NHL regulations, the Colorado Avalanche had a week to make an equivalent offer to keep the player in the team, which they did. The large pay increase for her captain - from previously $ 3.1 million per season to $ 7 million - paved the way for many more salary increases in the NHL.
For during the 1997/98 season taking place 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , the Avs set of ten players. In addition, Colorado's head coach Marc Crawford coached the Canadian national team at this tournament . Four players returned from Nagano with medals: Milan Hejduk won the gold medal with the Czech national team, Alexei Gussarow and Valeri Kamensky won the silver medal with the Russian team and Jari Kurri won the bronze medal with the Finns . In the championship finals of the 1997/98 season, Colorado was unexpectedly eliminated in the first round against the Edmonton Oilers. After the season, coach Marc Crawford declined to extend his contract by two years. Five days later, a new head coach, Bob Hartley, was introduced.
At the beginning of the 1998/99 NHL season , the Avs were transferred to the Northwest Division as part of the league expansion to include the Nashville Predators . Colorado finished the regular season with 44 wins in second place in the Western Conference. During this season, the Avalanche achieved the longest winning streak in franchise history between January and February 1999 with 12 wins in a row. The two rookies Chris Drury and Milan Hejduk were elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team ; Drury also received the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best new professional in the entire league. In the play-offs of this season, the Avs were eliminated after 1997 in the Conference final against the eventual Stanley Cup winners, this time Colorado was defeated by the Dallas Stars , after the team had previously defeated the San Jose Sharks and Detroit in the two rounds Red Wings defeated.
The Pepsi Center , built for 160 million US dollars , has been Colorado's new home ground since the 1999/2000 season . The Avs won their first game at the Pepsi Center 2-1 against the Boston Bruins . The Avalanche strengthened before the start of the play-offs with defender Raymond "Ray" Bourque and striker Dave Andreychuk from the Bruins. Boston received the players Brian Rolston , Martin Grenier , Samuel Påhlsson and a first-round draft pick in return . Bourque had completed 1,518 games for the Bruins since 1979 and was the highest point defender in NHL history at the time of the transfer. A Stanley Cup success in Boston was denied to him in 21 years with the Bruins, whereupon he asked in March 2000 for a club change to a title favorite. With the new players, the Avs reached the conference finals for the fourth time in five years after victories over the Phoenix Coyotes and the Detroit Red Wings. As in the previous year, Colorado was defeated by the Dallas Stars.
Sale of the team and a second title (2000–2003)
In 1997, the Ascent Entertainment Group, which in addition to the Colorado Avalanche also owned the basketball franchise Denver Nuggets , was sold to Liberty Media by parent company COMSAT Corporation for $ 755 million . In 2000, real estate tycoon E. Stanley Kroenke bought Liberty’s rights to the Avalanche, the Nuggets, and the Pepsi Center for $ 450 million. Ascent previously tried to sell the teams to Wal-Mart heirs Bill and Nancy Laurie . The deal failed, however, because of the shareholders who considered the purchase price of 400 million US dollars to be too low. Ascent Entertainment Group then sold the rights to financial tycoon Donald Sturm for $ 461 million . The city of Denver refused to surrender the property rights on which the Pepsi Center stands to Sturm, as he could not guarantee that the teams would remain based in Denver even if Sturm died or the franchises were sold. Stan Kroenke promised the city of Denver to keep both teams in the city for at least 25 years, whereupon he was awarded the contract, despite the purchase price being 11 million US dollars lower.
The 2000/01 NHL season should be very successful for the Avalanche: In addition to the renewed division title, the team also won their second Presidents' Trophy , after the Avs after 82 games a statistic of 52 wins, 20 losses, four of them overtime and 10 draws for a total of 118 table points. Captain Joe Sakic finished the regular season with 118 points and was behind Jaromír Jágr , who scored three points more, the second best point collector in the National Hockey League. This season's NHL All-Star Game was played at the Pepsi Center. The Avalanche posted five players for this game: Patrick Roy , Ray Bourque and Joe Sakic were in the squad for the North American All-Stars . For the Welt All-Stars, Peter Forsberg and Milan Hejduk went on the ice. With the exception of Hejduk, all players were also on the starting grid of their respective teams. Before the championship finals, the team made another transfer for an all-star defender. On February 21, 2001, the Avalanche strengthened on the defensive with Rob Blake , who was brought along with Steven Reinprecht for Adam Deadmarsh , Aaron Miller and a first-round vote for the 2001 NHL Entry Draft from the Los Angeles Kings .
In the first play-off round, the Avs defeated the Vancouver Canucks with a 4-0 sweep . In the second round, the team won the best-of-seven series against the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 games. After the last game in this series, Swede Peter Forsberg had his torn spleen removed and was out for the rest of the season. Although Forsberg's loss was described as devastating, the Avalanche won the Western Conference final against the St. Louis Blues 4-1. In the Stanley Cup final, the Avalanche met the New Jersey Devils . In the seventh and final game of the Best-of-Seven series, the Avs defeated the Devils 3-1 in front of a home crowd and won their second Stanley Cup in franchise history after 1996 .
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2001 Stanley Cup winner
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Goalkeepers: David Aebischer , Patrick Roy Defenders: Rob Blake , Ray Bourque , Greg de Vries , Adam Foote , Jon Klemm , Éric Messier , Bryan Muir , Nolan Pratt , Martin Škoula Attackers: Chris Dingman , Chris Drury , Peter Forsberg , Milan Hejduk , Dan Hinote , Ville Nieminen , Scott Parker , Shjon Podein , Dave Reid , Steven Reinprecht , Joe Sakic , Alex Tanguay , Stéphane Yelle Head Coach: Bob Hartley General Manager: Pierre Lacroix |
Raymond Bourque won his first Stanley Cup in the last game of his career. Team captain Joe Sakic passed the trophy directly to him in recognition of Bourque's career, instead of being the first player to lift the trophy, as is usual in the role of team captain. Sakic was the most successful player with 26 play-off points scored and was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player of the regular season after the season . He also received the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy , the Lester B. Pearson Award and, together with Patrik Eliáš , the NHL Plus / Minus Award . The Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP was goalie Patrick Roy . In addition, Shjon Podein received the King Clancy Memorial Trophy . Bourque and Sakic were selected to the NHL First All-Star Team , Rob Blake was nominated to the Second All-Star Team.
In the 2001/02 season , the Avs again won the division title and had the least in the league with an average of 2.06 goals conceded per game. The regular season was interrupted by the 2002 Winter Olympics . The Canadians Joe Sakic, Rob Blake and Adam Foote returned from Salt Lake City with the gold medal , the American Chris Drury and his team won the silver medal. With the Olympic victory, Sakic and Blake were accepted into the Triple Gold Club . In the championship finals, the Colorado Avalanche played its way back to the Conference semifinals after victories over the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks . In the seventh year after moving from Québec , the Avs were in the final of the Western Conference for the sixth time . There they were subject to the Detroit Red Wings after seven games . It was the fifth meeting of the two teams in the play-offs and the second time since 1997 that Detroit defeated the Avalanche in the conference final and eventually won the Stanley Cup . After his spleen operation, Peter Forsberg used the entire regular season to recover and did not play a game. In the play-offs he was fit again and with 27 scorer points in the 20 games of the Avalanche he was the most successful point collector in the entire National Hockey League. Patrick Roy received the William M. Jennings Trophy , which is awarded annually to the goalkeeper whose team allows the fewest goals conceded. He was also appointed to the First All-Star team with Joe Sakic. As in the previous year, teammate Rob Blake was nominated for the Second All-Star-Team.
Roy's end of career, Kariya and Selänne, Moore and Bertuzzi, Lockout (2003–2005)
Colorado set a new NHL record at the end of the 2002/03 season with nine consecutive division titles won. However, the first few months of this season were less successful for the team. After ten wins, twelve losses and nine draws from the first 31 games, head coach Bob Hartley was sacked on December 18, 2002. His successor was Tony Granato , who had only been working as an assistant coach for three months . The Avs found their way back to success and finished the regular season with 105 points - one more than division rivals Vancouver Canucks . The Czech Milan Hejduk scored 50 goals this season and was awarded the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy , which is given to the top scorer in the NHL. Peter Forsberg scored 106 points and received the Art Ross Trophy as the best point player in the league . Hejduk and Forsberg also won the NHL Plus / Minus Award together . In the play-offs, the Colorado Avalanche met in the first round, the Conference quarter-finals, on the Minnesota Wild , who were in the final round for the first time in their history. Minnesota went into the series as an outsider and was already behind with 1: 3 games in the best-of-seven series. However, the Wild won games five and six, forcing a crucial seventh game at Denver's Pepsi Center . The game went into extra time, where Andrew Brunette scored the winning goal for the Minnesota Wild after three and a half minutes. A little later, Patrick Roy ended his successful career.
Before the start of the 2003/04 season , the two top strikers Paul Kariya and Teemu Selänne signed a one-year contract with the Avalanche. Kariya and Selänne played together at the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from 1996 to 2001 . Both wingers were considered to be one of the best duos in the NHL and, along with center Joe Sakic, were to form a lineup that was expected to set new standards in offensive ice hockey. Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland described the Colorado squad as "scary". The playing time was relatively disappointing for both players: Kariya only got 51 games and 36 scorer points due to an injury. Selänne even scored only 32 points in 78 games.
On March 8, 2004, Colorado rookie Steve Moore was attacked from behind by Todd Bertuzzi during a game between the Avs and the Vancouver Canucks, who pushed him headfirst onto the ice. Moore broke three cervical vertebrae from Bertuzzi's previous blow in the neck, the impact on the ice and the weight of the players landing on him . He also suffered a traumatic brain injury and other injuries. Steve Moore never played ice hockey again and ended his career.
For the first time in nine years, the franchise was not placed in the first position of their division in the 2003/04 season, the Avs had one less than the Vancouver Canucks with 100 table points. In the play-offs, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars in the first round . In the conference semifinals, the previously highly traded team was eliminated against the San Jose Sharks . As a consequence, Tony Granato was replaced as head coach and replaced by Joel Quenneville . Granato became Quenneville's assistant coach. Joe Sakic was appointed to the First All-Star Team at the end of the season, and he was also named best player in the 2004 NHL All-Star Games , in which he scored three goals.
After the lockout (2005-2009)
After by a lockout failed 2004/05 season , the Colorado Avalanche had due to the newly introduced salary cap ( salary cap ) before the 2005/06 season away from some service providers. Peter Forsberg joined the Philadelphia Flyers ; Adam Foote , who has been playing for the Québec / Colorado franchise since 1991, signed a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets . Captain Joe Sakic and defender Rob Blake could be held. The Avs finished the regular season behind the Calgary Flames in second place in the Northwest Division . The season was interrupted again by the Winter Olympics . Colorado sent eleven players to Turin ; the Finn Antti Laaksonen returned to North America with a silver medal from Italy, the Czech Milan Hejduk won the bronze medal with his team. In the play-offs, the Avalanche defeated the runner-up in the Western Conference, the Dallas Stars, in the Conference quarter-finals. In the Conference semifinals, the Avs were swept for the first time in their history , opponents were the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The General Manager of Avalanche, Pierre Lacroix , who had been in office since 1994, resigned one day after his departure . However, Lacroix stayed tied to the franchise and is president of the team to this day. His successor as General Manager was François Giguère .
Paul Stastny , son of Hockey Hall of Fame member Peter Šťastný , made his debut for the Avalanche in the 2006/07 NHL season . Peter played for the Québec Nordiques from 1980 to 1990 and is the Nordiques' most successful points collector with 1048 points in 737 games. Paul Stastny already fitted into the team well in his rookie season and scored 78 points in 82 games this season . For his achievements Stastny was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team , he was also nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy for the best new professional, but the trophy went to Yevgeny Malkin . With an assist in the game against the Minnesota Wild on March 11, 2007, he also broke the 15-year-old record of the rookie with the longest series of points. Overall, he scored at least one point per game in 20 consecutive games from February 3 to March 17; During this period, Stastny scored a total of 29 points.
At the beginning of the season in October 2006, Sakic and Hejduk were only two players from the 2001 championship team for the Avs. Before the start of the play-offs, the Avalanche transferred their goalkeeper David Aebischer to the Montréal Canadiens in exchange for José Theodore . The Colorado Avalanche did not reach the play-offs for the first time in its history. The team earned 95 points and placed ninth in the Western Conference. In the last game of the season, Joe Sakic scored his 100th season point at the age of 37, making him the second oldest player in NHL history after Gordie Howe , who scored 100 points in one season. The striker was also nominated for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy following the 2006/07 season , but the award went to Pawel Dazjuk of the Detroit Red Wings .
In the 2007/08 season , the Avalanche succeeded after a 9-5 win against the St. Louis Blues on December 9, 2007, the 1,000th victory in the National Hockey League . In February 2008, Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote, two stars from successful days, were signed: Forsberg, who had not been under contract until then, signed a contract until the end of the season; Defender Foote came in exchange for a first-round draft pick for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and another option for the 2009 draft from the Columbus Blue Jackets . In the championship finals, the Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild in the first round , in the Conference semifinals Colorado met their long-time rival Detroit Red Wings . The Avs were defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion with 0: 4 games. Following the season, the Avalanche parted ways with coach Joel Quenneville . Tony Granato , who previously worked as Quenneville's assistant coach and was head coach of the Colorado Avalanche from 2002 to 2004, was introduced as his successor .
Despite the coaching change, the 2008-09 season should be the worst since the franchise moved to Denver. Colorado won only 32 of 82 games, finishing last in the Northwest Division and the Western Conference. In the NHL consisting of 30 teams, the team finished 28th. For the first time, Colorado's top scorer scored less than 70 points; Milan Hejduk and Ryan Smyth finished the season with 59 points each. Captain Joe Sakic only played 15 games due to injury. The 199 goals scored during the regular season were the fewest in the league. Immediately after the end of the regular season, General Manager François Giguère was fired.
Due to the poor placement, the Avs were allowed to select in the top 10 of an entry draft for the first time in their history - the previous highest draft pick was Alex Tanguay , who was selected in twelfth position in 1998 . The Colorado Avalanche had the third right to vote in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft , with which they selected center Matt Duchene .
Sakic's resignation and new young stars (since 2009)
At the beginning of June 2009, head coach Tony Granato was also dismissed, the previous assistant general manager Greg Sherman was promoted to sole GM and Joe Sacco, a new coach, was introduced. Joe Sakic declared his playing career ended on July 9, 2009. The long-time captain of the franchise has played for the Québec / Colorado franchise since 1988 and still holds all relevant scoring records and other bests for the team. His shirt with the number 19 was hung on the roof of the Pepsi Center during a festive ceremony on October 1, 2009 before the opening game of the 2009/10 season against the San Jose Sharks and will never be given again to a player of the organization. Sakic's successor as team captain was defender Adam Foote . The two 18-year-old center Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly , drafted in June, made the direct jump into the National Hockey League and earned a regular place in the Avalanche. For the 2010 Winter Olympics , Colorado posted three players; the American Paul Stastny won the silver medal at this tournament. The Avalanche finished the season with 95 points, 26 more than the previous season, and qualified eighth in the Western Conference again for the play-offs. There the team was eliminated in the first round against the first seeded San Jose Sharks after six games in the best-of-seven series. Following the season, Duchene was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team and nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy , which is awarded annually to the best new professional. The trophy, however, went to defenseman Tyler Myers of the Buffalo Sabers .
The 2010/11 season ended the Avs in penultimate place in the National Hockey League. The team reached with 68 table points the fewest since moving from Québec to Denver . Only the Edmonton Oilers were less successful with 62 points. Through a transfer deal in February 2011 with the St. Louis Blues , the Avalanche had two voting rights in the first round in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft , with which they selected Gabriel Landeskog in second position and Duncan Siemens in eleventh overall position .
Peter Forsberg tried a comeback in the NHL and signed on February 6, 2011 a contract valid until the end of the season. As a result, he completed two more games for the Avalanche before he announced his retirement on February 14, 2011 due to injury. In April 2011, Joe Sakic was named senior advisor and alternate president of the Colorado Avalanche. After the last game of the regular season, Adam Foote also ended his career. Foote completed 17 seasons between 1991 and 2011 and a total of 1137 games for the Québec / Colorado franchise.
Rivalry with the Detroit Red Wings
In the 1996 play-offs , the Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings met in the final of the Western Conference . Colorado won the best-of-seven series after six games with 4-2 games. In the sixth and final game, Colorado's Claude Lemieux checked Detroit's Kris Draper face first into the gang from behind. Draper suffered a broken jaw and other injuries. This incident is often cited as the start of one of the most intense rivalries in National Hockey League history.
The following season came on March 26, 1997 during a game of the regular season between the two teams to the brawl in Hockeytown . In this game there were a total of nine fistfights, 39 penalty times, 148 penalty minutes and a goalkeeper fight between the two Stanley Cup winners Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon . Detroit won the game 6-5 after extra time.
The rivalry between the two teams was most intense between 1996 and 2002. In these seven seasons, both teams met five times in play-off series, of which the Avalanche won three. Both franchises were also extremely successful, in those seven years the Stanley Cup was won five times by Detroit (1997, 1998, 2002) and Colorado (1996, 2001). After 2002, the rivalry cooled off and it was not until 2008 that both teams met again in the finals.
Venues
| season | Home games |
Audience cut |
Number of spectators |
sell-out purchases |
Occupancy in% |
| 1995/96 | 41 | 16,017 | 656.708 | 38 | 99.7% |
| 1996/97 | 41 | 16,061 | 658.501 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 1997/98 | 41 | 16,061 | 658.501 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 1998/99 | 41 | 16,061 | 658.501 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 1999/00 | 41 | 18.007 | 738.287 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 2000/01 | 41 | 18.007 | 738.287 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 2001/02 | 41 | 18.007 | 738.287 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 2002/03 | 41 | 18.007 | 738.287 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 2003/04 | 41 | 18.007 | 738.287 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 2004/05 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005/06 | 41 | 18.007 | 738.287 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 2006/07 | 41 | 17,612 | 722.127 | 15th | 97.8% |
| 2007/08 | 41 | 16,842 | 690.552 | 13 | 93.5% |
| 2008/09 | 41 | 15,429 | 632.602 | 7th | 85.7% |
| 2009/10 | 41 | 13,948 | 571,849 | 5 | 77.5% |
| 2010/11 | 41 | 14,820 | 607,650 | 5 | 82.3% |
| 2011/12 | 41 | 15,498 | 635.440 | 5 | 86.1% |
| total | 656 | 16,649 | 10,904,655 | 457 | 94.9% |
- 1 season because of the NHL lockout 2004/05 failed
From 1995 to 1999, the club played in the McNichols Sports Arena , which opened in 1975 and had a capacity of 16,061 seats for ice hockey events. This arena had been used by the Denver Spurs in the World Hockey Association from 1975 to 1976 and by the Colorado Rockies from 1976 to 1982 . Since 1999 the Avalanche has played its home games in the Pepsi Center , a multifunctional arena that can hold 18,007 spectators . The name rights for the arena have been held by the soft drinks manufacturer Pepsi since it opened . The company pays 68 million US dollars for the entire 20-year period and holds the rights until 2019.
spectator
The home games of Colorado had been sold out since November 9, 1995, only on October 16, 2006, with a game against the Chicago Blackhawks , the series of 487 games ended. This is the longest streak ever made in US professional sport.
Farm teams
| season | Farm team | league |
| 1995/96 | Cornwall Aces | AHL |
| 1996 / 97-2004 / 05 | Hershey Bears | AHL |
| 1999 / 00–2000 / 01 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL |
| 1999 / 00–2003 / 04 | San Diego Gulls | ECHL |
| 1999 / 00–2000 / 01 | Albany River Rats | AHL |
| 1999 / 00–2003 / 04 | Arizona Sundogs | CHL |
| 2007 / 08–2014 / 15 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL |
| 2008/09 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL |
| 2009/10 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL |
| 2010/11 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL |
| 2011/12 | All Americans | CHL |
| 2012 / 13–2013 / 14 | Denver Cutthroats | CHL |
| 2014 / 15–2015 / 16 | Fort Wayne Comet | ECHL |
| 2015 / 16–2017 / 18 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL |
| since 2016/17 | Colorado Eagles | ECHL / AHL |
| since 2018/19 | Utah grizzlies | ECHL |
Like all NHL teams, the Colorado Avalanche has had several farm teams in sub-leagues since its inception . The most important cooperation for the franchise has been between Avalanche and the San Antonio Rampage from the American Hockey League since the beginning of the 2015/16 season . Before that, they worked with the Lake Erie Monsters for seven years . The main purpose of the cooperation is to ensure that young up-and-coming players who have an NHL contract and want to recommend themselves for the NHL come into play. In addition, the farm team offers players who have been injured for a long time the opportunity to get back into the rhythm of the game. There is also the option, due to the upper salary limit in the NHL, to use players who are not in the NHL squad. The American Hockey League is declared as a minor league of class AAA and thus the highest possible level below the NHL. In addition to the AHL club, the Avs worked with the Tulsa Oilers from the CHL in the 2010/11 season . Colorado was the first team from the National Hockey League since 1992 to partner with the Oilers. A new CHL partner, the Allen Americans, was introduced for the 2011/12 season ; a year later it was agreed to work with the newly established CHL franchise Denver Cutthroats . After the game operations at the Cutthroats were discontinued after the 2013/14 season, a new cooperation was agreed with the Fort Wayne Komets . Since July 2016, the Colorado Eagles acted as a new partner in the ECHL before the team switched to the AHL for the 2018/19 season. In the ECHL, the Eagles were replaced by a cooperation with the Utah Grizzlies .
After moving from Québec, the collaboration with the Cornwall Aces in the AHL continued for a year. After that, the Hershey Bears were the team's most important partner for nine years.
Achievements and honors
Sporting successes
| Stanley Cups | |
| season | |
| 1995/96 , 2000/01 | |
| Presidents' Trophies | |
| season | |
| 1996/97 , 2000/01 | |
| Conference Championships | season |
| Clarence S. Campbell Bowl | 1995/96 , 2000/01 |
| Division Championships | season |
| Pacific Division | 1995/96 , 1996/97 , 1997/98 |
| Northwest Division |
1998/99 , 1999/00 , 2000/01 , 2001/02 , 2002/03 |
| Central Division | 2013/14 |
The Colorado Avalanche celebrated its greatest successes since moving from Québec in the 1995/96 and 2000/01 seasons , when they both won the prestigious Stanley Cup . In these two triumphs, the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl was won for the finalist of the Western Conference .
Even in the season after the first title win, the Avalanche was a big favorite in the fight for the Stanley Cup by winning the Presidents' Trophy for the team with the highest points of the regular season , but failed in the semifinals at the Detroit Red Wings and missed thus a successful title defense. When the Presidents' Trophy was won again in the 2000/01 season, the Avalanche lived up to its favorite status and brought the Stanley Cup to Denver for the second time in the final against defending champion New Jersey Devils .
In addition to these titles, Colorado won between the 1995/96 and 2002/03 seasons eight years in a row the title in the respective division to which they were assigned. By winning the division title of the Québec Nordiques in the 1994/95 season , there are even nine titles, which is an NHL record for the most consecutive division titles won. It was not until the 2003/04 game year that the Vancouver Canucks won the title of the Northwest Division and thus ended the Avalanche series.
In the 2013/14 season , the first after the divisions were rearranged , Colorado won the Central Division title for the first time and thus won a division title again after ten seasons.
Colorado has so far won three titles in the Pacific Division , five in the Northwest Division and one in the Central Division.
NHL Awards and All-Star Team Nominations
* Together with Patrik Eliáš
** during the 2000/01 season by the Los Angeles Kings committed
Since the franchise moved , a Colorado Avalanche player has won one of the individual NHL awards 15 times . In addition, one player made it into one of the All-Star teams twelve times and five others into the All-Rookie team .
After winning the Stanley Cup in the first season after moving from Québec, Joe Sakic was named the best player in the playoffs with the Conn Smythe Trophy , making it the first Avalanche player to receive an individual award. The following year, it was the Latvian Sandis Ozoliņš with his nomination for the First All-Star Team that a player was awarded for a performance in the regular season. In the 1998/99 season , two rookies caused a stir. Chris Drury was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best newcomer to the league and was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team together with Milan Hejduk . In an outstanding 2000/01 season , Colorado built on its top track record sustainably. This season alone, the players won six awards, of which Joe Sakic won four. Two players have shared the NHL Plus / Minus Award several times , but in the 2002/03 season , Milan Hejduk and Peter Forsberg were the first two players from the same team to do so .
In the 2002/03 season , Hejduk and Forsberg won the only NHL scoring trophies to date. Peter Forsberg was more successful than any other player with 106 scorer points and received the Art Ross Trophy . Milan Hejduk scored 50 goals in the same season and won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy .
Patrick Roy was the only Colorado coach to date to receive the Jack Adams Award for Best Coach in the NHL, after leading the team to first place in the Central Division in the 2013-14 season .
Season statistics
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded
| season | GP | W. | L. | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | space | Playoffs |
| 1995/96 | 82 | 47 | 25th | 10 | - | 104 | 326 | 240 | 1st, Pacific Division | Conference quarter-finals win, 4-2 ( Vancouver ) conference semi-finals, 4-2 ( Chicago ) conference finals, 4-2 ( Detroit ) Stanley Cup finals , 4-0 ( Florida ) |
| 1996/97 | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | - | 107 | 277 | 205 | 1st, Pacific Division | Conference quarterfinals win, 4-2 ( Chicago ) Conference semi-finals win, Conference finals 4-1 ( Edmonton ), Conference finals 2-4-2 ( Detroit ) |
| 1997/98 | 82 | 39 | 26th | 17th | - | 95 | 231 | 205 | 1st, Pacific Division | Conference quarter-finals lost, 3-4 ( Edmonton ) |
| 1998/99 | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | - | 98 | 239 | 205 | 1st, Northwest Division | Conference quarterfinals win, 4-2 ( San Jose ) Conference semi-finals win, Conference finals 4-2 ( Detroit ) Conference final defeat, 4-2 ( Dallas ) |
| 1999/00 | 82 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 96 | 233 | 201 | 1st, Northwest Division | Victory in the Conference quarter-finals, 4-1 ( Phoenix ) victory in the Conference semi-finals, 4-1 ( Detroit ) defeat in the Conference final, 3: 4 ( Dallas ) |
| 2000/01 | 82 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 4th | 118 | 270 | 192 | 1st, Northwest Division | Victory in the Conference quarter-finals, 4-0 ( Vancouver ) victory in the Conference semi-finals, 4: 3 ( Los Angeles ) victory in the conference final, 4-1 ( St. Louis ) victory in the Stanley Cup final , 4: 3 ( New Jersey ) |
| 2001/02 | 82 | 45 | 28 | 8th | 1 | 99 | 212 | 169 | 1st, Northwest Division | Victory in the Conference quarter-finals, 4-3 ( Los Angeles ) victory in the Conference semi-finals, 4-3 ( San Jose ) defeat in the Conference final, 3-4 ( Detroit ) |
| 2002/03 | 82 | 42 | 19th | 13 | 8th | 105 | 251 | 194 | 1st, Northwest Division | Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-4 ( Minnesota ) |
| 2003/04 | 82 | 40 | 22nd | 13 | 7th | 100 | 236 | 198 | 2nd, Northwest Division | Conference quarterfinals win, 4-1 ( Dallas ) Conference semi-finals defeat, 4-1 ( San Jose ) |
| 2004/05 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005/06 | 82 | 43 | 30th | - | 9 | 95 | 283 | 257 | 3rd, Northwest Division | Conference quarterfinals win, 4-1 ( Dallas ) Conference semi-finals defeat, 4-0 ( Anaheim ) |
| 2006/07 | 82 | 44 | 31 | - | 7th | 95 | 272 | 251 | 4th, Northwest Division | not qualified |
| 2007/08 | 82 | 44 | 31 | - | 7th | 95 | 231 | 219 | 2nd, Northwest Division | Conference quarter-finals win, 2-2 ( Minnesota ) Conference semi-finals lost, 4-2 ( Detroit ) |
| 2008/09 | 82 | 32 | 45 | - | 9 | 69 | 199 | 257 | 5th, Northwest Division | not qualified |
| 2009/10 | 82 | 43 | 30th | - | 14th | 95 | 237 | 228 | 2nd, Northwest Division | Conference quarterfinals lost, 2-4 ( San Jose ) |
| 2010/11 | 82 | 30th | 44 | - | 8th | 68 | 227 | 288 | 4th, Northwest Division | not qualified |
| 2011/12 | 82 | 41 | 35 | - | 6th | 88 | 208 | 220 | 3rd, Northwest Division | not qualified |
| 2012/13 2 | 48 | 16 | 25th | - | 7th | 39 | 116 | 152 | 5th, Northwest Division | not qualified |
| 2013/14 | 82 | 52 | 22nd | - | 8th | 112 | 250 | 220 | 1st, Central Division | Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-4 ( Minnesota ) |
| 2014/15 | 82 | 39 | 31 | - | 12 | 90 | 219 | 227 | 7th, Central Division | not qualified |
| 2015/16 | 82 | 39 | 39 | - | 4th | 82 | 216 | 240 | 6th, Central Division | not qualified |
| 2016/17 | 82 | 22nd | 56 | - | 4th | 48 | 165 | 276 | 7th, Central Division | not qualified |
| 2017/18 | 82 | 43 | 30th | - | 9 | 95 | 255 | 236 | 4th, Central Division | Conference quarterfinals lost, 2-4 ( Nashville ) |
| 2018/19 | 82 | 38 | 30th | - | 14th | 90 | 258 | 244 | 5th, Central Division | Conference quarter-finals win, 4-1 ( Calgary ) Conference semi-finals defeat, 4-1 ( San Jose ) |
| total | 1852 | 926 | 695 | 101 | 139 | 2200 | 5411 | 5124 | 15 playoff appearances, 33 series: 20 wins, 13 losses, 194 games: 109 wins, 85 losses |
- 1 season because of the NHL lockout 2004/05 failed
- 2 season shortened due to the 2012/13 NHL lockout
Franchise records
This is a list of all the records that have been set in the NHL since the franchise was founded, including the period from 1979 to 1995 when the franchise operated as Québec Nordiques .
Career
| Surname | number | |
| Most games | Joe Sakic | 1,378 (in 20 seasons) |
| Most consecutive games | Dale Hunter | 312 (October 9, 1980 to March 13, 1984) |
| Most goals | Joe Sakic | 625 |
| Most templates | Joe Sakic | 1,016 |
| Most of the points | Joe Sakic | 1,641 (625 goals + 1,016 assists) |
| Most penalty minutes | Dale Hunter | 1,562 |
| Most shutouts | Patrick Roy | 37 |
season
| Surname | number | season | |
| Most goals | Michel Goulet | 57 | 1982/83 |
| Most templates | Peter Šťastný | 93 | 1981/82 |
| Most of the points | Peter Šťastný | 139 (46 goals + 93 assists) | 1981/82 |
| Most points as a rookie | Peter Šťastný | 109 (39 goals + 70 assists) | 1980/81 |
| Most points as a defender | Steve Duchesne | 82 (20 goals + 62 assists) | 1992/93 |
| Most penalty minutes | Gord Donnelly | 301 | 1987/88 |
| Most wins as a goalkeeper | Semyon Varlamov | 41 | 2013/14 |
Team records
The records listed only include achievements that have been achieved as a member of the Colorado Avalanche since 1995.
Career
| Surname | number | |
| Most games | Milan Hejduk | 1,020 (in 14 seasons) |
| Most consecutive games | Kārlis Skrastiņš | 225 |
| Most goals | Joe Sakic | 391 |
| Most templates | Joe Sakic | 624 |
| Most of the points | Joe Sakic | 1,015 (391 goals + 624 assists) |
| Most penalty minutes | Cody McLeod | 1,359 |
| Most shutouts | Patrick Roy | 37 |
season
| Surname | number | season | |
| Most goals | Joe Sakic | 54 | 2000/01 |
| Most templates | Peter Forsberg | 86 | 1995/96 |
| Most of the points | Joe Sakic | 120 (51 goals + 69 assists) | 1995/96 |
| Most points as a rookie | Paul Stastny | 78 (28 goals + 50 assists) | 2006/07 |
| Most points as a defender | Sandis Ozoliņš | 68 (23 goals + 45 assists) | 1996/97 |
| Most penalty minutes | Jeff Odgers | 259 | 1998/99 |
| Most wins as a goalkeeper | Semyon Varlamov | 41 | 2013/14 |
Trainer
Abbreviations: GC = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after
overtime , Pts = points, Pts% = point quota
| Surname | season | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||
| GC | W. | L. | T | OTL | Pts | Pts% | GC | W. | L. | ||
| Marc Crawford | 1995 / 96-1997 / 98 | 294 | 165 | 88 | 41 | - | 371 | .631 | 52 | 31 | 21st |
| Bob Hartley | 1998 / 99–2002 / 03 * | 359 | 193 | 108 | 48 | 10 | 444 | .618 | 80 | 49 | 31 |
| Tony Granato | 2002/03 * - 2004/05 | 133 | 72 | 33 | 17th | 11 | 172 | .647 | 18th | 9 | 9 |
| Joel Quenneville | 2005 / 06–2007 / 08 | 246 | 131 | 92 | - | 23 | 285 | .579 | 9 | 4th | 5 |
| Tony Granato | 2008/09 | 82 | 32 | 45 | - | 5 | 69 | .421 | - | - | - |
| Joe Sacco | 2009 / 10–2012 / 13 | 294 | 130 | 134 | - | 30th | 290 | .493 | 6th | 2 | 4th |
| Patrick Roy | 2013 / 14–2015 / 16 | 246 | 130 | 92 | - | 24 | 284 | .577 | 7th | 3 | 4th |
| Jared Bednar | since 2016/17 | 246 | 103 | 116 | - | 27 | 233 | .474 | 18th | 9 | 9 |
* Change during the current season
The statistically most successful coach of the Avs was Marc Crawford , the 1994 the Quebec Nordiques took over and with the 1995 Jack Adams Award awarded was. After moving to Denver, he won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 1996 . After the early play-off in 1998 , he turned down a contract extension and left the franchise. His successor, Bob Hartley , had similarly good statistical values during his tenure. In 2001 , the Colorado Avalanche won its second Stanley Cup under his leadership. After a bad start to the 2002/03 season , Hartley was fired in December 2002 and replaced by Tony Granato .
Granato could not lead the team, which was filled with many star players, to a championship and was replaced by Joel Quenneville at the beginning of the 2005/06 season . After three seasons without any significant success, Tony Granato was introduced as the new coach. However, the 2008-09 NHL season was the worst to date since the franchise's move and Granato was fired after just one season. Joe Sacco was introduced as his successor, but was only able to lead the team into the play-offs once in the following four seasons. After Colorado finished last in the Western Conference at the end of the 2012/13 NHL season , he was removed from head coach on April 28, 2013.
On May 23, 2013, Hockey Hall of Fame member Patrick Roy was introduced as the Avalanche's new head coach. In addition, he received the post of Vice President Of Hockey Operations. Before this engagement, Roy was in charge of the Québec Remparts from the Québec Major Junior Hockey League in the role of head coach and general manager. Patrick Roy was the Avalanche goalkeeper from 1995 to the end of his career as a player at the end of the 2002/03 season and won the Stanley Cup with the team in 1996 and 2001. He holds all the relevant goalkeeping records in the franchise and is one of five players whose shirt number has been permanently banned by the team.
After three seasons, of which the Avs missed the playoffs twice and failed once in the first round, Roy resigned as head coach in August 2016. He was succeeded by Jared Bednar .
General manager
| Surname | season |
| Pierre Lacroix | 1995 / 96-2005 / 06 |
| François Giguère | 2006 / 07–2008 / 09 |
| Greg Sherman | 2009 / 10–2013 / 14 |
| Joe Sakic | since 2014/15 |
Pierre Lacroix , who previously held this position in Québec , held the position of General Manager for the first eleven years after moving from Québec. He was later named president of the team and held both positions at the same time. With Lacroix, his successor François Giguère also moved to Denver from Québec. After a few years in the management of the Avalanche, however, he switched to the Dallas Stars in order to gain further experience there as an assistant to the general manager in another team. In the summer of 2006, Lacroix focused solely on his duties as President. He brought Giguère back from Dallas and made him his successor.
After three unsuccessful seasons in Colorado, François Giguère was released again on April 13, 2009 a few days after the last game of the regular season of the 2008/09 season . The Colorado Avalanche had their worst season this year since they moved from Québec. The club finished last in the Western Conference and landed in the league consisting of 30 teams in 28th place. Giguère's successor was Greg Sherman , who had been assistant GM of the franchise for seven years.
Sherman was replaced by Joe Sakic after the 2013-14 season. Sakic, who holds various franchise records, was admitted to the board in 2011 and already made the majority of personnel decisions as executive vice president. As a result, Sakic took over the position of general manager, with Sherman from now on as his assistant.
player
Squad for the 2019/20 season
As of December 25, 2019
Team captains
| year | Surname |
| 1995-2009 | Joe Sakic |
| 2009-2011 | Adam Foote |
| 2011–2012 | Milan Hejduk |
| since 2012 | Gabriel Landeskog |
Since the relocation of franchises from Quebec to Denver in 1995, the Canadian was Joe Sakic continuously captain of the team, only in the 1997/98 season was Sylvain Lefebvre captain for 18 games because Sakic failed due to an injury. Sakic had held the post in Québec since 1992 and was the longest-serving team captain in the entire league when he resigned as captain with his retirement from active sport in the summer of 2009. His successor was defender Adam Foote at the beginning of the 2009/10 season .
After two seasons as captain, Foote resigned as an active player. The Avalanche then went into the 2011/12 NHL season without a permanent team captain and on November 14, 2011 introduced the Czech winger Milan Hejduk as the new captain. Hejduk has been playing in Colorado since 1998 and has been the team's assistant captain since the 2008/09 season . After one season, Hejduk gave up the office of team captain and on September 4, 2012 the franchise appointed the Swede Gabriel Landeskog as the fourth captain in team history. At the time of appointment, Landeskog was the youngest ever captain of an NHL franchise at 19 years and 286 days.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
| Surname | Recording date | position |
| Bryan Trottier | November 17, 1997 | Assistant coach |
| Jari Kurri | November 12, 2001 | player |
| Ray Bourque | November 8, 2004 | player |
| Patrick Roy | November 13, 2006 | player |
| Joe Sakic | November 12, 2012 | player |
| Peter Forsberg | 17th November 2014 | player |
| Dave Andreychuk | November 13, 2017 | player |
| Paul Kariya | November 13, 2017 | player |
| Teemu Selänne | November 13, 2017 | player |
Bryan Trottier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997 and was assistant coach under head coach Bob Hartley in Colorado in 2001 when the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the second time in its franchise history. The Trottier player this season included Ray Bourque , who ended his career after this season and was accepted into the hall of fame in 2004 after the specified waiting period of at least three years.
Three years earlier, the Finn Jari Kurri joined the Hall of Fame, who played his only and final season for the Avalanche in 1997/98 . Goalkeeper Patrick Roy , who celebrated two of his four Stanley Cup victories with Colorado and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, was also honored. In November 2012, Joe Sakic was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Sakic was active in 20 seasons for the Québec / Colorado franchise between 1988 and 2009, 17 of them as team captain . In 2014 Peter Forsberg was inducted into the Hall of Fame. During his career he won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche (1996, 2001), two gold medals at the Olympic Games (1994, 2006) and two world championships (1992, 1998) with the Swedish national team. To date, he is the most successful Avalanche player based on points per game (1.30).
In 2017, Dave Andreychuk , Paul Kariya and Teemu Selänne were followed by three players who were only briefly active in Colorado.
Blocked jersey numbers
| No. | Surname | Blocking date |
| 19th | Joe Sakic | October 1, 2009 |
| 21st | Peter Forsberg | October 8, 2011 |
| 23 | Milan Hejduk | January 6, 2018 |
| 33 | Patrick Roy | October 28, 2003 |
| 52 | Adam Foote | November 2, 2013 |
| 77 | Ray Bourque | November 24, 2001 |
| 99 | Wayne Gretzky | February 6, 2000 (league-wide) |
So far in its franchise history, the Colorado Avalanche has officially banned six jersey numbers. In addition, another one is no longer officially awarded. With Ray Bourque's number 77 and Patrick Roy's number 33, two jerseys were pulled under the ceiling of the Pepsi Center as banners at the beginning of the new millennium . After the resignation of long-time captain Joe Sakic , another followed on October 1, 2009 with the number 19. After Peter Forsberg's career ended, his shirt with the number 21 was blocked and hung on the roof of the hall as the fourth banner on October 8, 2011. On November 2, 2013, defender Adam Foote's shirt number 52 followed , before Milan Hejduk was also honored on January 6, 2018 .
At the time the franchise was operating as Québec Nordiques, number 3 by JC Tremblay , Marc Tardifs number 8, Michel Goulets number 16 and Peter Šťastnýs 26 were blocked. However, these were released again after the move to Colorado. In honor of Wayne Gretzky, shirt number 99 has been generally banned across the league since February 6, 2000.
First-round voting rights in the NHL Entry Draft
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So far, the Colorado Avalanche has been allowed to select 25 players in the first round of the draft since the 1995 NHL Entry Draft . Among them, Colorado had six voting rights in the top 10, with which the franchise in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in third overall position Matt Duchene , in the Entry Draft 2011 Gabriel Landeskog , in the Entry Draft 2013 Nathan MacKinnon , in the Entry Draft 2015 Mikko Rantanen , in the Entry Draft 2016 Tyson Jost and Cale Makar in the 2017 Entry Draft . MacKinnon was chosen as the overall first, making it Colorado's highest draft pick since moving from Québec.
Due to transfer deals, the Avalanche had no right to vote in the first round of the Entry Drafts 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2008 and 2012 ; but four in 1998 .
Top point collector
The ten best points collectors in the history of the Avalanche by the end of the regular 2018/19 season and the 2019 playoffs .
Abbreviations: Pos = position, GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, Pts = points, P / G = points per game
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Well-known former players
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Web links
- Official website (English).
- Colorado Avalanche on hockey-reference.com
Individual evidence
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- ↑ tsn.ca, Three key contracts helped kill the CBA. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007 ; Retrieved June 26, 2011 .
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- ^ The Washington Post, Avalanche Hires Hartley to Be New Coach. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 5, 2013 ; Retrieved June 26, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Avalanche.nhl.com , Colorado Avalanche Media Guide. (PDF; 11.4 MB) Retrieved June 27, 2011 . P. 152, (10.89 MB)
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- ^ Fundinguniverse.com, Denver Nuggets. Retrieved June 28, 2011 .
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- ^ The Sports Network, Colorado Avalanche Team Report - April 10th. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 24, 2011 ; Retrieved June 27, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ sportsillustrated.com, Wild and wacky ending. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 15, 2010 ; Retrieved June 27, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ espn.com, NHL '03 -'04: Kariya, Selanne change Avalanche. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ usatoday.com, Moore seeks further damages from Bertuzzi. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ usatoday.com, Avs make bench switch to Quenneville. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ espn.com, Sakic, Blake to stay; Forsberg, Foote up in air. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ espn.com, Avs hire Giguere as team's general manager. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ usatoday.com, Sakic reaches 100 points as Avs win. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ denverpost.com, Sakic one of three Lady Byng finalists. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ espn.com, Forsberg reunites with Avs for rest of season. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
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- ↑ cbssports.com, Avalanche to retire Sakic's No. 19, hoist jersey to rafters. Retrieved June 30, 2011 .
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