Denver Cutthroats

Denver Cutthroats
founding	April 10, 2012
resolution	20th August 2014
history	Denver Cutthroats (2012-2014)
Stadion	Denver Coliseum
Location	Denver , Colorado
Team colors	Dark blue , green , red , white
league	Central Hockey League
Cooperations	Colorado Avalanche ( NHL ) Lake Erie Monsters ( AHL )
Miron Cups	no

The Denver Cutthroats were an American ice hockey franchise based in Denver , Colorado . The team was founded on April 10, 2012 and played in the Central Hockey League (CHL) from the 2012/13 season . The team played in the 8,140-seat Denver Coliseum . The team colors are dark blue, green, red and white. The team's name is derived from the official Colorado state fish , the cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) .

history

After the number of teams in the Central Hockey League had shrunk from 18 to 14 between the 2010/11 season and the 2011/12 season , rumors of the establishment of a new franchise in the state of Colorado first surfaced in February 2012 . The team was to be named Denver Grizzlies . On April 10, 2012, the resettlement was finally confirmed at the beginning of the 2012/13 season ; as well as the fact that the team will be nicknamed Grizzlies . On May 17, 2012, the team name Cutthroats and the team logos and colors were finally presented. A month later, defender Aaron MacKenzie became the first player in franchise history to be signed.

On July 19, 2012, the Denver Cutthroats and the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League agreed to work together for one season. The Cutthroats have since acted as the so-called farm team of the Avalanche and the Lake Erie Monsters from the American Hockey League .

In August 2014, the franchise's gaming operations were discontinued, with management aiming to return to gaming operations in the 2015/16 season.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
2012/13	66	30th	26th	1	9	70	205	215	8th, Berry	Defeat in the first round
2013/14	66	38	17th	4th	7th	87	214	194	2nd, Berry	Defeat in the final

Known players

• Gabe Gauthier
• Aaron MacKenzie
• Jamie MacQueen
• Kyle Quincey
• Brad Smyth

Team records

Career records

Games: 132 Troy Schwab

Goals: 61 AJ Gale

Assists: 131 Troy Schwab

Points: 177 Troy Schwab

Penalty minutes: 296 Jean-Philipp Chabot

Web links

• Official website
• Denver Cutthroats at hockeydb.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adrian Dater: Denver Grizzlies could return as a minor-league franchise. The Denver Post , February 9, 2012, accessed May 27, 2012 . 
2. ^ Adrian Dater: Denver to get new CHL team. In: DenverPost.com. The Denver Post , April 9, 2012, accessed May 27, 2012 . 
3. ^ Adrian Dater: New Denver pro hockey team introduced; could be called Cutthroats. The Denver Post , April 10, 2012, accessed May 27, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Newest Pro Hockey Franchise To Be Named Cutthroats. Central Hockey League , May 17, 2012, accessed May 27, 2012 . 
5. ^ Brien Rea: Cutthroats Sign MacKenzie as Franchise's First Player. (No longer available online.) Denver Cutthroats, June 12, 2012, archived from the original on July 23, 2012 ; accessed on July 14, 2012 . 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.  
6. ^ Brien Rea: NHL's Avalanche Sign Affiliation Agreement with Cutthroats. (No longer available online.) Denver Cutthroats, July 19, 2012, archived from the original on July 22, 2012 ; accessed on July 20, 2012 (English). 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.