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The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. The team is a member of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team started as Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and played in the league until its merger with the NHL in 1979.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. National Hockey League team in Denver, Colorado This article is about the hockey team. For the former soccer team in Denver, see Denver Avalanche. Colorado Avalanche 2024–25 Colorado Avalanche season Conference Western Division Central Founded 1972 History Quebec Nordiques 1972 ...
Joe Sakic, won the Conn Smythe Trophy with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, their first championship in franchise's history. In the Stanley Cup Finals, a sweep refers to a National Hockey League (NHL) team winning four straight games and losing none in a best-of-seven format. There have been 20 sweeps in Stanley Cup Finals history. [1]
This is a complete listing of National Hockey League (NHL) playoff series, grouped by franchise. Series featuring relocated teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. [1] Bolded years indicate wins. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the number of wins, and ...
The 1996 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1995–96 season, and the culmination of the 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs.It was contested by the Western Conference champion Colorado Avalanche and the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers, two teams in the Finals for the first time.
The Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry is a historic rivalry in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings.The rivalry gained notoriety during the mid-1990s and early 2000s, with the peak of the rivalry occurring from 1996 to 2002 during which stretch the two teams met in the postseason five times and combined to win five Stanley Cups, with the Red Wings ...
The Colorado Rockies were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) that played in Denver from 1976 to 1982. They were founded as the Kansas City Scouts, an expansion team that began play in the NHL in the 1974–75 season. The Scouts moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Denver for the 1976–77 season. [2]
The 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2021–22 season.The playoffs began on May 2, 2022, one day after the regular season ended, and concluded on June 26, 2022, with the Colorado Avalanche winning their third Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning four games to two in the Stanley Cup Finals.