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Six former players have had their number retired by the Avalanche. Ray Bourque 's #77 was retired November 24, 2001, [ 4 ] Patrick Roy 's #33 was retired October 28, 2003, [ 5 ] long-time captain Joe Sakic 's #19 was retired October 1, 2009, Peter Forsberg 's #21 was retired October 8, 2011, Adam Foote 's #52 was retired November 2, 2013, and ...
Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000 [1]. This is a complete list of numbers retired by the National Hockey League (NHL).A retired number is a jersey number that is taken out of circulation by a team as a way of honouring a former member of that team who wore that number; after the number's retirement, members of that team are not permitted to wear the number on their jerseys ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. 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 ...
He captured three Vezina trophies and was part of four Stanley Cup teams between the Canadiens (1986, 1993) and Avalanche (1996, 2001). The 59-year-old Roy was hired as coach by Colorado in 2013 to turn around the team. He propelled the Avalanche into the playoffs his first season and with a rookie named Nathan MacKinnon.
The Colorado Avalanche have retired six of their jersey numbers. The four numbers retired by the franchise when they were in Quebec – J. C. Tremblay's number 3, Marc Tardif's number 8, Michel Goulet's number 16, and Peter Stastny's number 26 [105] – were un-retired and put back into circulation when the franchise moved to Colorado. [106]
The Avalanche retired Roy's number 33 jersey on October 28, 2003, while the Montreal Canadiens retired Roy's number 33 on November 22, 2008. This made Roy the sixth NHL player to have his number retired by two organizations.
After he retired following the 2000–01 season, both the Bruins and the Avalanche honored him by retiring number 77. When he was initially called up to the Bruins, Bourque was assigned the number 7, which had been worn by former Bruins star forward Phil Esposito from the time he was acquired by the team in 1967 until he departed in 1976 via trade.
4.4 Retired numbers. ... Colorado Avalanche 1995–present: Home arena: Colisée de Québec: ... Quebec Nordiques retired numbers No. Player Position Career