Roberto Luongo moves into third place in All Time Wins

February 25th 2019 
Roberto Luongo and the Panthers defeat the Avalanche in overtime, moving Luongo into third place on the NHL all-time wins list with 485. He passes Ed Belfour and sits behind Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur

Sports Illustrated Hockey Cover of the Week

May 24th 1986

The Montreal Canadiens win their 23rd Stanley Cup as they defeated the Calgary Flames 4 games to 1.   They won game 5 in Calgary 4-3.

Montreal goalie Patrick Roy wins the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP.

Sports Illustrated Hockey Cover of the Week

Patrick Roy and the Colorado Avalanche with the Stanley Cup

June 17th 1996

Hockey News Cover of the Week

The Hockey News 1993-94 Yearbook

Patrick Roy wins the Jack Adams Trophy

2014 Jack Adams Trophy Finalists

Finalists for the 2014 Jack Adams Trophy 

NHL Coach of the Year

Mike Babcock - Detroit Red Wings

Jon Cooper - Tampa Bay Lightning

Patrick Roy - Colorado Avalanche

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33 days until opening night for the Colorado Avalanche

2001 Stanley Cup Final (Game 7)

2001 Stanley Cup Final

Game 7

Saturday June 9th 2001

Pepsi Center

Denver, Colorado

New Jersey Devils

(defending Stanley Cup Champions)

vs

Colorado Avalanche

1996 Stanley Cup Finals

June of 1996 saw the first Stanley Cup in the "Modern Era" of the Finals (since 1927 when the NHL gained full control over the Cup) in which 2 franchises were in their first Stanley Cup finals appearance.
The Colorado Avalanche faced off against the Florida Panthers in a 4 games finals that saw the Avalanche sweep but game 4 quickly became a classic as it went 3 overtime periods before being decided.


The Avalanche were in their first season in Colorado after moving from Quebec the previous off season, while the  Florida Panthers in their 3rd season had knocked the heavy favorite Mario Lemieux led Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals.  The Panthers had beaten the #1 seeded Philadelphia Flyers in the conference semi finals.
Colorado beat the regular season champion Detroit Red Wings in the wicked and rough Western Conference finals to make their first Stanley Cup finals appearance.


The first 2 games of the Finals weren't even close as Colorado took both games at home by 3-1 and 8-1 scores.  Patrick Roy early making a case for the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP.  He was challenging teammate and team captain Joe Sakic.
Sakic would win the MVP award with 18 goals, 16 assist and 34 points.


Defenseman Uwe Krupp would become a hero for the Avalanche fans as he scored the Cup winning goal.