Team Facts
Plays in National Hockey League Team colours Burgundy + Steel Blue + Black + Silver + White Town Denver, CO, USA Founded 1995

2000-2001 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S
GOALTENDERS
#1 David Aebischer (G) 45 1978 Genève, SUI 6'1" 187 L
Frédéric Cassivi (G) 47 1975 Sorel, QC, CAN 6'4" 220 L
#33 Patrick Roy (G) 57 1965 Québec, QC, CAN 6'2" 192 L
DEFENSEMEN
#45 Rick Berry (D) 44 1978 Birtle, MB, CAN 6'2" 214 L
#4 Rob Blake (D) 53 1969 Simcoe, ON, CAN 6'4" 220 R
#77 Raymond Bourque (D)   “A” 62 1960 Montréal, QC, CAN 5'11" 216 L
#7 Greg de Vries (D) 50 1973 Sundridge, ON, CAN 6'3" 209 L
#52 Adam Foote (D)   “A” 51 1971 Toronto, ON, CAN 6'2" 227 R
#5 Alexei Gusarov (D) 58 1964 St. Petersburg, RUS 6'1" 198 L
#24 Jon Klemm (D)   “A” 53 1970 Cranbrook, BC, CAN 6'2" 203 R
#29 Éric Messier (D/LW) 49 1973 Drummondville, QC, CAN 5'11" 201 L
#3 Aaron Miller (D) 51 1971 Buffalo, NY, USA 6'3" 209 R
#2 Bryan Muir (D) 49 1973 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 6'4" 205 L
#44 Nolan Pratt (D) 47 1975 Fort McMurray, AB, CAN 6'3" 214 L
#41 Martin Skoula (D) 43 1979 Litomerice, CZE 6'3" 223 L
FORWARDS
#46 Yuri Babenko (C/RW) 45 1978 Penza, RUS 6'0" 201 L
#18
Adam Deadmarsh (RW) 47 1975 Trail, BC, CAN 6'0" 205 R
#11 Chris Dingman (LW) 46 1976 Edmonton, AB, CAN 6'4" 247 L
#37 Chris Drury (C) 46 1976 Trumbull, CT, USA 5'10" 190 R
#21 Peter Forsberg (C)   “A” 49 1973 Örnsköldsvik, SWE 6'1" 205 L
#23
Milan Hejduk (RW) 47 1976 Usti nad Labem, CZE 6'0" 192 R
#13 Dan Hinote (RW) 46 1977 Leesburg, FL, USA 6'0" 192 R
#9 Brad Larsen (LW) 45 1977 Nakusp, BC, CAN 6'0" 198 L
#39 Ville Nieminen (LW/RW) 45 1977 Tampere, FIN 6'0" 207 L
#27 Scott Parker (RW) 45 1978 Hanford, CA, USA 6'5" 240 R
#25 Shjon Podein (LW) 55 1968 Rochester, MN, USA 6'2" 198 L
#63
Joel Prpic (C) 48 1974 Sudbury, ON, CAN 6'7" 236 L
#14 Dave Reid (LW) 58 1964 Etobicoke, ON, CAN 6'1" 216 L
#28 Steven Reinprecht (C) 46 1976 Edmonton, AB, CAN 6'0" 194 L
#19 Joe Sakic (C)   “C” 53 1969 Burnaby, BC, CAN 5'11" 194 L
#44 Rob Shearer (C) 46 1976 Kitchener, ON, CAN 5'9" 187 R
#40 Alex Tanguay (LW) 43 1979 Ste-Justine, QC, CAN 6'1" 194 L
#26 Stéphane Yelle (C) 48 1974 Ottawa, ON, CAN 6'1" 194 L
Position: G: 3, D: 12, F: 15 | Av Age: 27.27 years | Av Ht: 6'1" | Av Wt: 207 lbs | Compare with other teams
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Demographics
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Nationalities 20 players
6 players
2 players
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1 player
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1 player Experience Colorado Avalanche: 9 858 GP
NHL: 21 342 GP
WC: 262 GP
OG: 171 GP
SHL: 280 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 76 GP
Liiga: 456 GP
KHL: 714 GP
Czechia: 306 GP
AHL: 5 047 GP
DEL: 587 GP Affiliated Team(s) Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team Captains
“C” Joe Sakic “A” Peter Forsberg
Jon Klemm
Adam Foote
Raymond Bourque
Team captaincy history
Arena Information
Arena Name Ball Arena Location Denver, CO, USA Capacity 17 809 Construction Year 1999
Games
Date Home Visiting Score League
2023-04-04T22:30:00-0400 San Jose Sharks Colorado Avalanche - NHL
2023-03-29T22:00:00-0400 Colorado Avalanche Minnesota Wild 2 - 4 NHL
2023-03-27T22:00:00-0400 Anaheim Ducks Colorado Avalanche 1 - 5 NHL
2023-03-26T15:00:00-0400 Arizona Coyotes Colorado Avalanche 3 - 4 (SO) NHL
2023-03-24T21:00:00-0400 Colorado Avalanche Arizona Coyotes 3 - 1 NHL
2023-03-22T20:00:00-0400 Colorado Avalanche Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - 5 NHL
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
04/02/2023
04/02/2023 Up/Down Leaving Ben Meyers (F) Leaving for Colorado Eagles
04/01/2023
04/01/2023 Up/Down Joining Ben Meyers (F) Joining from Colorado Eagles
03/30/2023
03/30/2023 Confirmed Joining Sam Malinski (D) Joining from Cornell Univ.
03/30/2023 Confirmed Joining Ondrej Pavel (F) Joining from Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)
03/29/2023
03/29/2023 Confirmed Joining Jason Polin (F) Joining from Western Michigan Univ.
03/25/2023
03/25/2023 Up/Down Leaving Alex Galchenyuk (F) Leaving for Colorado Eagles
03/15/2023
03/15/2023 Up/Down Joining Alex Galchenyuk (F) Joining from Colorado Eagles
03/07/2023
03/07/2023 Up/Down Joining Jonas Johansson (G) Joining from Colorado Eagles
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
1995-1996 NHL 82 47 10 25 - - 326 240 104 1.27 2 Champion
1996-1997 NHL 82 49 9 24 - - 277 205 107 1.30 1 Conference Final loss
1997-1998 NHL 82 39 17 26 - - 231 205 95 1.16 7 Conference QF loss
1998-1999 NHL 82 44 10 28 - - 239 205 98 1.20 4 Conference Final loss
1999-2000 NHL 82 42 11 28 - 1 233 201 96 1.17 9 Conference Final loss
2000-2001 NHL 82 52 10 16 - 4 270 192 118 1.44 1 Champion
2001-2002 NHL 82 45 8 28 - 1 212 169 99 1.21 4 Conference Final loss
2002-2003 NHL 82 42 13 19 - 8 251 194 105 1.28 7 Conference QF loss
2003-2004 NHL 82 40 13 22 - 7 236 198 100 1.22 10 Conference SF loss
2005-2006 NHL 82 43 - 30 - 9 283 257 95 1.16 13 Conference SF loss
2006-2007 NHL 82 44 - 31 - 7 272 251 95 1.16 14 Did not make playoffs
2007-2008 NHL 82 44 - 31 - 7 231 219 95 1.16 10 Conference SF loss
2008-2009 NHL 82 32 - 45 - 5 199 257 69 0.84 28 Did not make playoffs
2009-2010 NHL 82 43 - 30 - 9 244 233 95 1.16 12 Conference QF loss
2010-2011 NHL 82 30 - 44 - 8 227 288 68 0.83 29 Did not make playoffs
2011-2012 NHL 82 41 - 35 - 6 208 220 88 1.07 20 Did not make playoffs
2012-2013 NHL 48 16 - 25 - 7 116 152 39 0.81 29 Did not make playoffs
2013-2014 NHL 82 52 - 22 - 8 250 220 112 1.37 3 Conference QF loss
2014-2015 NHL 82 39 - 31 - 12 219 227 90 1.10 21 Did not make playoffs
2015-2016 NHL 82 39 - 39 - 4 216 240 82 1.00 21 Did not make playoffs
2016-2017 NHL 82 22 - 56 - 4 166 278 48 0.59 30 Did not make playoffs
2017-2018 NHL 82 43 - 30 - 9 257 237 95 1.16 17 Conference QF loss
2018-2019 NHL 82 38 - 30 - 14 260 246 90 1.10 17 Conference SF loss
2019-2020 NHL 70 42 - 20 - 8 237 191 92 1.31 3 Conference SF loss
2020-2021 NHL 56 39 - 13 - 4 197 133 82 1.46 1 Conference SF loss
2021-2022 NHL 82 46 - 19 10 7 312 234 119 1.45 1 Champion
2022-2023 NHL 75 32 - 24 13 6 252 207 96 1.28 4 -

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. T.J. Tynan (F) 2022-2023 Ontario Reign AHL 66 8 65 73 42
2. Rocco Grimaldi (F) 2022-2023 San Diego Gulls AHL 54 27 29 56 31
3. Matt Duchene (F) 2022-2023 Nashville Predators NHL 71 22 34 56 32
4. Mike Sgarbossa (F) 2022-2023 Hershey Bears AHL 56 20 36 56 38
5. Andrew Agozzino (F) 2022-2023 San Jose Barracuda AHL 57 24 29 53 60
6. Nazem Kadri (F) 2022-2023 Calgary Flames NHL 76 23 29 52 56
7. Marko Dano (F) 2022-2023 HC Oceláři Třinec Czechia 51 29 22 51 36
8. Mikhail Grigorenko (F) 2022-2023 CSKA Moskva KHL 64 22 27 49 8
9. Daniel Winnik (F) 2022-2023 Genève-Servette HC NL 47 18 28 46 32
10. Tyson Barrie (D) 2022-2023 Edmonton Oilers NHL 61 10 33 43 26
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Joe Sakic (F) 870 391 624 1015
2. Milan Hejduk (F) 1020 375 430 805
3. Nathan MacKinnon (F) 701 274 469 743
4. Peter Forsberg (F) 544 202 503 705
5. Gabriel Landeskog (F) 738 248 323 571
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Joe Sakic (F) 870 391 624 1015
2. Milan Hejduk (F) 1020 375 430 805
3. Nathan MacKinnon (F) 701 274 469 743
4. Gabriel Landeskog (F) 738 248 323 571
5. Mikko Rantanen (F) 482 213 283 496
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Joe Sakic (F) 870 391 624 1015
2. Peter Forsberg (F) 544 202 503 705
3. Nathan MacKinnon (F) 701 274 469 743
4. Milan Hejduk (F) 1020 375 430 805
5. Gabriel Landeskog (F) 738 248 323 571
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Cody McLeod (F) 658 66 117 1357
2. Adam Foote (D) 760 48 221 948
3. Adam Deadmarsh (F) 405 129 271 667
4. Jeff Odgers (F) 205 8 21 634
5. Gabriel Landeskog (F) 738 248 571 601
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Milan Hejduk (F) 1020 375 430 805
2. Joe Sakic (F) 870 391 624 1015
3. Adam Foote (D) 760 48 173 221
4. Gabriel Landeskog (F) 738 248 323 571
5. Erik Johnson (D) 709 68 177 245
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Theo Fleury (F) 15 10 24 1.60
2. Peter Forsberg (F) 544 202 705 1.30
3. Joe Sakic (F) 870 391 1015 1.17
4. Nathan MacKinnon (F) 701 274 743 1.06
5. Cale Makar (D) 237 65 246 1.04
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Joe Sakic (F) 1995-1996 NHL 82 51 69 120 1.46 44
2. Joe Sakic (F) 2000-2001 NHL 82 54 64 118 1.44 30
3. Peter Forsberg (F) 1995-1996 NHL 82 30 86 116 1.41 47
4. Peter Forsberg (F) 2002-2003 NHL 75 29 77 106 1.41 70
5. Joe Sakic (F) 2006-2007 NHL 82 36 64 100 1.22 46
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Joe Sakic (F) 2000-2001 NHL 82 54 64 118 1.44 30
2. Joe Sakic (F) 1995-1996 NHL 82 51 69 120 1.46 44
3. Milan Hejduk (F) 2002-2003 NHL 82 50 48 98 1.20 32
4. Mikko Rantanen (F) 2022-2023 NHL 74 48 40 88 1.19 66
5. Nathan MacKinnon (F) 2018-2019 NHL 82 41 58 99 1.21 34
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Peter Forsberg (F) 1995-1996 NHL 82 30 86 116 1.41 47
2. Peter Forsberg (F) 2002-2003 NHL 75 29 77 106 1.41 70
3. Joe Sakic (F) 1995-1996 NHL 82 51 69 120 1.46 44
4. Peter Forsberg (F) 1998-1999 NHL 78 30 67 97 1.24 108
5. Peter Forsberg (F) 1997-1998 NHL 72 25 66 91 1.26 94
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Jeff Odgers (F) 1998-1999 NHL 75 2 3 5 0.07 259
2. Chris Simon (F) 1995-1996 NHL 64 16 18 34 0.53 250
3. Jeff Odgers (F) 1997-1998 NHL 68 5 8 13 0.19 213
4. Brent Severyn (D) 1996-1997 NHL 66 1 4 5 0.08 193
5. Cody McLeod (F) 2014-2015 NHL 82 7 5 12 0.15 191
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2022-2023 View roster 6'1" 197 lbs 28.88
2021-2022 View roster 6'1" 199 lbs 27.26
2020-2021 View roster 6'1" 198 lbs 26.33
2019-2020 View roster 6'1" 196 lbs 26.30
2018-2019 View roster 6'1" 202 lbs 25.79
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Nationalities Throughout History

Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections
RND # Player Born Birtplace HT WT
2022
6 #193 Chris Romaine (D) 02/21/2004 Boston, MA, USA 6'0" 190 lbs
7 #225 Ivan Zhigalov (G) 04/30/2003 Minsk, BLR 6'3" 168 lbs
2021
1 #28 Oskar Olausson (W/C) 11/10/2002 Stockholm, SWE 6'2" 181 lbs
2 #61 Sean Behrens (D) 03/31/2003 Barrington, IL, USA 5'10" 176 lbs
3 #92 Andrei Buyalsky (C) 08/18/2000 Karaganda, KAZ 6'3" 179 lbs
7 #220 Taylor Makar (LW/C) 03/13/2001 Calgary, AB, CAN 6'3" 190 lbs
2020
1 #25 Justin Barron (D) 11/15/2001 Halifax, NS, CAN 6'2" 201 lbs
3 #75 Jean-Luc Foudy (C) 05/13/2002 Scarborough, ON, CAN 5'11" 176 lbs
4 #118 Colby Ambrosio (C) 08/07/2002 Welland, ON, CAN 5'9" 174 lbs
5 #139 Ryder Rolston (W/C) 10/31/2001 Boston, MA, USA 6'2" 190 lbs
6 #167 Nils Åman (C) 02/07/2000 Avesta, SWE 6'2" 179 lbs
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Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia
2022 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Mikko Rantanen - Nathan MacKinnon - Artturi Lehkonen
Gabriel Landeskog - Nazem Kadri - Valeri Nichushkin
Alex Newhook - J.T. Compher - André Burakovsky
Andrew Cogliano - Darren Helm - Logan O'Connor

Devon Toews - Cale Makar
Bowen Byram - Erik Johnson
Jack Johnson - Josh Manson

Darcy Kuemper
(Pavel Francouz)

2001 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Alex Tanguay - Joe Sakic - Milan Hejduk
Chris Drury - Peter Forsberg - Ville Nieminen
Shjon Podein - Stéphane Yelle - Éric Messier
Dave Reid/Chris Dingman - Steven Reinprecht - Dan Hinote

Ray Bourque - Adam Foote
Martin Škoula - Rob Blake
Greg de Vries - Jon Klemm

Patrick Roy
(David Aebischer)

1996 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Valeri Kamensky - Peter Forsberg - Claude Lemieux
Adam Deadmarsh - Joe Sakic - Scott Young
Troy Murray/Dave Hannan - Stéphane Yelle - Mike Keane
Chris Simon - Mike Ricci - René Corbet/Warren Rychel

Andrei Gusarov - Adam Foote
Sandis Ozolinsh - Uwe Krupp
Sylvain Lefebvre - Curtis Leschyshyn/Jon Klemm

Patrick Roy
(Stéphane Fiset)