The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche were founded as the Québec Nordiques (a French word meaning "Northerner") but moved to Denver in 1995 because Québec City had a small population, had close proximity to the larger, more popular team in Montréal and the higher NHL salaries due to the Canadian Dollar.

In the 1995-96 season, immediately after the move, the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup and would win again in 2000-01 and 2021-22. Until the 2006-07 season the Avalanche did not miss the NHL Playoffs. The Avalanche play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference at the Pepsi Center. The fans at the Colorado Avalanche games set NHL records for longest consecutive sells out streaks.

## Contents

* 1 Roster
* 1.1 Goalkeepers
* 1.2 Defenders
* 1.3 Forwards
* 2 Notable Players
* 3 Team Official Website

## Roster[edit]

### Goalkeepers[edit]

* 31 Peter Budai
* 1 Andrew Raycroft

### Defenders[edit]

* 5 Brett Clark
* 52 Adam Foote
* 22 Scott Hannan
* 4 John-Michael Liles
* 3 Lawrence Nycholat
* 24 Ruslan Salei
* 29 Daniel Tjarngvist
* Ryan Wilson

### Forwards[edit]

* 39 Tyler Arnason
* 28 Ben Guite
* 23 Milan Hejduk
* 37 T.J. Hensick
* 54 David Jones
* 14 Ian Laperriere
* 11 Cody McCormick
* 55 Cody McLeod
* 19 Joe Sakic
* 94 Ryan Smyth
* 26 Paul Stastny
* 42 Chris Stewart
* 40 Marek Svatos
* 16 Darcy Tucker
* 18 Brian Willsie
* 8 Wojtek Wolski

## Notable Players[edit]

* Joe Sakic
* Patrick Roy (Retired, 2003)
* Peter Forsberg (Retired 2007)
* Adam Foote
* Raymond Bourque (Retired 2001)
* Milan Hejduk
* Peter Stastny (Québec Nordiques)
* Paul Stastny

## Team Official Website[edit]

* Colorado Avalanche Website

v • d • e

National Hockey League Teams

Anaheim • Atlanta • Boston • Buffalo • Calgary • Carolina • Chicago • Colorado • Columbus • Dallas • Detroit • Edmonton • Florida • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Montreal • Nashville • New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Ottawa • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Pittsburgh • San Jose • St. Louis • Tampa Bay • Toronto • Vancouver • Washington