Today In Colorado Avalanche History

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jun 11, 2009 10:00 AM MDT in Today In Colorado Avalanche History Comment 14 comments

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June 11, 1996 - Four minutes and 31 seconds into the 3rd overtime, Uwe Krupp beats John Vanbiesbrouk to give the Colorado Avalanche their first Stanley Cup. Patrick Roy stops 63 shots and Joe Sakic (that's him skating behind the net, I believe) was awarded the Conn Smythe.

Here's the roster according to Wikipedia:

Centers

10 Troy Murray
19 Joe Sakic (Captain)
9 Mike Ricci (A. capt.)
21 Peter Forsberg
26 Stephane Yelle

Wingers

Defensemen

Goaltenders

33 Patrick Roy
35 Stephane Fiset

Non-players

Charlie Lyons (chairman/chief executive efficer/owner/president/governor),
Pierre Lacroix (vice president/general manager), Marc Crawford (head coach),
Joel Quenneville (ass’t coaches), Jacques Cloutier (goaltending coach), Francois Giguere (ass’t general manager)
Michel Goulet (director of player personnel), Dave Draper (chief scout), Jean Martineau (director of public relations)
Pat Karns (athletic trainer), Matthew Sokolowski (ass’t trainer), Rob McLean (equipment manager)
Mike Kramer, Brock Gibbins (ass’t equipment managers), Skip Allen (strength-conditioning coach),
Paul Fixter (video coordinator), Leo Vyssokov (massage therapist).

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Wow, JC was the goalie coach? Why did I never realize that?

I love that line-up!

by chiavsfan on Jun 11, 2009 10:12 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

seriously, first thing i saw too

second thing was aw man I miss Kamensky…

by thedoctor on Jun 11, 2009 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bad, bad, bad Wiki

Where tf is Deader on that roster? He’s in the picture. He played on a line with Sakic and Young, iirc. And Klemm played forward during the playoffs that year.

I’m a lot older than most of you youngsters. I was way out of college, living in Seattle, married, sitting on a loveseat with my wife that we moved within about 5 feet of our 27-inch TV for every game of the playoffs for this moment. Because I already had been a long-suffering Colorado sports fan for years and years before this happened, including a fan of the old Colorado Rockies hockey team, I may have shed a slight man tear for this. Or not.

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by Bob in Boulder on Jun 11, 2009 10:50 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

geez, didn’t they screw up Deader’s name on the Cup too?

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jun 11, 2009 11:05 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

He the first player to have his name corrected on the cup if I remember right…

by smoky201 on Jun 11, 2009 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

man

what a different roster that was

back in the days when old race horses spent their last year or two here before being taken behind the barn to retire

I just want Drury back... I recognize the Drury->Morris->Statsny chain, and I stick with the statement.

by wflan on Jun 11, 2009 11:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I wasn’t really following the Avs back then, but I remember talking to a friend during the day at work and I jokingly said that Uwe Krupp would score the winning goal. There was no ESP involved – I just liked to say Uwe Krupp with a bad German accent.

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jun 11, 2009 11:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

(the only part of the game I saw was glimpses on the TV when my wife and I were at Applebees for dinner)

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jun 11, 2009 11:21 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ole' Yeller

What about bringing ole’ Yeller back next year? Woudln’t he make a great 3rd/4th line center? It’d be nice to have him taking the face offs for us again. We could probably get a great deal on him too.

by smoky201 on Jun 11, 2009 11:30 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I love that idea

and was really pissed when we didn’t go after him this year. He only made $750K this year, so he ought to be pretty affordable. The only question is whether or not BOS wants to keep him and whether he would choose to leave a team loaded for bear (pun intended) for our sorry state.

And yes, I would take him over the Stache, though it does pain me (slightly) to say.

by Hopfenkopf on Jun 11, 2009 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

This was the reason I started being an Avs fan. First year I start paying attention to hockey, and they win it all. GO AVS!

by Avalanche318 on Jun 11, 2009 12:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately, I was in Spain at the time and didn’t get to watch any of that season or the finals. I guess the NHL isn’t very big in Spain because it wasn’t even covered, and during my time there I saw two superbowls and 1 NBA final.

I had started watching the NHL a few years earlier and had really gotten into it in ’94 during the playoffs. Previously I only knew hockey from going to the Las Vegas Thunder (IHL) games, and watching it in the Olympics.

MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.

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by Americanario on Jun 11, 2009 1:48 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs