Today In Colorado Avalanche History
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jun 11, 2009 10:00 AM MDT
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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
- 14 Dave Hannan
- 12 Chris Simon
- 13 Valeri Kamensky
- 16 Warren Rychel
- 20 Rene Corbet
- 22 Claude Lemieux
- 25 Mike Keane
- 48 Scott Young
- Defensemen
- 2 Sylvain Lefebvre (A. capt.)
- 4 Uwe Krupp
- 5 Alexei Gusarov
- 6 Craig Wolanin (A. capt.)
- 7 Curtis Leschyshyn (A. capt.)
- 8 Sandis Ozolinsh
- 24 Jon Klemm
- 52 Adam Foote
- 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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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.
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on Jun 11, 2009 10:50 AM MDT reply actions
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
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.
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
(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
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.
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.
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.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
Speaking of Marc Crawford
The guy formerly known as "Where is Bob Hartley?". Because it's never going to happen. And no one knows where he is.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Jun 11, 2009 5:22 PM MDT reply actions
And apparently Pearl Harbor has been attacked… ehem.
The guy formerly known as "Where is Bob Hartley?". Because it's never going to happen. And no one knows where he is.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Jun 11, 2009 5:27 PM MDT up reply actions
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