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1996 Colorado Avalanche: Beginner’s Luck Turns Into A Cup

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The 1996 Colorado Avalanche didn’t take long to take make themselves comfortable in their new home. In the first season after relocating from Quebec and changing their name from the Nordiques to the Avalanche, Colorado not only won a Stanley Cup, but upended one of the NHL’s all-time great regular season teams in the process.

The 2002 Colorado Avalanche Push The Limits

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This post is part of a series of sports history articles commemorating under-the-radar teams and moments in a given year. This article about the 2002 Colorado Avalanche marks the last contending team of a seven-year franchise run that included two Stanley Cups. This year’s team didn’t win it all, but sent the fans with three straight Game 7 battles.