Tag: peter forsberg
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Stanley Cup champion and former Avalanche forward Claude Lemieux passes away at age 60
Former Avalanche forward and four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has died at the age of 60, the NHL Alumni said Thursday. Lemieux helped the Avalanche to the 1996 Stanley Cup championship. No cause of death has been released. Lemieux played 1,215 regular season games and produced 786 points, but he was at his best…
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Mark Kiszla: You never forget your first one. But 1996 NHL champs could inspire the Avalanche’s next one.
On a night when Denver raised a toast to its rise as a city of champions, the Colorado Avalanche partied like it was 1996. You never forget your first one. After celebrating the 30th anniversary of the championship run by Super Joe Sakic, the late great Pierre Lacroix and alums of the ‘96 Stanley Cup winners…
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Reminiscing about the 1996 Avalanche Stanley Cup team as members return for reunion | NHL Insider
It’s not a race, but Avalanche fans will always have one thing to brag about. Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy and Peter Forsberg beat John Elway to the punch. The 1995-96 Colorado Avalanche brought the state its first major professional sports championship when they took down the Florida Panthers in four games. This week, members of…