1995–96 Colorado Avalanche season

1995–96 Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Division Champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
1995–96 record	47–25–10
Home record	24–10–7
Road record	23–15–3
Goals for	326 (2nd)
Goals against	240 (T-8th)
Team information
General Manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Joe Sakic
Alternate captains	Mike Ricci Sylvain Lefebvre
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Sakic (51)
Assists	Peter Forsberg (86)
Points	Joe Sakic (120)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Simon (250)
Wins	Patrick Roy Stephane Fiset (22)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.68)
< 1994–95 1996–97>

The 1995–96 Colorado Avalanche season was the first season of the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise after moving from Quebec City to Denver. As a result, the Avalanche were assigned to the Pacific Division of the NHL's Western Conference.

Regular season

The Avalanche played their first game in the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver on October 6, 1995, winning 3–2 against the Detroit Red Wings.^[1] Led by captain Joe Sakic, forward Peter Forsberg and defenceman Adam Foote on the ice, Pierre Lacroix as the general manager, and Marc Crawford as the head coach, the Avalanche got stronger when former Montreal Canadiens goalie Patrick Roy joined the team. Feeling humiliated for being left in the net after having let in 9 goals on 26 shots during a Canadiens game against the Red Wings, Roy joined the Avalanche on December 6, 1995, together with ex-Montreal captain Mike Keane in a trade for Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Rucinsky and Andrei Kovalenko.^[2] Roy would prove a pivotal addition for Colorado in the years to come.

On January 3, 1996, the Avalanche lost at home, 1–0, to the New Jersey Devils. It was the first time in 123 consecutive regular-season games that the team was shut out; the last time the team had been shut out was while they were the Quebec Nordiques. That game took place on January 27, 1994, and the Nordiques lost on the road, 3–0, to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Avalanche finished the regular season with a 47–25–10 record for 104 points, won the Pacific Division and finished second in the Western Conference. They scored 326 goals: an average of nearly 4 per game. Despite allowing the most short-handed goals in the league, with 22, they also scored the most short-handed goals, with 21.^[3] Four Avalanche players scored at least 30 goals.^[4]

• December 11, 1995: Patrick Roy earned his first victory in net as a member of the Colorado Avalanche.^[5] It was a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

In November 1990, Brian Hayward was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for defenseman Jayson More.^[6]

• February 5, 1996: Patrick Roy played the Canadiens for the first time since he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche.^[7] Roy stopped 37 of 39 shots in a 4-2 win. After the game, Roy took the game puck and flipped it to Canadiens head coach Mario Tremblay.^[8]

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
2	Calgary Flames	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
3	Vancouver Canucks	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
7	San Jose Sharks	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[9]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
3	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
6	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
8	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	82	36	40	6	275	291	78
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
10	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
11	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	26	42	14	227	280	66
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

1995–96 Game log
October: 7–3–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 6 Detroit 2 – 3 Colorado 1–0–0 2 2 October 7 Colorado 2 – 4 Los Angeles 1–1–0 2 3 October 9 Pittsburgh 6 – 6 Colorado 1–1–1 3 4 October 11 Boston 1 – 3 Colorado 2–1–1 5 5 October 13 Colorado 1 – 3 Washington 2–2–1 5 6 October 14 Colorado 1 – 4 St. Louis 2–3–1 5 7 October 18 Washington 2 – 4 Colorado 3–3–1 7 8 October 23 Anaheim 1 – 3 Colorado 4–3–1 9 9 October 25 Colorado 3 – 2 Calgary 5–3–1 11 10 October 27 Buffalo 4 – 5 Colorado 6–3–1 13 11 October 30 Colorado 6 – 1 Dallas 7–3–1 15
November: 8–2–3 (home: 3–0–1; road: 5–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 12 November 1 Calgary 1 – 6 Colorado 8–3–1 17 13 November 3 Colorado 5 – 2 Winnipeg 9–3–1 19 14 November 5 Colorado 7 – 3 Chicago 10–3–1 21 15 November 9 Dallas 1 – 1 Colorado 10–3–2 22 16 November 11 Colorado 8 – 4 Vancouver 11–3–2 24 17 November 15 Colorado 3 – 7 Anaheim 11–4–2 24 18 November 17 Colorado 5 – 3 Calgary 12–4–2 26 19 November 18 Calgary 2 – 5 Colorado 13–4–2 28 20 November 20 Colorado 3 – 3 Edmonton 13–4–3 29 21 November 22 Chicago 2 – 6 Colorado 14–4–3 31 22 November 25 Colorado 2 – 2 Montreal 14–4–4 32 23 November 28 Colorado 7 – 3 NY Islanders 15–4–4 34 24 November 29 Colorado 3 – 4 New Jersey OT 15–5–4 34
December: 7–6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 25 December 1 Colorado 3 – 5 NY Rangers 15–6–4 34 26 December 3 Dallas 7 – 6 Colorado 15–7–4 34 27 December 5 San Jose 2 – 12 Colorado 16–7–4 36 28 December 7 Edmonton 5 – 3 Colorado 16–8–4 36 29 December 9 Colorado 7 – 3 Ottawa 17–8–4 38 30 December 11 Colorado 5 – 1 Toronto 18–8–4 40 31 December 13 Colorado 3 – 4 Buffalo 18–9–4 40 32 December 15 Colorado 2 – 4 Hartford 18–10–4 40 33 December 18 Vancouver 4 – 2 Colorado 18–11–4 40 34 December 20 Colorado 4 – 1 Edmonton 19–11–4 42 35 December 22 St. Louis 1 – 2 Colorado 20–11–4 44 36 December 23 Colorado 2 – 2 Los Angeles 20–11–5 45 37 December 26 Colorado 5 – 1 San Jose 21–11–5 47 38 December 29 Toronto 2 – 3 Colorado 22–11–5 49
January: 4–4–4 (home: 1–1–4; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 39 January 3 New Jersey 1 – 0 Colorado 22–12–5 49 40 January 4 Philadelphia 2 – 2 Colorado 22–12–6 50 41 January 6 Colorado 2 – 5 Toronto 22–13–6 50 42 January 9 Colorado 3 – 0 Boston 23–13–6 52 43 January 10 Florida 4 – 4 Colorado 23–13–7 53 44 January 14 Calgary 4 – 4 Colorado 23–13–8 54 45 January 16 Colorado 5 – 2 Pittsburgh 24–13–8 56 46 January 17 Colorado 2 – 3 Detroit 24–14–8 56 47 January 22 NY Islanders 3 – 4 Colorado 25–14–8 58 48 January 25 Vancouver 2 – 2 Colorado 25–14–9 59 49 January 27 Colorado 4 – 3 San Jose OT 26–14–9 61 50 January 31 Colorado 1 – 2 Anaheim 26–15–9 61
February: 9–3–1 (home: 7–1–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 51 February 1 Winnipeg 4 – 6 Colorado 27–15–9 63 52 February 3 NY Rangers 1 – 7 Colorado 28–15–9 65 53 February 5 Montreal 2 – 4 Colorado 29–15–9 67 54 February 7 Tampa Bay 4 – 4 Colorado 29–15–10 68 55 February 9 Hartford 3 – 2 Colorado OT 29–16–10 68 56 February 11 Colorado 5 – 3 Philadelphia 30–16–10 70 57 February 15 Colorado 2 – 4 Tampa Bay 30–17–10 70 58 February 16 Colorado 5 – 4 Florida OT 31–17–10 72 59 February 19 Edmonton 5 – 7 Colorado 32–17–10 74 60 February 23 Los Angeles 2 – 6 Colorado 33–17–10 76 61 February 25 Ottawa 2 – 4 Colorado 34–17–10 78 62 February 26 Anaheim 2 – 3 Colorado 35–17–10 80 63 February 29 Colorado 3 – 4 Chicago 35–18–10 80
March: 8–5–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 64 March 1 Chicago 3 – 5 Colorado 36–18–10 82 65 March 3 Toronto 0 – 4 Colorado 37–18–10 84 66 March 5 San Jose 5 – 3 Colorado 37–19–10 84 67 March 8 Detroit 4 – 2 Colorado 37–20–10 84 68 March 9 Colorado 7 – 5 Vancouver 38–20–10 86 69 March 13 Colorado 0 – 4 Anaheim 38–21–10 86 70 March 17 Edmonton 1 – 8 Colorado 39–21–10 88 71 March 19 Colorado 4 – 3 Vancouver 40–21–10 90 72 March 20 Colorado 5 – 2 Los Angeles 41–21–10 92 73 March 22 Colorado 0 – 7 Detroit 41–22–10 92 74 March 24 Colorado 5 – 2 Winnipeg 42–22–10 94 75 March 27 Winnipeg 3 – 1 Colorado 42–23–10 94 76 March 28 Colorado 8 – 3 San Jose 43–23–10 96
April: 4–2–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 77 April 3 St. Louis 6 – 3 Colorado 43–24–10 96 78 April 6 San Jose 1 – 5 Colorado 44–24–10 98 79 April 7 Colorado 4 – 1 Dallas 45–24–10 100 80 April 10 Anaheim 3 – 7 Colorado 46–24–10 102 81 April 11 Colorado 3 – 2 St. Louis 47–24–10 104 82 April 14 Los Angeles 5 – 4 Colorado OT 47–25–10 104

Playoffs

Colorado progressed to the playoffs and won the series against the Vancouver Canucks, the Chicago Blackhawks and Presidents' Trophy winners Detroit Red Wings. In the Stanley Cup Final, the Avalanche met the Florida Panthers, who were also in their first Stanley Cup final. The Avalanche swept the series 4–0. In Game Four, during the third overtime and after more than 100 minutes of play with no goals, defenceman Uwe Krupp scored to claim the franchise's first Cup.^[10] Joe Sakic was the playoff's scoring leader with 34 points (18 goals and 16 assists) and won the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the most valuable player to his team during the playoffs. The 1996 Stanley Cup was the first major professional championship won by a Denver team.^[11] With the Stanley Cup win, Russians Alexei Gusarov and Valeri Kamensky and Swede Peter Forsberg became members of the Triple Gold Club, the exclusive group of ice hockey players who have won Olympic gold, World Championship gold, and the Stanley Cup.^[12]

1996 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Quarter-final vs. Vancouver - Colorado wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 April 16 Vancouver 2 – 5 Colorado 1 – 0 2 April 18 Vancouver 5 – 4 Colorado 1 – 1 3 April 20 Colorado 4 – 0 Vancouver 2 – 1 4 April 22 Colorado 3 – 4 Vancouver 2 – 2 5 April 25 Vancouver 4 – 5 Colorado OT 3 – 2 6 April 27 Colorado 3 – 2 Vancouver 4 – 2
Western Conference Semi-final vs. Chicago - Colorado wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 May 2 Chicago 3 – 2 Colorado OT 0 – 1 2 May 4 Chicago 1 – 5 Colorado 1 – 1 3 May 6 Colorado 3 – 4 Chicago OT 1 – 2 4 May 8 Colorado 3 – 2 Chicago OT 2 – 2 5 May 11 Chicago 1 – 4 Colorado 3 – 2 6 May 13 Colorado 4 – 3 Chicago OT 4 – 2
Western Conference Final vs. Detroit - Colorado wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 May 19 Colorado 3 – 2 Detroit OT 1 – 0 2 May 21 Colorado 3 – 0 Detroit 2 – 0 3 May 23 Detroit 6 – 4 Colorado 2 – 1 4 May 25 Detroit 2 – 4 Colorado 3 – 1 5 May 27 Colorado 2 – 5 Detroit 3 – 2 6 May 29 Detroit 1 – 4 Colorado 4 – 2
Stanley Cup Final vs. Florida - Colorado wins 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 June 4 Florida 1 – 3 Colorado 1 – 0 2 June 6 Florida 1 – 8 Colorado 2 – 0 3 June 8 Colorado 3 – 2 Florida 3 – 0 4 June 10 Colorado 1 – 0 Florida 3OT 4 – 0

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 82 51 69 120 44 14 17 6 7 Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg C 82 30 86 116 47 26 7 3 3 Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky LW 81 38 47 85 85 14 18 1 5 Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux RW 79 39 32 71 117 14 9 2 10 Young, ScottScott Young RW 81 21 39 60 50 2 7 0 5 Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh D 66 13 37 50 50 0 7 1 1 Deadmarsh, AdamAdam Deadmarsh RW 78 21 27 48 142 20 3 0 2 Simon, ChrisChris Simon LW 64 16 18 34 250 10 4 0 1 Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle C 71 13 14 27 30 15 0 2 1 Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 75 7 20 27 50 25 0 3 0 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 62 6 21 27 52 1 3 0 1 Kovalenko, AndreiAndrei Kovalenko RW 26 11 11 22 16 11 3 0 3 Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 63 7 14 21 22 15 0 0 1 Keane, MikeMike Keane RW 55 10 10 20 40 1 0 2 2 Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov D 65 5 15 20 56 29 0 0 0 Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 77 4 15 19 73 32 0 0 1 Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 73 5 11 16 88 27 1 0 1 Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre D 75 5 11 16 49 26 2 0 0 Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky LW 22 4 11 15 14 10 0 0 1 Klemm, JonJon Klemm D 56 3 12 15 20 12 0 1 1 Corbet, ReneRene Corbet LW 33 3 6 9 33 10 0 0 0 Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel LW 52 6 2 8 147 6 0 0 1 Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 9 4 4 8 9 -3 4 0 0 Krupp, UweUwe Krupp D 6 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 Slaney, JohnJohn Slaney D 7 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 Brousseau, PaulPaul Brousseau RW 8 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 Hannan, DaveDave Hannan C 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen D 3 1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson RW 7 1 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset G 37 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Marha, JosefJosef Marha C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Myrvold, AndersAnders Myrvold D 4 0 1 1 6 -2 0 0 0 Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe LW/C 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Miller, AaronAaron Miller D 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 39 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset 2107 37 22 6 7 103 2.93 1 1012 909 .898 Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 2305 39 22 15 1 103 2.68 1 1130 1027 .909 Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault 558 10 3 4 2 28 3.01 0 222 194 .874 Team: 4970 82 47 25 10 234 2.82 2 2364 2130 .901

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 22 18 16 34 14 10 6 0 6 Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky LW 22 10 12 22 28 11 3 0 2 Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg C 22 10 11 21 18 10 3 0 1 Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh D 22 5 14 19 16 5 2 0 1 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 22 6 11 17 18 -1 3 0 1 Deadmarsh, AdamAdam Deadmarsh RW 22 5 12 17 25 8 1 0 0 Krupp, UweUwe Krupp D 22 4 12 16 33 5 1 0 2 Young, ScottScott Young RW 22 3 12 15 10 6 0 0 0 Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux RW 19 5 7 12 55 5 3 0 0 Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov D 21 0 9 9 12 13 0 0 0 Corbet, ReneRene Corbet LW 8 3 2 5 2 3 1 0 1 Keane, MikeMike Keane RW 22 3 2 5 16 1 0 0 1 Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle C 22 1 4 5 8 2 0 1 0 Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre D 22 0 5 5 12 6 0 0 0 Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 22 1 3 4 36 11 0 0 0 Klemm, JonJon Klemm D 15 2 1 3 0 6 1 0 0 Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 17 1 2 3 8 4 0 0 0 Simon, ChrisChris Simon LW 12 1 2 3 11 -2 0 0 0 Hannan, DaveDave Hannan C 13 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel LW 12 1 0 1 23 4 0 0 0 Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 7 1 0 1 8 2 0 0 1 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 8 0 0 0 19 -4 0 0 0 Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 1454 22 16 6 51 2.10 3 649 598 .921 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Team: 1455 22 16 6 51 2.10 3 649 598 .921

^[13]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Team trophies

• Stanley Cup
• Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Player awards and trophies

• Conn Smythe Trophy: Joe Sakic

Transactions

Trades

July 7, 1995	To Calgary Flames David Ling 9th round pick in 1995	To Colorado Avalanche 9th round pick in 1995
July 12, 1995	To Washington Capitals 3rd round pick in 1996	To Colorado Avalanche John Slaney
July 12, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers Garth Snow	To Colorado Avalanche 3rd and 6th round picks in 1996
October 2, 1995	To Washington Capitals Cash	To Colorado Avalanche Warren Rychel
October 3, 1995	To New York Islanders Wendel Clark	To Colorado Avalanche Claude Lemieux
October 5, 1995	To Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Finn	To Colorado Avalanche 4th round pick in 1997
October 26, 1995	To San Jose Sharks Owen Nolan	To Colorado Avalanche Sandis Ozolinsh
November 1, 1995	To Calgary Flames Claude Lapointe	To Colorado Avalanche 7th round pick in 1996
December 6, 1995	To Montreal Canadiens Andrei Kovalenko Jocelyn Thibault Martin Rucinsky	To Colorado Avalanche Patrick Roy Mike Keane
December 28, 1995	To Los Angeles Kings John Slaney	To Colorado Avalanche Conditional draft pick in 1996
January 26, 1996	To Ottawa Senators Janne Laukkanen	To Colorado Avalanche Brad Larsen
March 19, 1996	To Calgary Flames Paxton Schulte	To Colorado Avalanche Vesa Viitakoski
March 20, 1996	To Buffalo Sabres 6th round pick in 1996	To Colorado Avalanche Dave Hannan
April 3, 1996	To Washington Capitals Anson Carter	To Colorado Avalanche 4th round pick in 1996

Other transactions

Date	Player	Transaction
August 8, 1995	Troy Murray	Signed as a free agent
September 8, 1995	Andrei Kovalenko	Signed as a free agent
September 8, 1995	Curtis Leschyshyn	Signed as a free agent
September 9, 1995	Scott Young	Signed as a free agent
October 2, 1995	Ted Drury	Claimed by Ottawa in the waiver draft
October 2, 1995	Bill Huard	Claimed by Dallas in the waiver draft

Roster

1995-96 Colorado Avalanche
Goaltenders 33 – Patrick Roy  35 – Stephane Fiset  41 – Jocelyn Thibault		Defensemen 2 – Sylvain Lefebvre  4 – Uwe Krupp  5 – Alexei Gusarov  6 – Craig Wolanin  7 – Curtis Leschyshyn  8 – Sandis Ozolinsh  22 – Janne Laukkanen  24 – Jon Klemm  27 – John Slaney  31 – Aaron Miller  52 – Adam Foote  55 – Anders Myrvold		Wingers 11 – Owen Nolan  12 – Chris Simon  13 – Valeri Kamensky  14 – Dave Hannan  14 – Landon Wilson  16 – Warren Rychel  18 – Adam Deadmarsh  20 – Rene Corbet  22 – Claude Lemieux  25 – Mike Keane  25 – Martin Rucinsky  26 – Stephane Yelle  38 – Paul Brousseau  48 – Scott Young  51 – Andrei Kovalenko		Centers 9 – Mike Ricci  10 – Troy Murray  15 – Josef Marha  19 – Joe Sakic  - C 21 – Peter Forsberg  47 – Claude Lapointe  GM: Pierre Lacroix Coach: Marc Crawford

^[4]

Draft picks

Colorado's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	25	Marc Denis	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2	51	Nic Beaudoin	Canada	Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL)
3	77	John Tripp	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	81	Tomi Kallio	Finland	Kiekko-67 Turku (FinD1)
5	129	Brent Johnson	United States	Owen Sound Platers (OHL).
6	155	John Cirjak	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7	181	Dan Smith	Canada	U. of British Columbia (CIAU)
8	207	Tomi Hirvonen	Finland	Ilves Jrs. (Finland)
9	228	Chris George	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)

See also

• 1995–96 NHL season
• 1995 NHL Entry Draft
• List of Colorado Avalanche seasons
• List of Colorado Avalanche players
• List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

References

General

• The Internet Hockey Database
• Colorado Avalanche Database
• Official National Hockey League Site

Footnotes

1. "October 6, 1995 - Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche gamesheet". Colorado Avalanche Database. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
2. Sadowski, Rick (2006-06-29). "Roy gets call he's in Hall". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
3. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1996.html
4. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/COL/1996.html
5. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.382, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
6. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
7. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.382 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
8. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.383 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
9. "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
10. Ulman, Howard (1996-06-11). "No stopping the Avalanche - Colorado completes Cup sweep of Panthers with 3OT victory". Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
11. "Miscellaneous/Community/Altitude" (PDF). Colorado Avalanche. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
12. "Triple Gold Club" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
13. "1995-96 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.