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Key facts
- Conference
- Western
- Division
- Central
- History
- Quebec Nordiques , 1972 – 1979 (WHA), 1979 – 1995 (NHL), Colorado Avalanche , 1995 –present
- Home arena
- Ball Arena
- City
- Denver , Colorado
- Team colors
- Burgundy, blue, silver, black
- Media
- Altitude Sports and Entertainment , Altitude 950 , Altitude Sports 92.5
- Owner
- Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
- General manager
- Joe Sakic
- Head coach
- Jared Bednar
- Captain
- Gabriel Landeskog
- Minor league affiliates
- Colorado Eagles ( AHL ), New Mexico Goatheads ( ECHL )
- Stanley cups
- 3 ( 1995–96 , 2000–01 , 2021–22 )
- Conference championships
- 3 ( 1995–96 , 2000–01 , 2021–22 )
- Presidents trophies
- 4 ( 1996–97 , 2000–01 , 2020–21 , 2025–26 )
- Division championships
- 13 ( 1995–96 , 1996–97 , 1997–98 , 1998–99 , 1999–00 , 2000–01 , 2001–02 , 2002–03 , 2013–14 , 2020–21 , 2021–22 , 2022–23 , 2025–26 )
- Official website
- nhl .com /avalanche
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- avalanche
- Country
- United States
- Location
- Denver
- Sport
- ice hockey
- League
- National Hockey League
- Official website
- www.nhl.com/avalanche
- Image
- ColoradoAvalancheWordmark.gif
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- Commons category
- Colorado Avalanche
- topic's main category
- Category:Colorado Avalanche
- inception
- 1972-00-00
- home venue
- McNichols Sports Arena
- social media followers
- 62900
- category for members of a team
- Category:Colorado Avalanche players
- head coach
- Jared Bednar
- replaces
- Quebec Nordiques
- different from
- Colorado Rockies
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Encyclopedic overview
The Colorado Avalanche (colloquially known as the Avs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. The Avalanche compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Ball Arena, which it shares with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Denver Nuggets and Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).
Founded in 1972 as the Quebec Nordiques, the team was one of the charter franchises of the World Hockey Association (WHA). The franchise joined the NHL in 1979 as a result of the NHL–WHA merger. Following the 1994–95 season, they were sold to the COMSAT Entertainment Group and moved to Denver.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colorado Avalanche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.