|
First season: 1995-96 Moved from Quebec City Home arena: Pepsi Center Stanley Cups won: 2 (1996, 2001) Stanley Cup Finals appearances: 2 The nickname of the team's predecessor, the Quebec Nordiques, literally translates into English as "people of the north." With Denver, Colorado, not exactly considered a northern city, the franchise was forced to choose a new nickkname. With the mountainous region prone to avalanches, that provided the inspiration for the franchise's new monicker. Retired Numbers 19 Joe Sakic 33 Patrick Roy 77 Ray Bourque |
