100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781629371719 |
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Publisher: | Triumph Books |
Publication date: | 10/15/2016 |
Series: | 100 Things...Fans Should Know Series |
Pages: | 288 |
Sales rank: | 491,553 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d) |
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Table of Contents
Foreword Joe Sakic xiii
1 May 24, 1995: The NHL Returns to Denver 1
2 One Year, One Stanley Cup 4
3 December 6, 1995-Roy Arrives 8
4 Joe Sakic-Mr. Avalanche 13
5 Pierre Lacroix-A Winner and a True Original 17
6 Charlie Lyons-The First Owner 21
7 The Lemieux-Draper Incident: A Rivalry Is Born 24
8 The Crawford-Bowman Screaming March 28
9 The Ray Bourque Trade 32
10 Mission 16W: Bourque Lifts the Cup, with an Assist to Sakic 34
11 Peter Forsberg-Mr. Cool 40
12 Patrick Roy-The Man, Myth, and Legend 45
13 Nine Straight Division Titles 49
14 Adam Foote 51
15 To the Extreme 54
16 The Very First Game and First Road Trip 58
17 March 26, 1997: Payback for Lemieux 63
18 Joe Sakic-Almost a Ranger 66
19 Harrison Ford to the Rescue 70
20 "No More Fucking Rats!" 72
21 Marc Crawford 74
22 The Plane Ride Back from Dallas, 2000 77
23 The Steve Moore-Todd Bertuzzi Incident 79
24 Roy Does Damage in Anaheim 84
25 1996 Playoff Series Against Chicago 86
26 2001 NHL All-Star Game 89
27 Bob Hartley-Always in Motion 91
28 Columbine 94
29 McNichols Sports Arena-RIP 98
30 The Rob Blake Trade 100
31 Deadmarsh vs. Blake, Avs vs. Kings, 2001 Playoffs 102
32 The Night Peter Forsberg Lost His Spleen 105
33 Memories of Florida, 1996 Finals 107
34 Say Thanks to a Grizzly 111
35 Peter Forsberg's Six-Point Game in Florida 113
36 September 11, 2001-In Sweden 115
37 Chris Drury 119
38 LoDo 122
39 Patrick Roy, the Second Coming 124
40 Kariya and Selanne Fiasco 127
41 Eric Lacroix's Awkward Exit 131
42 Saudis Ozolinsh 133
43 Before Kroenke, Ownership Uncertainty 135
44 Shocker: Forsberg and Foote Depart 137
45 A 7-0 Loss, a Drunken Night, and a Turnaround 139
46 Newspaper Wars: Post vs. News 142
47 The Black Helmets 146
48 Milan Hejduk 147
49 Duchene Gets His Wish-To Be an Av 149
50 The Ryan O'Reilly Saga 152
51 Wendel Clark, We Hardly Knew Ye 155
52 Mike Ricci 158
53 Valeri Kamensky 161
54 2014 Playoffs-A Cinderella Story Over Too Soon 165
55 Mike Keane 167
56 Denver ChopHouse & Brewery 171
57 Theo Fleury's Short Stay 173
58 "Deader" 176
59 Joel Quenneville 178
60 Alex Tanguay 182
61 2002 Western Finals-The One That Got Away 184
62 Joe Sacco-His Tenure and Curious Hiring 186
63 Shjon Podein Refuses to Change 189
64 Curse of the Ex-Avs 191
65 Nathan MacKinnon's Hot Start 192
66 Ruslan Said, Karlis Skrastins, and the Yaroslavl Tragedy 194
67 Craig Anderson's Grear Year, Then Premature Exit 196
68 Peter Mueller's Promising Career Derailed 198
69 Krupp Leaves Denver for Detroit 200
70 The Chris Simon / Marc Crawford Blowup and a Big Scoop 202
71 Lappy 207
72 Stanley Cup Supporting Characters 209
73 Joe Sakic's 100-Point Year at Age 36 212
74 Forsberg's Final, Two-Game Return 214
75 Paul Stastny 216
76 Forsberg's First Game Against the Avs 218
77 Plane Rides 220
78 Red Rocks 222
79 The Goose 223
80 Game 6, 2002, San Jose: Earthquake 226
81 Patrick Roy-Skating to the Red Line 228
82 Heading to the Mountains? 229
83 Tony Granato 232
84 David Aebischer 234
85 Which Cup Team Was Better-1996 or 2001? 236
86 Disaster Strikes Before Game 1, 2008, in Derroit 238
87 Hit the Pylon, for Good Luck 240
88 Who Was Better, Forsberg or Sakic? 241
89 1998: Four First-Round Picks 244
90 The Biggest Save of 1996 246
91 Dick Dale Intro 247
92 The Erik Johnson Trade 248
93 Blown Series? Yeah, There Were a Few 250
94 Jarome Iginla 253
95 The Ryan Smyth-Scott Hannan Signings 255
96 Andrew Brunette-From Villain to Fan Favorite 257
97 Gabriel Landeskog 259
98 Travel Tips for You! 261
99 Favorite Places in 20 Years of Constant Travel 266
100 The First Championship Parade 269
Acknowledgments 271