Avs 20th Anniversary Team: Adam Deadmarsh

ColoradoAvalanche.com profiles the players named to the Avalanche's 20th Anniversary Team.

Although he only won the Stanley Cup one time, Adam Deadmarsh holds an NHL first that nobody else can claim.

After the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 1996, Deadmarsh’s name was misspelled on the trophy, engraved as “Deadmarch” instead. The error was later corrected, making it the first and only time that a correction was ever made on the idolized prize.

The Quebec Nordiques drafted the forward in the first round (14th overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, and he swiftly made the transition to the National Hockey League’s pace of play. His first campaign was in 1994-95, and he skated in 48…