Prior to August 11, 2016, I liked to categorize Colorado Avalanche history into three eras — the Golden Age, the Dark Age and After the Duchene Draft. Now I would add the post-Roy-pocylpse era, but that’s a different — and well documented — story.
In any case, if you’ve been an Avalanche fan since the beginning, heaven knows the Golden Age has to be your favorite era. That’s the time from when the team got moved from Quebec to Denver to just after their second Stanley Cup.
The team had a lot of greats in that era.