The Avalanche put hockey on the map in Colorado. It just took Peter Forsberg awhile to find Denver on the map.
He is telling a story from the summer of 1995, a story that illustrates how unlikely it was that magic happened. He smiles, and shows he can still provide a zinger like so many of his slap shots that first season.
“I got traded from Philadelphia to Quebec. And it was not a big city, and I was worried that we would never be able to win there. Then I am sitting at home in Sweden, and I had to figure out where the heck Denver was.