The time when Avalanche beat another Colorado team in Stanley Cup Final

The Avalanche, the second NHL franchise in Colorado, beat the first Mile High club in an epic showdown in the 2001 Stanley Cup Final.

Simon Nolet captained the old Colorado Rockies NHL club during the 1976-1977 season. | Robert Shaver/Bruce Bennett Collection/GettyImagesThe Colorado Avalanche beat another Colorado team in the 2001 Stanley Cup Final to capture the franchise’s second championship.

Yes, that’s right.

There are two Colorado NHL teams. One is the Avalanche. The other was once known as the Colorado Rockies, but then morphed into the New Jersey Devils. While that original Colorado-based NHL franchise has been away from Denver is nearly four decades, the club’s origins lie in the…