Colorado Rockies (NHL)

The Colorado Rockies were an ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League National Hockey League, which was located from 1976 to 1982 in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1974 as Kansas City Scouts, the team moved to Colorado in 1976, before it was relocated in 1982 to New Jersey.

History

Once there were rumors that the financially strapped California Golden Seals want to relocate to Denver, it finally had the Kansas City Scouts, Colorado went into the previously untapped hockey market and renamed the Colorado Rockies.

Six years, the team should have his home in Denver, however, stand out without particularly in the NHL. Once the Rockies were able to reach the playoffs, a win was not in the final, however. With a mediocre squad, the team could not achieve very much. Some bright spots were caused by Barry Beck, who in his rookie season, a record for the most goals that were scored by an NHL rookie aufstellte. With Lanny McDonald had been a prominent player for about two years on the team, but the team was not alone lead to success.

The audience in Denver were good, but the financial situation of the team remained unstable, as the team changed hands twice in four years. Finally, John McMullen purchased the team in 1982 and announced that he had big plans for the franchise, but in New Jersey. Thus, the team was relocated in the summer of 1982 to New Jersey, where it was named New Jersey Devils. The team was able to record any particular success in the eighties, but in 1990 it was with one exception, always in the playoffs and were from the mid- nineties, several times the Stanley Cup win.

The last active player who had played in the Rockies was Joe Cirella, in 1996, his NHL career ended and switched to the Cologne Sharks - even in the very year when the Colorado Avalanche their first Stanley Cup win in their first season. From 1982 to 1995 played no NHL team in Colorado.

It exists since 1993 a baseball team of the MLB, which is also called the Colorado Rockies.

Season statistics

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Losses after Overtime, SOL = Shootout Losses by, Pts = Points, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalty minutes

Franchise Records

Most Games: Mike Kitchen 354 games in six seasons.
Top goals: Wilf Paiement 106 goals
Most assists: Wilf Paiement 148 templates
Most points: Wilf Paiement 254 points ( 106 goals 148 assists)
Most penalty minutes: Rob Ramage 529 penalty minutes
Most shutouts: Bill McKenzie, Doug Favell, Bill Oleschuk ever a shutout
Most players as goalkeeper Michel Plasse 126 games ( 24 wins)

Most goals in a season: Wilf Paiement 41 goals (NHL 1976/77 )
Most assists in a season: Wilf Paiement 56 templates (NHL 1977/78 )
Most points in a season: Wilf Paiement 87 points ( 31 goals 56 templates; NHL 1977/78 )
Most points as a rookie: Barry Beck 60 points ( 22 goals 38 templates; NHL 1977/78 )
Most penalty minutes in a season: Rob Ramage 201 penalty minutes (NHL 1981/82 )

Coach

General Manager

Team captains

Simon Nolet 1976-77
Wilf Paiement 1977-78
Gary Croteau 1978-79
Mark Christie, Rene Robert, Lanny McDonald 1979-80
Lanny McDonald 1980-81
Lanny McDonald, Rob Ramage 1981-82

Top 10 voting rights in the NHL Amateur / Entry Draft

Hockey Association ( National Hockey League)
Sport ( Denver)
Organization ( Colorado)

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