2006 Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche are on the ice once more, and you’ll want tickets to the Pepsi Center to cheer them on! The Colorado Avalanche had a solid 2005-06, finishing just below the Calgary Flames in the Northwest Division. That clinched their 11th straight spot in the NHL Playoffs, and they knocked off the favored Dallas Stars before they were eliminated by the Anaheim Ducks. This year, look for a sharpened offense that will seek to vault the Avalanche to the top of the Western Conference. In the meantime, Joe Sakic is expected to make the record books with 1,500 career points, making him only the eleventh player ever to do so. You won't want to miss it!

Colorado has traded away some talented players in recent years, including Alex Tanguay, who’ll now be skating for the Calgary Flames. Nevertheless, coach Joel Quenneville has some eager young prospects like rookie Wojtek Wolski and some solid veterans like Ian Laperriere, Andrew Brunette, and Steve Konowalchuk to work with. Avalanche fans are especially eager to see more of Marek Svatos, to see if he maintains his explosive shooting in his sophomore year. They’ll welcome back team captain Joe Sakic, still a powerful contributor at 37.

Where will you be while the Colorado Avalanche are taking on their Western Conference rivals and the rest of the NHL? How about in the stands, watching that professional hockey action live? Coast to Coast has the Colorado Avalanche tickets you’re looking for!

The Avalanche started life as the Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association in 1972. The Nordiques were one of four teams allowed to join the NHL when the WHA folded, and the team was very successful. The 1994 lockout caused financial problems for owner Marcel Aubut, and when a provincial bailout failed, he sold the team to a Denver group for the 1995-96 season, in which the Avalanche won their first Stanley Cup.

The Nordiques contributed to NHL lore over the years by adding three significant players to the NHL Hall of Fame: Michel Goulet, Guy Lafleur and Peter Stastny. Ray Bourque, who spent most of his career with the Boston Bruins, ended his Hall-of-Fame career with the Avalanche and contributed to the 2001 Stanley Cup run.

Now that the Avalanche have settled into Denver, you can be sure that the fan base is large enough to make tickets to Avalanche games scarce. Get yours today!