2008 Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche churned out an admirable performance in the 2007-08 season, placing 2nd in the Northwest Division, a mere three points behind the division champs the Minnesota Wild, and that’s despite injuries to key players Ryan Smyth and Joe Sakic. Avs’ fans are hoping that changes made in the off-season will be enough to push the team from good to great. Head coach Joel Quenneville has been replaced with Tony Granato, who was the Avs’ head coach from 2002 through 2004 until he was replaced by Quenneville. Goalie José Theodore left for the Washington Capitals and his duties will be taken over by Peter Budaj and Andrew Raycroft, from the Toronto Maple Leafs. With rising star Paul Stastny, high scorers Marek Svatos and Milan Hejduk, new goalies and a new coach, Granato’s assertion that the team “has a great mix of youth, experience, skill and speed” is right on the money. With a newly retooled team and one of the highest game sellout rates in the NHL, tickets to Pepsi Center won’t be around for long. If you want to see the Colorado Avalanche on the ice in the 2008-09 season, get your tickets today!

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!