![]() ![]() Peter Forsberg left for Sweden the year year after Roy retired, and Sakic finished his career trying to carry flawed rosters that flamed out in either the first or second rounds of the playoffs-all while Detroit closed out their Hall-of-Famer’s careers with one more title and a symbolic passing of the torch to the next historically dominant force in the league, Sidney Crosby. For all the good fortune that we Avs fans had dropped into our laps, thanks to a city across the continent deciding to not shill out public funds for a stadium and a bailout for a hockey team, that run of luck ended on about as sour of a note as possible … and then the Avs spent two decades wandering aimlessly through the wilderness. The rivalry functionally ended that season on Detroit’s terms as they etched their names into the Stanley Cup. The point here is that we talk a lot about 19 in Avalanche lore because 2002 is almost as painful as those years are joyous. The good news is it wasn’t, the bad news is his career ended in overtime in a Game 7 the following year against newly-minted rival Minnesota. Many thought that was Patrick Roy’s last game at the time. The Hall of Fame-laden Detroit Red Wings put practically every Hall-of-Famer on the scoresheet against the Hall of Fame-laden Avalanche in a 7-0 rout. It was one of the most highly anticipated Game 7’s in NHL history which capped off perhaps the most intense rivalry the league has ever seen. Those were the last words any Colorado Avalanche fan heard from a broadcaster (the great Gary Thorne) in a Western Conference Final before this year’s sweep of the Edmonton Oilers. This game is over, to the Stanley Cup Finals go Detroit!” Scotty Bowman behind the bench looking down at yet another W with that magnificent total-he’s five and three right now in Game 7.the countdown continues, home stretch of goals: Robitaille one and two, Olausson and Haula were one, one in the game. “With under a minute to go, it’ll be a power-play opportunity for Colorado and the only issue is whether or not they’ll be able to get a goal here in the final minute of play to wipe out that shutout.
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