The Colorado Rockies were an American professional
ice hockey
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team in the
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
(NHL) that played in
Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
from 1976 to 1982. They were founded as the
Kansas City Scouts
The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1976. In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver, and became the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, the Rockies relocated to New Jersey where ...
, an
expansion team
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that began play in the NHL in the . The Scouts
moved from
Kansas City, Missouri
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, to Denver for the .
The franchise moved to
East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the and was renamed as the
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
. Denver went without an NHL team until the
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques (french: Nordiques de Québec, pronounced in Quebec French, in Canadian English; translated "Quebec City Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the W ...
relocated to become the
Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche (colloquially known as the Avs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The Avalanche play thei ...
following the . The Rockies name itself would be applied to the
Major League Baseball
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expansion team
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that began play in .
Franchise history
Ivan Mullenix, owner of the
Central Hockey League
The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...
's
Denver Spurs
The Denver Spurs were a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. The Spurs began play in the Western Hockey League in 1968, and played at the Denver Coliseum. The Spurs became the first professional sports team in Colorado to win a champions ...
, had been awarded a "conditional" NHL franchise for the
1976–77 season. With
McNichols Sports Arena
McNichols Sports Arena was an indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado. Located adjacent to Mile High Stadium and completed in 1975, at a cost of $16 million, it seated 16,061 for hockey games and 17,171 for basketball games.
Sports use
It was ...
already completed by 1975, he looked to enter the NHL a year early, and the league attempted to broker an arrangement by which he would acquire the struggling
California Golden Seals
The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976. Based in Oakland, California, they played their home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The ...
and move them to Denver in lieu of an expansion team. At the same time, the
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...
would be sold to a
Seattle-based group that had also won a conditional franchise for that city.
The proposed arrangement fell through, and with the continuing franchise difficulties, the NHL called off the 1976–77 expansion. The Spurs then elected to move to the
World Hockey Association
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(WHA) for the 1975–76 season, but Denver fans did not consider the WHA a major league, and stayed away in droves. By December, rumors that the NHL was preparing to move the Seals or
Kansas City Scouts
The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1976. In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver, and became the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, the Rockies relocated to New Jersey where ...
to Denver led Mullenix to conclude he could not survive in Denver. Out of desperation, he moved the Spurs to
Ottawa
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almost halfway through the season. However, the renamed
Ottawa Civics
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lasted only two weeks before folding.
Meanwhile, the Scouts were on the verge of collapse despite having entered the NHL only two years earlier. Although they suffered a 12-win season in 1975–76, they still fared better on the ice over their first two years than their expansion cousins, the
Washington Capitals
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. However, Capitals' owner
Abe Pollin
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was far better financed than the Scouts' 37-member consortium, and had the patience to handle the typical struggles of an expansion team. Additionally, the Scouts were hobbled by an economic downturn in the Midwest. Facing almost $1 million in debt, the Scouts' owners decided to sell the team after a season ticket drive sold only 2,000 tickets. The team was sold to a Denver-based group headed by
Jack Vickers
John Vickers (7 August 1908 – 24 September 1980) was an English footballer.
Career
Vickers played for Bishop Auckland, Hull City, Darlington, Doncaster Rovers and Charlton Athletic before joining Port Vale for £200 in May 1933. He played 3 ...
,
[ who moved the team to Denver as the Rockies. The team would stay in the ]Smythe Division
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.
Continued struggles
The team's situation did not improve significantly. In their six seasons in Denver, the Rockies made the Stanley Cup playoffs
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only once, in the 1977–78 season. Even then, they finished with the sixth-worst record in the league, 21 games under .500. The Smythe Division was so weak that year that the team finished second behind the Chicago Black Hawks
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, the only team in the division with a .500 record. This allowed them to edge out the Vancouver Canucks
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for the last playoff spot by only two points (in those days, the division runners-up were guaranteed a playoff spot). The Rockies went down rather meekly in the first round, losing to the Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Well ...
in a two-game sweep. They would never even approach the .500 mark during their six years in Denver, and the 1977–78 season would be the only one during that time where they even came close to a playoff berth.
The Rockies did have some star players for a short time: Barry Beck
Barry David Beck (born June 3, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and currently the head coach of the Hong Kong national team. Beck was selected second overall in both the 1977 NHL amateur draft and the 1977 WHA Amateur D ...
set a record in his rookie year for goals by a rookie defenseman, and Lanny McDonald
Lanny King McDonald (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played over 1,100 games during a 16-year c ...
was picked up in a trade with Toronto
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. In addition, the team at various times had such players as Chico Resch
Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch (born July 10, 1948) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey goaltender and television sportscaster. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, and won a Stanley Cup with the New ...
, Wilf Paiement
Wilfrid Paiement, Jr. (; born October 16, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 through 1988, for seven different NHL teams. He is the younger brother of former NHL ...
, Rene Robert, Rob Ramage
George Robert Ramage (born January 11, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Minnes ...
, and Bobby Schmautz
Robert James Schmautz (March 28, 1945March 28, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oil ...
. The team suffered a constant lack of overall depth, and trades tended to trade quality for quantity. Plagued by instability, the Rockies had seven coaches in four years, none lasting more than one full season, and ownership changed hands twice in four years. Attendance was fairly respectable, considering that the team was barely competitive on the ice and unstable off it.
Under Don Cherry
One of the few bright spots in the franchise's history was during the 1979–80 season when the flamboyant Don Cherry
Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five se ...
, a former Jack Adams Award winner, was named head coach after being fired by the Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...
. Under Cherry, the Rockies adopted the motto "Come to the fights and watch a Rockies game break out!" This could be seen on billboards all over Denver in the 1979–80 season.
As he later admitted, Cherry's outspokenness and feuding with Rockies general manager Ray Miron
Joseph Rodolph "Ray" Miron (March 20, 1923 – August 28, 2015) was an owner of the new Central Hockey League (CHL), as well as a National Hockey League (NHL) executive, serving in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization and as general manager of th ...
did not endear him to the front office. While Cherry was adept at motivating the players, goaltending was still the team's weakness as Miron refused to replace Hardy Astrom, whom Cherry dubbed "The Swedish Sieve". Cherry recalled one game where his players had gotten ten shots on goal without scoring, but Astrom then conceded a goal from the opponent's first shot and so was pulled from net.
The Rockies finished with 51 points, tied for the worst record in the league. In their final game, which was held at home, Cherry's team defeated the Penguins 5–0. As it was already known that Cherry would not be back next season, he wore a cowboy hat and cowboy boots for what would be his last NHL game. After the final buzzer sounded his players formed two lines for him, with sticks raised to form an arch to walk between while he acknowledged the cheers of the crowd.
Move to New Jersey
The failure of Vickers' petroleum
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business left him unable to pay the lease at McNichols Arena in 1978. The deal was unfavorable from the beginning, in which the team never received any revenue from parking, concessions or advertising.[Elliott, Helene. "Avalanche Wiping Out Memory Of Rocky Hockey," ''Los Angeles Times'', Sunday, November 12, 1995.](_blank)
Retrieved April 10, 2020 Vickers sold the Rockies on July 12 to Arthur Imperatore Sr.
Arthur Edward Imperatore Sr. (July 8, 1925November 18, 2020) was an American businessman and sports owner from New Jersey. He was best known as being the founder and president of the NY Waterway, a ferry service. After serving in the United Stat ...
, whose intention was to keep the franchise in Denver before moving it east to the new arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex which was under construction and expected to be completed by 1980. His imposition of the team's eventual transfer alienated many fans. Before he could complete the move to northern New Jersey, Imperatore sold the Rockies to Buffalo-based cable television
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magnate Peter Gilbert in a transaction that was unanimously approved by the NHL Board of Governors on February 10, 1981. At the time, the NHL seemed to be committed to keeping a team in Denver. Gilbert had promised not to move the team, and league president John Ziegler said that he wanted to make the Rockies a model franchise.
Finally in 1982, after a failed bid by an Ottawa
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-based ownership group intent on moving the Rockies to the Canadian capital, the franchise was sold in May to New Jersey shipping tycoon John McMullen, who also owned the Houston Astros
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. He announced that he had "big plans" for the franchise, but they involved making the long-awaited move to New Jersey. The team was relocated for the 1982–83 season and renamed the New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
.
Legacy
The last active NHL player who had played for the Rockies was Joe Cirella
Joseph Cirella (born May 9, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in 828 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He has additionally served as assistant coach and assistant general manager of the Oshawa Generals ...
, who retired from the NHL following the 1995–96 NHL season and played his final professional season for the Kölner Haie
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The ''Kölner Haie'' play their hom ...
in Germany in 1997. In that season, incidentally, Colorado saw the NHL return to Denver after 13 years, when the Quebec Nordiques
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moved to the city and became known as the Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche (colloquially known as the Avs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The Avalanche play thei ...
. Additionally, Rockies draft pick Bruce Driver
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Early life
When he was 12, Driver played in the 1975 Quebec I ...
played in the NHL until 1998, but did not join the team until 1983, a year after their move to New Jersey.
Two other former Rockies, Paul Gagne and Rich Chernomaz, played until 1999 in the Swiss and German leagues, respectively.
The 2001 Stanley Cup Finals pitted the teams that have called Colorado home (past and present) in their histories against each other. The Avalanche defeated the Devils in seven games.
The Rockies are credited as being the first team to use the Gary Glitter song " Rock and Roll, Part 2" at a sporting event. The team played it after every goal scored by a Rockies player. Other NHL teams picked up on this practice, as did teams in other leagues,. In recent years, however, Glitter's child sex offenses caused teams to distance themselves from the song.
The Rockies' original logo, a mountain peak with the silhouette of the flag of Colorado
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, served as inspiration for the Avalanche's secondary logo on their current third jerseys, which were first unveiled in the 2015–16 season. The "C" on the aforementioned logo was also emblazoned on the primary jersey's shoulders as well. The logo was also used on the jersey of the Avalanche for the 2016 Stadium Series.
In the 2022–23 season, both the Colorado Avalanche and the New Jersey Devils wore "Reverse Retro" uniforms, with each team's classic uniform designs recolored to the Rockies' red, gold and blue palette.
Season-by-season record
''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties minutes''
Team captains
* Simon Nolet
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1976–77
* Wilf Paiement
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1977–79
* Gary Croteau
Gary Croteau (born June 20, 1946) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward, most notably with the Colorado Rockies of the National Hockey League.
Playing career
Croteau was born in Sudbury, Ontario, the son of Earl and Georgina Croteau. Earl Cro ...
1979–80
* Mike Christie 1980
* Rene Robert 1980–81
* Lanny McDonald
Lanny King McDonald (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played over 1,100 games during a 16-year c ...
1981
* Rob Ramage
George Robert Ramage (born January 11, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Minnes ...
1981–82
First round draft picks
''Note: This list does not include selections as the Kansas City Scouts
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.''
* 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
: Paul Gardner (11th overall)
* 1977: Barry Beck
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(2nd overall)
* 1978: Mike Gillis
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(5th overall)
* 1979: Rob Ramage
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(1st overall)
* 1980: Paul Gagne (19th overall)
* 1981: Joe Cirella
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(5th overall)
Hall of Famers
* Lanny McDonald
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, RW, 1979–1981
Colorado Rockies individual records
*Most goals in a season: Wilf Paiement, 41 (1976–77)
*Most assists in a season: Wilf Paiement, 56 (1977–78)
*Most points in a season: Wilf Paiement, 87 (1977–78)
*Most penalty minutes in a season: Rob Ramage, 201 (1981–82)
*Most points in a season, defenceman: Barry Beck, 60 (1977–78)
*Most points in a season, rookie: Barry Beck, 60 (1977–78)
*Most wins in a season: Chico Resch
Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch (born July 10, 1948) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey goaltender and television sportscaster. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, and won a Stanley Cup with the New ...
, 16 (1981–82)
Broadcasters
KWGN 2 was the over-the-air television broadcaster throughout the Rockies' existence. From 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
– 79, Joe Starkey
Joseph K. Starkey (born 1941) is an American sportscaster who has served as the radio play-by-play announcer of California Golden Bears football from 1975 to 2022. He previously worked as the sports director of KGO radio in San Francisco, Califor ...
was the play-by-play announcer for radio and television simulcasts. Don Earle Donald Earle Clement (March 29, 1929 – December 12, 1993) was an American ice hockey announcer.
Earle, who got his start broadcasting high school hockey games on radio, called Boston Bruins games on WSBK-TV from 1967–1971.
From 1971–1977, E ...
was the secondary play-by-play man in 1977–78. Beginning in 1979–80 and on through the end of their final season in Colorado, Norm Jones was both the radio and television play-by-play man. Ralph Backstrom
Ralph Gerald Backstrom (September 18, 1937 – February 7, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and later a coach, entrepreneur and hockey executive. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles ...
(1979–80), Jack Jolly ( 1980–81), and Sandy Clough (1981–82) were the radio color commentators (Clough solely worked home games). From 1979 to 1982, Jim Conrad did color commentary alongside Norm Jones on television.
References
External links
Year-by-year on hockeydb.com
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