It’s do-or-die time for the Avalanche tonight when the team takes on the Sharks in Game 7 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
This is the 11th time that the Avs have faced a Game 7 since the franchise moved to Denver in 1995. From the 10 games, Colorado has gone 4-6, which includes a win over the New Jersey Devils to win the Stanley Cup in 2001. Here’s a look at these games:
May 4, 1998: Oilers 4, Avalanche 0 — first round
“Not even a 3-1 lead at a best-of-seven show with the Edmonton Oilers was enough for the Avalanche. … Hockey is a game of passion, and the Avs just t have enough of it, Roy said. ”
June 4, 1999: Stars 4, Avalanche 1 — third round
“In a game from which the winner advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, the record also will reveal it was the Dallas Stars who prevailed, 4-1 over the Avs at rocking Reunion Arena. ‘Was the season a success? We didn’t win the Stanley Cup,’ stated Avs captain Joe Sakic. ”
May 27, 2000: Stars 3, Avalanche 2 — third round
“Not only did the hockey gods see to it that Deadmarsh’s tip of a Ray Bourque shot hit the post with eight seconds left in the game, they allowed two Dallas goals that needs to be accompanied by the Who classic, ‘Pinball Wizard. ’ So the Stars, not the Avs, were fate darlings, as they broke Colorado’s heart for the second consecutive season in a seventh game. ”
May 9, 2001: Avalanche 5, Kings 1 — second round
“In a game that might have sent a Avs fans to the pharmacist for some heart medication, Colorado beat against the Kings 5-1 in the game to progress to its fifth Western finals in six seasons. ”
June 9, 2001: Avalanche 3, Devils 1 — Stanley Cup Final
“After 22 years of thirsting just one — in the cherished silver chalice, Ray Bourque got it. Finally. Bourque and the Colorado Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals at the Pepsi Center. ”
April 29, 2002: Avalanche 4, Kings 0 — first round
“Three goals in 12 minutes. No need to do the math. Game over. Series over. The Avalanche again prevailed in Game 7 against the Kings, winning 4-0 in the Pepsi Center. ”
May 15, 2002: Avalanche 1, Sharks 0 — second round
“Goodbye, San Jose. We know the way to Detroit. It took exactly 30 seconds for the first anti-Red Wings chant to echo through the halls of Pepsi Center on Wednesday night after the Colorado Avalanche posted a 1-0 win in a decisive Game 7 over the San Jose Sharks to get to the NHL’s Western Conference finals for the fourth consecutive year. ”
May 31, 2002: Red Wings 7, Avalanche 0 — third round
“The temperature inside Joe Louis Arena on Friday night was at the low 90s to start Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. Enough for a collapse. What a meltdown it had been for the Colorado Avalanche and goalie Patrick Roy. ”
April 22, 2003: Wild 3, Avalanche 2, OT — first round
“For the Colorado Avalanche of 2002-03, it was death by punishment kill. The Avalanche’s one weakness all season did it Tuesday night, as penalty killing was the significant element in its 3-2 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild at Game 7 of the Western Conference quarterfinals at the Pepsi Center. ”
April 30, 2014: Wild 5, Avalanche 4, OT — first round
“The Avalanche’s season came to a crushing end Wednesday night in Game 7 of its first-round playoff series. The Minnesota Wild won 5-4 in overtime as the Avs were unable to maintain four one-goal leads. ”
— Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post
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