Colorado Avalanche is an American YouTube channel and a NHL ice hockey team located in the state of Colorado.
History[]
The Quebec Nordiques were one of the World Hockey Association's original teams when the league began play in 1972. Though first awarded to a group in San Francisco, the team was subsequently sold and relocated to Quebec City prior to the start of the league's opening.[1] During their seven WHA seasons, the Nordiques won the Avco World Trophy once, in 1977, and lost the finals once, in 1975.[2] In 1979, the franchise entered the NHL, along with the WHA's Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, and Winnipeg Jets.[3]
While the team experienced on-ice success, it spent most of its first 23 years struggling financially. Quebec City was by far the smallest market in the NHL. and the changing financial environment in the NHL made things even more difficult. In 1995, team owner Marcel Aubut asked for a bailout from Quebec's provincial government as well as a new publicly funded arena.[4] The bailout fell through, and Aubut subsequently began talks with COMSAT Entertainment Group in Denver, which already owned the Denver Nuggets.[5] In May 1995, COMSAT announced an agreement in principle to purchase the team.[6]
COMSAT considered several names for the team, including "Extreme," "Blizzards," and "Black Bears." It also debated whether to brand the team as a Denver team or as a regional franchise representing either Colorado or the entire Rocky Mountain region. Initially, COMSAT filed copyright protection for "Black Bears", but reportedly decided to name the team Rocky Mountain Extreme. When The Denver Post leaked the intended name, fan reaction was so negative that COMSAT reconsidered and chose the name Colorado Avalanche.[7] The new name was revealed on August 10, 1995. With the move, the newly relocated team transferred to the Pacific Division of the Western Conference.[8]
Channel[]
The Colorado Avalanche channel was created on July 12, 2010. Their first video was uploaded on March 16, 2021. Their first video is titled "Toyota Game Recap: Avs beat Ducks 3/16/21".
References[]
- ↑ http://www.whahockey.com/nordiques.html
- ↑ http://www.whahockey.com/whayearlystandings.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110521152726/http://www.nhl.com/history/062279.html
- ↑ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nordiques-move-to-colorado/
- ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32BFD6ADCFF94&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070710054013/http://downloads.avalanche.nhl.com/other/pdf/321134_CA_MG_325-336.pdf
- ↑ http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2014/07/21/rocky-mountain-extreme-supposed-avalanches-original-team-name/18930/
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-06-22/sports/9506220069_1_comsat-entertainment-group-nhl-franchise-quebec
