1996 Stanley Cup Final
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The 1996 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's 1995–96 season, and the culmination of the 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Western Conference
1996 NHL Season
Joe Sakic captained the Avalanche to their first Stanley Cup Final appearance in franchise history.
Joe Sakic
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Joseph Steven Sakic is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as president of hockey operations and general manager of the Colorado Avalanche of the Nation
1996 Stanley Cup Final
…franchise history, becoming the seventh post-1967 expansion team and the second former WHA team (after the Edmonton Oilers) to win the Cup. Colorado's Joe Sakic earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the 1996 Playoffs. This was the first major professional sports championship ever won by a Denver-based team…
Sakic (no. 91) at the 2006 Olympics
Sakic playing with the Avalanche in 1997
Sakic warming up before a game in 2007