Colorado Rockies (NHL)
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The Colorado Rockies were an NHL team that existed from 1976-1982.
Arena: McNichols Arena
Uniform colours: red, white, blue and gold
Logo design: Colorado state logo inside a mountain range
Franchise history
The Kansas City Scouts moved to Colorado before the 1976-77 NHL season and played there for six years. They made the playoffs only once, in the 1977-78 NHL season, losing 0-2 to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round. Equally bad was attendance. The only bright spot in the franchise's history was during the 1979-80 NHL season when they had Don Cherry as head coach. This didn't bring any more attention to the team which moved to New Jersey after the 1981-82 NHL season, whereupon the team name was changed to New Jersey Devils.
Team captains
- Simon Nolet 1976-77
- Wilf Paiement 1977-78
- Gary Croteau 1978-79
- Mike Christie & Rene Robert & Lanny McDonald 1979-80
- Lanny McDonald 1980-81
- Lanny McDonald & Rob Ramage 1981-82
See also
- List of Colorado Rockies (NHL) players
- Head Coaches of the Colorado Rockies (NHL)
- Kansas City Scouts
- New Jersey Devils
- Don Cherry
- Colorado Avalanche
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
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