Colorado Rockies (NHL)

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defunct National Hockey League team professional ice hockey team

The Colorado Rockies were a former NHL franchise based in Denver that played from 1976 to 1982 before moving to become the New Jersey Devils.

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Label Occurrences
Colorado Rockies (NHL) canonical 9
Colorado Rockies 2
Colorado Rockies (WHA) 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct National Hockey League team ⓘ
professional ice hockey team ⓘ
abbreviation COL (historical context) ⓘ
city Denver, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Denver
conference Campbell Conference ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1982 ⓘ
division Smythe Division ⓘ
franchiseLineage Kansas City Scouts → Colorado Rockies → New Jersey Devils ⓘ
franchiseMove from Denver to East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1982 ⓘ
from Kansas City to Denver in 1976 ⓘ
headCoach Don Cherry ⓘ
homeArena McNichols Sports Arena ⓘ
homeCountryLeague National Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: NHL in the United States
inception 1976 ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
location Denver, Colorado ⓘ
logoFeature stylized Colorado state flag with mountain and C ⓘ
madePlayoffsSeasons 1977–78 NHL season ⓘ
notableGoaltender Michel Plasse ⓘ
notablePlayer Barry Beck ⓘ
Lanny McDonald ⓘ
Wilf Paiement ⓘ
playedFromSeason 1976–77 NHL season ⓘ
playedToSeason 1981–82 NHL season ⓘ
predecessor Kansas City Scouts ⓘ
relocatedTo New Jersey Devils ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
successor New Jersey Devils ⓘ
teamColors blue ⓘ
gold ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ

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New Jersey Devils → relocatedFrom → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Smythe Division → formerTeam → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Darling Companion → setIn → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Rockies
Rochester Red Wings → formerAffiliation → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Rockies
McNichols Sports Arena → tenant → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Rockies (WHA)
Ken Daneyko → draftTeamAtTime → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Rockies / New Jersey Devils franchise
Kansas City Scouts → became → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Kansas City Scouts → successorTeam → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Bill Baker → memberOfSportsTeam → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Henry Boucha → memberOfSportsTeam → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Patrick Division → memberTeam → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Don Saleski → playedFor → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ
Don Saleski → memberOfSportsTeam → Colorado Rockies (NHL) ⓘ