Colorado Rockies (ice hockey)
| Colorado Rockies | |
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| Founded | 1974 |
| History |
Kansas City Scouts 1974–1976 Colorado Rockies 1976–1982 New Jersey Devils 1982–present |
| Home arena | McNichols Sports Arena |
| City | Denver, Colorado |
| Colors |
Blue, red, gold, white |
| Stanley Cups | 0 |
| Conference championships | 0 |
| Division championships | 0 |
Blue, red, gold, white
The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were founded as the Kansas City Scouts, an expansion team that began play in the NHL in the 1974–75 season. The Scouts moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Denver for the 1976–77 season. The franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the 1982–83 season and was renamed as the New Jersey Devils. The NHL did not return to Denver until the Quebec Nordiques moved there to become the Colorado Avalanche following the 1994–95 season.
Ivan Mullenix, owner of the Central Hockey League's Denver Spurs, had been awarded a "conditional" NHL franchise for the 1976–77 season. With McNichols Sports Arena already complete by 1975, he looked to enter the NHL a year early, and the league attempted to broker an arrangement by which he would acquire the struggling California Golden Seals franchise and move them to Denver in lieu of an expansion team. At the same time, the Pittsburgh Penguins would be sold to a Seattle-based group that had also won a conditional franchise for that city.
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