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Stanley Cup banners hanging in the Pepsi Center
Award	Wins
Stanley Cup	3
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl	3
Presidents' Trophy	3
Art Ross Trophy	1
Calder Memorial Trophy	6
Conn Smythe Trophy	3
General Manager of the Year Award	1
Hart Memorial Trophy	2
Jack Adams Award	2
James Norris Memorial Trophy	1
King Clancy Memorial Trophy	1
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	3
Lester Patrick Trophy	1
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	1
NHL Plus-Minus Award *	2
NHL Road Performer Award *	1
Ted Lindsay Award	1
William M. Jennings Trophy	1
Total
Awards won	36

This is a list of Colorado Avalanche award winners. It also includes players and data from the previous incarnation of the franchise, the Quebec Nordiques.

League awards
- Team trophies
- Individual awards
All-Stars
Career achievements
Defunct team awards
- O'Keefe Cup
Other awards

League awards

Team trophies

Team trophies awarded to the Colorado Avalanche franchise
Award	Description	Times won	Seasons
Stanley Cup	NHL championship	3	1995–96, 2000–01, 2021–22
Presidents' Trophy	Most regular season points	3	1996–97, 2000–01, 2020–21
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl	Western Conference playoff championship	3	1995–96, 2000–01, 2021–22
Avco World Trophy (WHA)	WHA championship	1	1976–77

Individual awards

In addition to captaining his team to a second Stanley Cup, Joe Sakic also won five different league awards during the 2000–01 season.

Milan Hejduk won the Rocket Richard Trophy after scoring 50 goals during the 2002–03 season.

Individual awards won by Colorado Avalanche franchise players and staff
Award	Description	Winner	Season
Art Ross Trophy	Regular season scoring champion	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	2002–03
Bill Hunter Trophy (WHA)	Regular season scoring champion	Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	1975–76
		Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	1977–78
		Cloutier, RealReal Cloutier	1976–77
		Cloutier, RealReal Cloutier	1978–79
Calder Memorial Trophy	Rookie of the year	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	1980–81
		Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	1994–95
		Drury, ChrisChris Drury	1998–99
		Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog	2011–12
		MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	2013–14
		Makar, CaleCale Makar	2019–20
Conn Smythe Trophy	Most valuable player of the playoffs	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	1995–96
		Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	2000–01
		Makar, CaleCale Makar	2021–22
Dennis A. Murphy Trophy (WHA)	Top defenseman	Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay	1972–73
Dennis A. Murphy Trophy (WHA)	Top defenseman	Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay	1974–75
Gordie Howe Trophy (WHA)	Most valuable player	Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	1975–76
Gordie Howe Trophy (WHA)	Most valuable player	Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	1977–78
Hart Memorial Trophy	Most valuable player to his team during the regular season	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	2000–01
Hart Memorial Trophy	Most valuable player to his team during the regular season	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	2002–03
Jack Adams Award	National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."	Crawford, MarcMarc Crawford	1994–95
Jack Adams Award		Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	2013–14
James Norris Memorial Trophy	Top defenseman during the regular season	Makar, CaleCale Makar	2021–22
Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award	Top general manager	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	2021–22
King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Leadership qualities on and off the ice and humanitarian contributions within their community	Podein, ShjonShjon Podein	2000–01
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Gentlemanly conduct	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	2000–01
		O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly	2013–14
		MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	2019–20
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Most goals in the regular season	Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	2002–03
NHL Plus-Minus Award	Best plus/minus	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	2000–01
		Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	2002–03
		Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	2002–03
Sheraton Road Performer Award	Most road points during the regular season	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	2003–04
Ted Lindsay Award	Most valuable player as chosen by the players	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	2000–01
WHA Playoff MVP (WHA)	Most valuable player of the playoffs	Bernier, SergeSerge Bernier	1976–77
William M. Jennings Trophy	Fewest goals given up in the regular season	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	2001–02

All-Stars

WHA First and Second Team All-Stars

Quebec Nordiques selected to the WHA First and Second Team All-Stars
Player	Position	Selections	Season	Team
Bernier, SergeSerge Bernier	4 Center	1	1974–75	2nd
Brodeur, RichardRichard Brodeur	1 Goaltender	1	1978–79	2nd
Cloutier, RealReal Cloutier	5 Right Wing	4	1975–76	2nd
			1976–77	2nd
			1977–78	2nd
			1978–79	1st
Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	3 Left Wing	4	1974–75	2nd
			1975–76	1st
			1976–77	1st
			1977–78	1st
Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay	2 Defense	3	1973–74	2nd
			1974–75	1st
			1975–76	1st

NHL First and Second Team All-Stars

The NHL First and Second Team All-Stars consists of the top players at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

Colorado Avalanche franchise players selected to the NHL First and Second Team All-Stars
Player	Position	Selections	Season	Team
Blake, RobRob Blake	2 Defense	2	2000–01	2nd
Blake, RobRob Blake	2 Defense	2	2001–02	2nd
Bourque, RayRay Bourque	2 Defense	1	2000–01	1st
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4 Center	3	1997–98	1st
			1998–99	1st
			2002–03	1st
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	3 Left Wing	5	1982–83	2nd
			1983–84	1st
			1985–86	1st
			1986–87	1st
			1987–88	2nd
Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	5 Right Wing	1	2002–03	2nd
MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	4 Center	2	2017–18	2nd
MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	4 Center	2	2019–20	2nd
Makar, CaleCale Makar	2 Defense	2	2020–21	1st
Makar, CaleCale Makar	2 Defense	2	2021–22	1st
Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	2 Defense	1	1996–97	1st
Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen	5 Right Wing	1	2020–21	2nd
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1 Goaltender	1	2001–02	1st
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center	3	2000–01	1st
			2001–02	1st
			2003–04	1st
Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov	1 Goaltender	1	2013–14	2nd

NHL All-Rookie Team

John-Michael Liles was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team for the 2003–04 season.

The NHL All-Rookie Team consists of the top rookies at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

Colorado Avalanche franchise players selected to the NHL All-Rookie Team
Player	Position	Season
Bell, BruceBruce Bell	2 Defense	1984–85
Drury, ChrisChris Drury	3 Forward	1998–99
Duchene, MattMatt Duchene	3 Forward	2009–10
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	3 Forward	1994–95
Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	3 Forward	1998–99
Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog	3 Forward	2011–12
Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles	2 Defense	2003–04
MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	3 Forward	2013–14
Makar, CaleCale Makar	2 Defense	2019–20
Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny	3 Forward	2006–07

All-Star Game selections

The National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Thirty-three All-Star Games have been held since the Colorado Avalanche entered the NHL as the Quebec Nordiques in 1979, with at least one player chosen to represent the franchise in each year except 2012. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of the Winter Olympic Games, and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado has hosted one of the games. The 51st was held at the Pepsi Center.

Paul Stastny (left) has been named to two All-Star games while Joe Sakic (right) has been named to a team-high 13 All-Star games.

Selected by fan vote
Selected by Commissioner
Selected as one of four "last men in" by fan vote
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player

Colorado Avalanche franchise players and coaches selected to the All-Star Game
Game	Year	Name	Position
32nd	1980	Cloutier, RealReal Cloutier	5 Right Wing
33rd	1981	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	4 Center
34th	1982	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	4 Center
34th	1982	Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	3 Left Wing
35th	1983	Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	5 Right Wing
		Stastny, MarianMarian Stastny	5 Right Wing
		Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	4 Center
36th	1984	Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	3 Left Wing
36th	1984	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	4 Center
37th	1985	Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	3 Left Wing
38th	1986	Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	1 Goaltender
		Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	3 Left Wing
		Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	4 Center
39th	1988	Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	3 Left Wing
39th	1988	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	4 Center
40th	1989	Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	4 Center
41st	1990	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
42nd	1991	Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	5 Right Wing
42nd	1991	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
43rd	1992	Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	5 Right Wing
43rd	1992	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
44th	1993	Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	2 Defense
44th	1993	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
45th	1994	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
46th	1996	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4 Center
46th	1996	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
47th	1997	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg (Did not play)	4 Center
		Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	2 Defense
		Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1 Goaltender
		Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic (Did not play)	4 Center
48th	1998	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4 Center
		Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky	3 Left Wing
		Kurri, JariJari Kurri	5 Right Wing
		Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	2 Defense
		Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1 Goaltender
		Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
49th	1999	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4 Center
50th	2000	Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	5 Right Wing
		Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	2 Defense
		Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
51st	2001	Blake, RobRob Blake	2 Defense
		Bourque, RayRay Bourque	2 Defense
		Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4 Center
		Hartley, BobBob Hartley	6 Assistant coach
		Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	5 Right Wing
		Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1 Goaltender
		Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
52nd	2002	Blake, RobRob Blake	2 Defense
		Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1 Goaltender
		Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
53rd	2003	Blake, RobRob Blake	2 Defense
		Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4 Center
		Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1 Goaltender
54th	2004	Blake, RobRob Blake	2 Defense
		Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
		Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay	3 Left Wing
55th	2007	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center
56th	2008	Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny (Did not play)	4 Center
57th	2009	Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	5 Right Wing
58th	2011	Duchene, MattMatt Duchene	4 Center
58th	2011	Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny	4 Center
59th	2012	No Avalanche selected	—
60th	2015	Johnson, ErikErik Johnson	2 Defense
61st	2016	Duchene, MattMatt Duchene	4 Center
62nd	2017	MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	4 Center
63rd	2018	MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	4 Center
64th	2019	Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog	3 Left Wing
		MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon (Did not play)	4 Center
		Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen	5 Right Wing
65th	2020	MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	4 Center
66th	2022	Bednar, JaredJared Bednar	7 Coach
		Kadri, NazemNazem Kadri#	4 Center
		MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon (Did not play)	4 Center
		Makar, CaleCale Makar	2 Defense

All-Star Game replacement events

The Quebec Nordiques hosted Rendez-vous '87 at Le Colisée.

Selected by fan vote

Quebec Nordiques players and coaches selected to All-Star Game replacement events
Event	Year	Name	Position
02 Rendez-vous '87	1987	Bergeron, MichelMichel Bergeron	8 Assistant coach
		Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	5 Right Wing
		Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk (Did not play)	1 Goaltender
		Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort	2 Defense

Career achievements

Hockey Hall of Fame

Hockey Hall of Famer Patrick Roy had his number 33 retired by the Avalanche on October 28, 2003.

The following is a list of Colorado Avalanche and Quebec Nordiques who have been enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Colorado Avalanche franchise players and personnel inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Individual	Category	Year inducted	Years with Avalanche franchise in category
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	Player	2017	2000
Blake, RobRob Blake	Player	2014	2001–2006
Bourque, RayRay Bourque	Player	2004	2000–2001
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	Player	2014	1994–2004, 2008, 2011
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	Player	1998	1979–1990
Iginla, JaromeJarome Iginla	Player	2020	2014–2017
Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya	Player	2017	2003–2004
Kurri, JariJari Kurri	Player	2001	1997–1998
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	Player	1988	1989–1991
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	Player	2006	1995–2003
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	Player	2012	1988–2009
Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne	Player	2017	2003–2004
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	Player	1998	1980–1990
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	Player	2012	1990–1994

Lester Patrick Trophy

The Lester Patrick Trophy has been presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to ice hockey in the United States. This list includes all personnel who have ever been employed by the Colorado Avalanche in any capacity and have also received the Lester Patrick Trophy.

Members of the Colorado Avalanche franchise honored with the Lester Patrick Trophy
Individual	Year honored	Years with Avalanche	References
Bourque, RayRay Bourque	2003	2000–2001

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

Main page: List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame

Members of the Colorado Avalanche inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
Individual	Year inducted	Years with Avalanche	References
Drury, ChrisChris Drury	2015	1998–2002
Young, ScottScott Young	2017	1992–1997

Retired numbers

The Colorado Avalanche have retired six of their jersey numbers. The four numbers retired by the franchise when they were in Quebec – J. C. Tremblay's number 3, Marc Tardif's number 8, Michel Goulet's number 16, and Peter Stastny's number 26 – were un-retired and put back into circulation when the franchise moved to Colorado. Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for Wayne Gretzky on February 6, 2000. Gretzky did not play for the Avalanche franchise during his 20-year NHL career and no player in franchise history had ever worn the number 99 prior to its retirement.

Colorado Avalanche retired numbers
Number	Player	Position	Years with Avalanche franchise as a player	Date of retirement ceremony
19	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	4 Center	1988–2009	October 1, 2009
21	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4 Center	1994–2004, 2008, 2011	October 8, 2011
23	Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	5 Right Wing	1998–2013	January 6, 2018
33	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1 Goaltender	1995–2003	October 28, 2003
52	Foote, AdamAdam Foote	2 Defense	1991–2004, 2008–2011	November 2, 2013
77	Bourque, RayRay Bourque	2 Defense	2000–2001	November 24, 2001

Defunct team awards

O'Keefe Cup

The O'Keefe Cup was an annual award given to the player who earned the most points from Star of the Game selections throughout the regular season. It was discontinued when the franchise moved to Colorado in 1995.

Season	Winner
1979–80	Real Cloutier
1980–81	Peter Stastny
1981–82	Peter Stastny
1982–83	Michel Goulet
1983–84	Peter Stastny
1984–85	Michel Goulet

Season	Winner
1985–86	Peter Stastny
1986–87	Michel Goulet
1987–88	Peter Stastny
1988–89	Paul Gillis
1989–90	Joe Sakic
1990–91	Joe Sakic

Season	Winner
1991–92	Mats Sundin
1992–93	Mats Sundin
1993–94	Joe Sakic
1994–95	Joe Sakic

Other awards

Colorado Avalanche franchise players who have received non-NHL awards
Award	Description	Winner	Season
Best NHL Player ESPY Award	Best NHL player of the last calendar year	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	1997
Golden Hockey Stick	Best Czech player	Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	2002–03
Viking Award	Most valuable Swedish player in NHL	Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	1992–93
		Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	1993–94
		Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	1995–96
			1997–98
			1998–99

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