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Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, wearing jersey number 8, skates with the puck near the goal as teammates and Tampa Bay Lightning players look on during the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Final.
Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar (foreground) with the puck during game two of the 2022 Stanley Cup finals. The Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.

Colorado Avalanche

American hockey team
Also known as: Quebec Nordiques
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Colorado Avalanche, American professional ice hockey team based in Denver that plays in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won three Stanley Cup championships (1996, 2001, and 2022). The franchise was originally based in Quebec, Canada, and was known as the Quebec Nordiques (French: “Northerners”). The team was a member of the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1979, winning a WHA championship (known as the Avco Cup)...

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