2018 Competitive Season

Lore & Background

The franchise began as the Kansas City Scouts, an expansion team that started play in the NHL in the 1974–75 season. The Scouts moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Denver for the 1976–77 season and were renamed the Colorado Rockies. After six seasons in Denver, the franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the 1982–83 season and was renamed the New Jersey Devils. The Colorado Rockies, a Major League Baseball team also based in Denver that began play in 1993, took its name from the NHL franchise.

Reader's Guide

The Rockies made the Stanley Cup playoffs only once, in 1977–78, losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in a two-game sweep. They never finished less than 20 games below .500 during their six years in Denver. The team had seven coaches in four years, none lasting more than one full season. Ownership changed hands twice in four years.

Did You Know?

• The last active NHL player who had played for the Rockies was Joe Cirella, who retired after the 1995–96 season.
• The Rockies' colors of blue, red and gold were the same as those on the Colorado state flag.
• Don Cherry coached the Rockies in the 1979–80 season and adopted the motto 'Come to the fights and watch a Rockies game break out!'