2007–08 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2007–08 Colorado Avalanche season began on October 3, 2007, and ended on May 3, 2008. It was the franchise's 36th season, 29th in the National Hockey League, and 13th as the Colorado Avalanche.

Regular season

The Avalanche were the most disciplined team during the regular season, with only 301 power-play opportunities against. They also scored the fewest shorthanded goals of all 30 teams, with 2.^[1]

The Avalanche warming up before a game against the Calgary Flames.

Divisional standings

Northwest Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Minnesota Wild	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
2	Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
3	Calgary Flames	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
4	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	39	33	10	213	215	88

Conference standings

Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	y – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
3	y – Minnesota Wild	NW	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
4	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
5	Dallas Stars	PA	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
6	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
7	Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
8	Nashville Predators	CE	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
10	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
11	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
14	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
15	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest
bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner

Schedule and results

2007–08 Game log

Preseason: 4–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–1–0)

October: 7–4–0 (home: 5–0–0; road: 2–4–0)

November: 6–6–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–4–1)

December: 8–5–2 (home: 5–3–0; road: 3–2–2)

January: 6–5–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–2–0)

February: 6–6–2 (home: 0–3–1; road: 6–3–1)

March: 9–5–1 (home: 8–1–0; road: 1–4–1)

April: 2–0–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 1–0–0)

Playoffs

The Avalanche clinched the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoffs after missing the playoffs last season for the first time since relocating to Denver in 1995.

2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)

Semi-finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
As of 6 April 2008

	Regular season					Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Stastny	66	24	47	71	24
Andrew Brunette	82	19	40	59	14
Milan Hejduk	77	29	25	54	36
Wojtek Wolski	77	18	30	48	14
Joe Sakic	44	13	27	40	20
Ryan Smyth	55	14	23	37	50
Marek Svatos	62	26	11	37	32
John-Michael Liles	81	6	26	32	26
Tyler Arnason	70	10	21	31	16
Ruslan Salei	82	6	24	30	98
Jaroslav Hlinka	63	8	20	28	16

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

	Regular season									Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	SV%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Peter Budaj	35	1912	16	10	4	82	0	.903	2.57
Jose Theodore	53	3028	28	21	3	123	3	.910	2.44
Tyler Weiman	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.00

Records and milestones

Milestones

On October 7, Joe Sakic scored twice to move past Phil Esposito into 8th place all-time in scoring.
On October 26, Joel Quenneville won his 400th game as a head coach, to move him into 7th place on the all-time list. Joe Sakic also picked up his 1,600th career point by providing the primary assist to Ryan Smyth's OT winner against the Flames, and Andrew Brunette picked up his 500th career point with a secondary assist to Joe Sakic's goal that put the Avs up 1–0 in the first period.
With a 4–2 win over the Edmonton Oilers at the Pepsi Center on November 28, the Avalanche won their 500th regular season game since their move from Quebec in 1995.
With a 9–5 win over St. Louis on December 9, the Avalanche reached 1,000 wins in their franchise history.
In a game against the Edmonton Oilers on March 22, Joe Sakic assisted on a Tyler Arnason goal for his 1,000th career assist, becoming just the 11th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 assists.

Transactions

The Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the season:

Trades

November 8, 2007	To Colorado Avalanche ----Jason Bacashihua	To St. Louis Blues ----7th round pick in 2008 Entry Draft
January 22, 2008	To Colorado Avalanche ---- Darcy Campbell Philippe Dupuis	To Columbus Blue Jackets ---- Mark Rycroft
February 26, 2008	To Colorado Avalanche ---- Ruslan Salei	To Florida Panthers ---- Karlis Skrastins 3rd round pick in 2008
February 26, 2008	To Colorado Avalanche ---- Adam Foote	To Columbus Blue Jackets ---- conditional 1st round pick in 2008 or 2009

Free agents

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Scott Hannan	San Jose Sharks	4 years, $18 million
Ryan Smyth	New York Islanders	5 years, $31.25 million
Matt Hussey	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $475,000
Wyatt Smith	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $500,000
Peter Forsberg	Nashville Predators	1 year, $1.1 million

Player	New team
Brett McLean	Florida Panthers
Ken Klee	Atlanta Thrashers
Patrice Brisebois	Montreal Canadiens

Draft picks

Colorado had nine picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[2] The Avalanche picked 14th overall.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	14	Kevin Shattenkirk	Defenseman	United States	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
2	45	Colby Cohen	Defenseman	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
2	49	Trevor Cann	Goalie	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	55	TJ Galiardi	Wing	Canada	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
4	105	Brad Malone	Center/Left Wing	Canada	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
4	113	Kent Patterson	Goalie	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
5	135	Paul Carey	Center	United States	Boston College Eagles (Hockey East)
6	155	Jens Hellgren	Defenseman	Sweden	Frölunda Jr. (SEL)
7	195	Johan Alcen	Wing	Sweden	Brynäs IF (SEL)

Farm teams

Lake Erie Monsters

The Avalanche had a new American Hockey League affiliate in the Lake Erie Monsters, based in Cleveland, Ohio. The team is a revival of the Utah Grizzlies franchise that had been dormant since 2005.

Johnstown Chiefs

The Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL were the Avalanche's second-tier affiliate.

Roster

Colorado Avalanche

Goaltenders

1 – Michael Wall
31 – Peter Budaj
35 – Tyler Weiman
60 – Jose Theodore

Injured reserve

Currently vacant

Defensemen

4 – John-Michael Liles
5 – Brett Clark
6 – Jeff Finger
7 – Johnny Boychuk
22 – Scott Hannan
24 – Ruslan Salei
29 – Jeff Jillson
34 – Kurt Sauer
44 – Jordan Leopold
48 – Kyle Cumiskey
52 – Adam Foote

Wingers

8 – Wojtek Wolski
10 – Wyatt Smith
15 – Andrew Brunette - A
23 – Milan Hejduk
27 – Scott Parker
28 – Ben Guite
37 – T. J. Hensick
40 – Marek Svatos
54 – David Jones
55 – Cody McLeod
94 – Ryan Smyth

Centers

11 – Cody McCormick
12 – Brad Richardson
14 – Ian Laperriere - A
19 – Joe Sakic - C
21 – Peter Forsberg
26 – Paul Stastny
39 – Tyler Arnason
GM: Francois Giguere
Coach: Tony Granato

References

Player stats: Colorado Avalanche player stats on espn.com
Game log: Colorado Avalanche game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2008.html
↑ 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com Archived May 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

Colorado Avalanche

Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1995 Based in Denver, Colorado

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	NHL expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner: Kroenke Sports Enterprises Stan Kroenke, chairman General manager: Joe Sakic Head coach: Jared Bednar Team captain: Gabriel Landeskog Current roster

Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Affiliates	AHL San Antonio Rampage ECHL Colorado Eagles

General managers	Lacroix Giguere Sherman Sakic

Head coaches	Crawford Hartley Granato Quenneville Sacco Roy Bednar

Media	Altitude KKFN

Stanley Cup Finals	1996 2001

Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park)

Colorado Avalanche seasons

Pre-1995	Quebec Nordiques

1990s	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2007–08 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	2007 NHL Entry Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Playoffs Transactions

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