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Tale of the Tape: Avalanche vs. Blackhawks

Wednesday, 03.06.2013 / 12:00 AM / Tale of the Tape

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Tale of the Tape: Avalanche vs. Blackhawks
Tale of the Tape: Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks

This week's edition of NBCSN's Wednesday Night Rivalry pits the Colorado Avalanche against the Chicago Blackhawks, a pair of Western Conference foes separated by 21 points in the standings.

They aren't division rivals, but these teams met in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in consecutive seasons in 1996 and 1997, the Avalanche's first in Colorado after moving from Quebec. The Avs won both series, winning the Stanley Cup in 1996 and reaching the conference finals in 1997.

While the Avs were dominating the NHL until the early part of the last decade, the Blackhawks were scuffling. The script has been flipped, as now the Blackhawks have become postseason regulars as the Avs haven't won a postseason series since 2008.

Perhaps with the Blackhawks looking like the class of the West and the Avs signing Ryan O'Reilly, they could meet again in a first-round matchup.

WSH   PHI
 8-9-4 (5th, Northwest) Current Record 20-0-3 (1st, Central)
1,181-1,070-261-75
All-Time Record 2,480-2,528-814-95
52-43-9-4 Head-to-Head Reg-Season Record 47-46-9-6
8-4
 Head-to-Head Playoff Record
 4-8
2
 Stanley Cups
 4
9 Hall of Famers
 49
Joe Sakic
 Most Famous Alumni
 Stan Mikita
None
 Most recent Vezina winner
 Ed Belfour ('93)
95
 Playoff wins from '96-08
9
2
 Playoff wins from '09-present
30

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