2016 Avalanche Alumni Game Rosters
by ColoradoAvalanche.com - Official Site of the Colorado Avalanche / Colorado AvalancheOn Oct. 6, 1995, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in its inaugural game and a rivalry was born. Over the course of seven years from 1996 to 2002, these two teams met five times for 30 games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This heated rivalry featured some of the League's all-time greats, including Colorado's Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy and Peter Forsberg and Detroit's Niklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom and Kris Draper.
Twenty years later, this rivalry being renewed and taken outside on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Coors Field.
Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red Wings
2016 Alumni Game
February 26 at 5:00 p.m.
Coors Field
| 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series | ||||
| Colorado Avalanche Roster | Detroit Red Wings Roster | |||
| Craig Billington | Doug Brown | |||
| Rob Blake | Chris Chelios | |||
| Ray Bourque | Dino Ciccarelli | |||
| Adam Deadmarsh (Coach) | Ty Conklin | |||
| Adam Foote | Mathieu Dandenault | |||
| Peter Forsberg | Kris Draper | |||
| Milan Hejduk | Steve Duchesne | |||
| Dan Hinote | Jiri Fischer | |||
| Valeri Kamensky | Tomas Holmstrom | |||
| Mike Keane | Mike Knuble | |||
| Jon Klemm | Joe Kocur | |||
| Claude Lemieux | Martin Lapointe | |||
| Curtis Leschyshyn | Igor Larionov | |||
| Eric Messier | Manny Legace | |||
| Sandis Ozolinsh | Niklas Lidstrom | |||
| Shjon Podein | Kirk Maltby | |||
| Mike Ricci | Darren McCarty | |||
| Patrick Roy | Larry Murphy | |||
| Joe Sakic | Steve Yzerman | |||
| Chris Simon | ||||
| Stephane Yelle | ||||
*Rosters Subject to Change
*More players will be announced in the upcoming weeks