
The ’95-’96 Avalanche had a fairly balanced offense in this series, but Valeri Kamensky stood out. (Photo via Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)
This series featured three games that went into overtime and the first occurred in Game 1. Joe Sakic gave the 7th-seeded ’03-’04 Avalanche a 3-1 lead late in the second period, but by the 8:36 mark of the third, the 2nd-seeded ’95-’96 Avalanche had the game tied. Defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh then won it almost four minutes into overtime for the ’95-’96 Avalanche. Then, Ozolinsh and Valeri Kamensky posted multi-point games in Game 2 as the ’95-’96 Avalanche won 4-3 to take a 2-0 series lead. Milan Hejduk scored twice and just four seconds apart in the first minute of Game 3 to help lead the ’03-’04 Avalanche to a 3-1 lead at the start of the second period. However, the ’95-’96 Avalanche would score four unanswered goals to win 5-3 behind three-point games from Kamensky (1G, 2A), Sakic (3A) and Claude Lemieux (2G, 1A).
Game’s 4 and 5 both went to overtime and both ended 3-2 in favor of the ’03-’04 Avalanche. Steve Konowalchuk scored the OT winner in Game 4 on the PP and then defenseman Derek Morris won Game 5 for the ’03-’04 Avs. It is worth noting the ’03-’04 Avalanche held leads in the third periods of both of those two games. Then, a PP goal from Hejduk six and a half minutes into the second period of Game 6 gave the ’03-’04 Avalanche a 2-1 lead. The ’95-’96 Avalanche would tied it five and a half minutes later, Ozolinsh, and then would take a 3-2 lead seven minutes after that, Kamensky. Defenseman Sylvain Lefebvre scored an empty-netter in the final minute of the third to help seal the win and the series for the ’95-’96 Avalanche.
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’03-’04 Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
’95-’96 Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’95-’96 COL – 4 ’03-’04 COL – 3 (OT) (1-0 ’95-’96 COL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Martin Rucinsky (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 3 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: RW – Claude Lemieux (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 7 S
3rd Star: C – Joe Sakic (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 7 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’03-’04 Avalanche | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
’95-’96 Avalanche | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’95-’96 COL – 4 ’03-’04 COL – 3 (2-0 ’95-’96 COL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Valeri Kamensky (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 4 S
2nd Star: LW – Paul Kariya (’03-’04 COL) – 1 G 1 A 3 P +3 1 S
3rd Star: C – Peter Forsberg (’03-’04 COL) – 0 G 3 A 3 P +3 0 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’95-’96 Avalanche | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 |
’03-’04 Avalanche | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’95-’96 COL – 5 ’03-’04 COL – 3 (3-0 ’95-’96 COL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: RW – Claude Lemieux (’95-’96 COL) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +1 7 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: RW – Milan Hejduk (’03-’04 COL) – 2 G 1 A 3 P Even 10 S
3rd Star: LW – Valeri Kamensky (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +1 7 S 2 PIM
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’95-’96 Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
’03-’04 Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’03-’04 COL – 3 ’95-’96 COL – 2 (OT) (3-1 ’95-’96 COL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – David Aebischer (’03-’04 COL) – W 2.00 GAA .960 SV% (48 SV’s)
2nd Star: LW – Valeri Kamensky (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 4 S 2 PIM
3rd Star: RW – Claude Lemieux (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 6 S 4 PIM
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’03-’04 Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
’95-’96 Avalanche | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’03-’04 COL – 3 ’95-’96 COL – 2 (OT) (3-2 ’95-’96 COL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – David Arbischer (’03-’04 COL) – W 2.00 GAA .960 SV% (48 SV’s)
2nd Star: C – Joe Sakic (’03-’04 COL) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +2 4 S
3rd Star: G – Patrick Roy (’95-’96 COL) – OTL 3.00 GAA .932 SV% (41 SV’s)
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’95-’96 Avalanche | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
’03-’04 Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’95-’96 COL – 4 ’03-’04 COL – 2 (4-2 ’95-’96 COL)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Sandis Ozolinsh (’95-’96 COL) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 2 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: C – Peter Forsberg (’95-’96 COL) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +3 7 S 2 PIM
3rd Star: G – David Aebischer (’03-’04 COL) – L 3.00 GAA .927 SV% (38 SV’s)
Up next in the 3-6 matchup are the ’96-’97 Avs and the ’98-’99 Avs!