One Fan's Perspectives on Avalanche Hockey…and my jerseys too.
The 2001-2002 Avalanche season was special for a few different reasons. First, it was a chance for the Avs and their fans to call themselves the defending Stanley Cup champions for the second time in the team’s history. Another reason…these jerseys.
This is a 2001-2002 Stephane Yelle game worn, set II, alternate jersey worn later in [...]
I know what some of you are thinking, “Seriously Jay? Another Scott Parker jersey? Do you really need two of them in your collection?” Hang with me here, I can explain. First, I am a stickler for small details. The jerseys I love and prefer are the jerseys that are either worn on the ice [...]
Paul Stastny’s rookie year in 2006-2007 provided jersey collectors with a rare opportunity. When he switched jersey numbers during the first half of the season he gave “jersey heads” like me twice as many options when it came to making rookie jerseys.
Early in the season his jersey looked like this:
About 25 games into the ‘06-’07 [...]
If any Avalanche fans blinked late in the 2002-2003 season or very early in the 2003-2004 season they might have missed Bates Battaglia’s stay here in the Mile High City. 24 games total isn’t a long time to spend with a franchise, but that was the length of Battaglia’s tenure for the Avalanche. Battaglia arrived [...]
Playoff overtime goals are kind of a big deal. Ask any Avalanche fan about Joe Sakic’s heroics throughout the years. His eight overtime game winning goals in the playoffs are a record for a career and that’s two more than the next player in NHL history. That’s why Sakic’s name and the word clutch end [...]
I’m featuring another collared jersey in this post, but like I said in part one of this two-part series, this one has a little more of a story to it. Let’s get to the pictures first.
The first thing that many Avalanche fans will notice is Milan Hejduk’s number that he wore in the 2000 NHL [...]
(***Quick side note for the readers that don’t follow hip-hop at all, the title of this post comes from this song by Three 6 Mafia. Not the best song ever, but fun to listen to anyways. You’ll understand the connection as you read and see the pictures. Trust me!)
A collar on a hockey jersey? Never [...]
First off, I have to come clean, I was never that big of a Wojtek Wolski fan when he played here in Denver, but I did have his back when he needed me. With that said, let’s get to the jersey.
A few years ago a seller on eBay listed a handful of jerseys that were [...]
Sometimes, on eBay, buyers can find rare treasures for reasonable prices. Sometimes those treasures need some TLC. The jersey featured below is one of those treasures.
Ever since the 2001 NHL All-Star game here in Denver I had been looking for a blue North American authentic version of the jerseys that I could make into a [...]
Just over one year ago, as I type this, Steve Konowlachuk was hired as an assistant coach of the Colorado Avalanche. Many people, by then, had forgotten how quietly his playing career ended with the Avalanche in late September of 2006. Konowalchuk was forced to retire due to a heart condition just before the 2006-2007 [...]
There came a time, a few years ago, where I felt that I had saved enough money to start thinking about “upping the ante” when it came to my jersey collection. I had a lot of cool Avs jerseys, but something was missing. It was time to go after some game worn jerseys.
I ended up [...]
Six foot, five inches, 240 pounds. That’s what’s known in the NHL as a heavyweight. They don’t come around very often and they definitely serve a purpose. In his 51 fights in an Avalanche jersey, Scott Parker protected some of the best players in the game. He was a first round draft pick of the [...]
