2001 Stanley Cup Finals - The Series

The Series

This was the second straight Final that featured two relocated NHL teams and the first ever Final that featured two teams playing in a city that was the previous home of one team and the present home of another. The Colorado Rockies were formerly based in Denver and were relocated to East Rutherford and renamed the New Jersey Devils prior to the 1982–83 season. The Quebec Nordiques were relocated to Denver and renamed the Colorado Avalanche prior to the 1995–96 season.


Sat, May 26 Colorado Avalanche 5–0 New Jersey Devils Pepsi Center Recap
Tue, May 29 Colorado Avalanche 1–2 New Jersey Devils Pepsi Center Recap
Thu, May 31 New Jersey Devils 1–3 Colorado Avalanche Continental Airlines Arena Recap
Sat, June 2 New Jersey Devils 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Continental Airlines Arena Recap
Mon, June 4 Colorado Avalanche 1–4 New Jersey Devils Pepsi Center Recap
Thu, June 7 New Jersey Devils 0–4 Colorado Avalanche Continental Airlines Arena Recap
Sat, June 9 Colorado Avalanche 3–1 New Jersey Devils Pepsi Center Recap
Colorado wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup
Patrick Roy (Colorado) wins Conn Smythe Trophy


The Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup made this the second straight year that the defending champions lost in the Finals, as the Devils themselves defeated the 1999 Cup champion Dallas Stars the year before. This was the first and only Stanley Cup championship for defenceman Ray Bourque who, after being traded from the Boston Bruins to Colorado in 2000, retired from the NHL after the Avalanche's 2001 Cup win.

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