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Colorado Avalanche Decade in Review: 20 Memorable Moments

By Nadia Archuleta

DENVER, COLORADO - OCTOBER 30: Joonas Donskoi #72 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates a goal against the Florida Panthers with his bench at the Pepsi Center on October 30, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Panthers defeated the Avalanche 4-3 in overtime. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO - OCTOBER 30: Joonas Donskoi #72 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates a goal against the Florida Panthers with his bench at the Pepsi Center on October 30, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Panthers defeated the Avalanche 4-3 in overtime. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – APRIL 05: Goaltender Semyon Varlamov #1 of the Colorado Avalanche skates against the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Pepsi Center on April 5, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. Columbus beat Colorado 5-2. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images) /

2012-13 Basics

GM: Greg Sherman
Coach: Joe Sacco
Captain: Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate Captains: Milan Hejduk, Paul Stastny
Record:16–25–7

The 2012-13 season was truncated because of the lockout. The teams only played 48 games. The NHL draft was completely unremarkable for the Avalanche as they didn’t have a first rounder and didn’t pick anyone of note.

On September 4, 2012, the Colorado Avalanche named Gabriel Landeskog as the team’s captain, at the behest of Hejduk. He felt he couldn’t be the on-ice leader he needed to be anymore, so late in his career, and he recognized Landeskog as the up-and-coming leader. Gabriel was the youngest ever player to be named captain at the time.

The Avs finished dead last in the Western Conference and second-to-last in the entire NHL. (Oh, if only that had been the words the Avalanche ever did.) They missed the playoffs for the third time in a row.

Team leaders

Goals: P. A. Parenteau (18)
Assists: Matt Duchene (26)
Points: Matt Duchene, P. A. Parenteau (43)
Penalty minutes: Cody McLeod (83)
Plus/minus: Chuck Kobasew (+6)
Wins: Semyon Varlamov (11)

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