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2008–09 Colorado Avalanche
Division	5th Northwest
Conference	10th Western
2008–09 record	20-19-1
Home record	11-8-0
Road record	9-11-1
Goals for	106
Goals against	116
Team information
General Manager	Francois Giguere
Coach	Tony Granato
Captain	Joe Sakic
Alternate captains	Adam Foote Ian Laperriere
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	15,841
Team leaders
Goals	Milan Hedjuk (8)
Assists	Paul Statsny (12)
Points	Paul Statsny (15)
Penalties in minutes	Ian Laperriere (55)
Plus/Minus	) T.J. Hensick (3)Ben Guite (3)
Wins	Peter Budaj (6)
Goals against average	Peter Budaj (2.73)

The 2008–09 Colorado Avalanche season will see the Avalanche attempt to win the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history.

Contents:	Regular season — Playoffs — Player stats — Awards and records — Transactions Roster — Draft picks — Farm teams — See also — References

Pre-season

Regular season

Divisional standings

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	40	24	12	4	125	119	52
Vancouver Canucks	41	21	15	5	117	108	47
Minnesota Wild	39	20	16	3	97	87	43
Edmonton Oilers	38	19	16	3	108	114	41
Colorado Avalanche	40	20	19	1	106	116	41

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
San Jose Sharks *	37	28	4	5	128	87	61
Detroit Red Wings *	37	25	7	5	138	109	55
Calgary Flames *	37	22	11	4	115	110	48
Chicago Blackhawks	35	20	8	7	127	94	47
Vancouver Canucks	39	21	15	3	112	101	45
Anaheim Ducks	38	19	15	4	107	107	42
Phoenix Coyotes	38	18	15	5	97	106	41
Colorado Avalanche	37	19	17	1	103	107	39

Minnesota Wild	36	18	16	2	92	84	38
Columbus Blue Jackets	37	17	16	4	96	103	38
Edmonton Oilers	36	17	16	3	101	111	37
Dallas Stars	36	16	15	5	107	123	37
Nashville Predators	37	17	17	3	91	109	37
Los Angeles Kings	37	15	16	6	95	102	36
St. Louis Blues	37	14	20	3	106	128	31

* – division leader

Game log

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 Game log

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT/SO	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 9	Boston Bruins	5 - 4		Budaj	18,007	0-1-0	0
2	October 12	@ Edmonton Oilers	3 - 2		Budaj	16,839	0-2-0	0
3	October 14	@ Calgary Flames	5 - 4		Budaj	19,289	0-3-0	0
4	October 16	Philadelphia Flyers	5 - 2		Raycroft	18,007	1-3-0	2
5	October 18	@ Dallas Stars	5 - 4		Raycroft	17,151	2-3-0	4
6	October 20	@ Los Angeles Kings	4 - 3		Budaj	13,891	3-3-0	6
7	October 23	Edmonton Oilers	4 - 1		Budaj	14,898	4-3-0	8
8	October 25	Buffalo Sabres	2 - 1	SO (3-2)	Budaj	18,007	5-3-0	10
9	October 28	@ Calgary Flames	3 - 0		Budaj	19,289	5-4-0	10
10	October 30	Columbus Blue Jackets	4 - 2		Raycroft	14,945	5-5-0	10

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT/SO	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 2	San Jose Sharks	5 - 3		Budaj	15,452	5-6-0	10
12	November 3	@ Chicago Blackhawks	6 - 2		Budaj	21,142	5-7-0	10
13	November 6	Minnesota Wild	3 - 1		Budaj	14,562	5-8-0	10
14	November 8	Nashville Predators	1 - 0		Budaj	18,007	6-8-0	12
15	November 12	@ Vancouver Canucks	2 - 1	SO (2-1)	Budaj	18,630	7-8-0	14
16	November 15	@ Edmonton Oilers	3 - 2	SO (2-1)	Budaj	16,839	8-8-0	16
17	November 18	@ Calgary Flames	4 - 1		Budaj	19,289	8-9-0	16
18	November 20	Calgary Flames	1 - 0		Budaj	14,536	8-10-0	16
19	November 22	@ Los Angeles Kings	4 - 3	SO (2-0)	Budaj	18,118	9-10-0	18
20	November 24	Anaheim Ducks	4 - 1		Budaj	16,632	9-11-0	18
21	November 26	St. Louis Blues	3 - 1		Budaj	14,568	10-11-0	20
22	November 28	Phoenix Coyotes	2 - 1		Budaj	14,031	10-12-0	20
23	November 29	Tampa Bay Lightning	4 - 3		Raycroft	18,007	11-12-0	22

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT/SO	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
24	December 1	@ Minnesota Wild	6 - 5		Budaj	18,568	12-12-0	24
25	December 4	@ Nashville Predators	3 - 2		Budaj	12,717	12-13-0	24
26	December 5	@ Dallas Stars	2 - 1	SO (2-1)	Budaj	16,651	12-13-1	25
27	December 7	Vancouver Canucks	5 - 4	SO (3-1)	Budaj	13,411	13-13-1	27
28	December 9	Los Angeles Kings	6 - 1		Budaj	14,122	14-13-1	29
29	December 12	Chicago Blackhawks	4 - 3		Budaj	17,569	14-14-1	29
30	December 15	@ Detroit Red Wings	3 - 2		Raycroft	19,154	15-14-1	31
31	December 16	@ Philadelphia Flyers	5 - 2		Budaj	19,219	15-15-1	31
32	December 18	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	2 - 1	SO (1-0)	Raycroft	16,333	16-15-1	33
33	December 21	@ Florida Panthers	3 - 0		Budaj	16,132	16-16-1	33
34	December 23	Phoenix Coyotes	5 - 4	OT	Raycroft	14,625	17-16-1	35
35	December 27	Detroit Red Wings	4 - 3	SO (1-0)	Budaj	18,007	18-16-1	37
36	December 29	Nashville Predators	5 - 1		Budaj	15,643	19-16-1	39
37	December 31	@ Phoenix Coyotes	3 - 1		Budaj	15,008	19-17-1	39

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT/SO	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
38	January 2	Columbus Blue Jackets	6 - 1		Budaj	14,482	19-18-1	39
39	January 4	Minnesota Wild	2 - 0		Budaj	14,125	19-19-1	39
40	January 6	@ Nashville Predators	2 - 1		Raycroft	13,598	20-19-1	41
41	January 8	Chicago Blackhawks
42	January 10	Pittsburgh Penguins
43	January 13	@ Columbus Blue Jackets
44	January 15	@ St. Louis Blues
45	January 16	Edmonton Oilers
46	January 18	Calgary Flames
47	January 21	Los Angeles Kings
48	January 27	San Jose Sharks
49	January 29	Toronto Maple Leafs
50	January 31	Anaheim Ducks

February

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT/SO	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
51	February 2	Calgary Flames
52	February 5	Dallas Stars
53	February 7	@ St. Louis Blues
54	February 10	@ Columbus Blue Jackets
55	February 11	@ Minnesota Wild
56	February 13	Montreal Canadiens
57	February 15	@ Detroit Red Wings
58	February 17	Ottawa Senators
59	February 20	@ Washington Capitals
60	February 22	@ Carolina Hurricanes
61	February 24	@ Atlanta Thrashers
62	February 26	@ New Jersey Devils
63	February 28	@ New York Rangers

March

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT/SO	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
64	March 2	@ New York Islanders
65	March 4	Detroit Red Wings
66	March 8	@ Chicago Blackhawks
67	March 10	Atlanta Thrashers
68	March 12	Minnesota Wild
69	March 14	@ Edmonton Oilers
70	March 15	@ Vancouver Canucks
71	March 17	@ Minnesota Wild
72	March 19	Edmonton Oilers
73	March 22	@ San Jose Sharks
74	March 25	Anaheim Ducks
75	March 27	Vancouver Canucks
76	March 29	@ Anaheim Ducks

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT/SO	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
77	April 1	Phoenix Coyotes
78	April 5	@ Vancouver Canucks
79	April 7	@ San Jose Sharks
80	April 9	Dallas Stars
81	April 11	Vancouver Canucks
82	April 12	St. Louis Blues

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Paul Stastny	26	34	10	21	31	-4	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Milan Hejduk	23	38	13	14	27	-8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Smyth	94	38	12	14	26	-7	38	-	-	-	-	-	-
John-Michael Liles	4	36	5	14	19	-2	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wojtek Wolski	8	37	7	12	19	-7	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marek Svatos	40	31	6	9	15	+2	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan Leopold	44	38	5	9	14	-5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Laperriere	14	38	4	9	13	+5	82	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Sakic	19	15	2	10	12	-6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Arnason	39	37	2	8	10	-6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Jones	54	34	6	4	10	-9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.J. Hensick	37	25	2	8	10	+6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darcy Tucker	16	27	5	4	9	-4	27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruslan Salei	24	36	1	8	9	-1	26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody McCormick	11	25	1	6	7	+2	43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brett Clark	5	38	2	5	7	+4	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody McLeod	55	38	7	0	7	0	82	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Stewart	42	13	3	2	5	+2	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adam Foote	52	29	0	4	4	-7	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Guite	28	16	2	2	4	+2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Tjarnqvist	29	11	2	1	3	+3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Hannan	22	37	0	2	2	-8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Willsie	18	7	0	1	1	+2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jesse Boulerice	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Philippe Dupuis	59	3	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Cumiskey	48	3	0	0	0	-2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Goaltenders

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Peter Budaj	31	32	1878	13	17	1	89	1	.899	2.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Raycroft	1	8	427	6	1	0	21	0	.886	2.95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Milan Hejduk	600th NHL Point	October 9, 2008
Adam Foote	1,000th NHL Game	October 12, 2008
Paul Stastny	100th NHL Assist	October 14, 2008
Andrew Raycroft	200th NHL Appearance	October 16, 2008
Marek Svatos	200th NHL Game	October 25, 2008
Scott Hannan	600th NHL Game	October 30, 2008
Darcy Tucker	200th NHL Goal	November 8, 2008

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Andrew Raycroft¹	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $800,000
Darcy Tucker¹	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 year, $4.5 million

Player	New team
Jeff Finger	Toronto Maple Leafs
Jose Theodore	Washington Capitals
Kurt Sauer	Phoenix Coyotes
Andrew Brunette	Minnesota Wild

Claimed from waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Colorado's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
2	50	Cameron Gaunce	Defenseman	Canada	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
2	61	Peter Delmas	Goalie	Canada	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
4	110	Kelsey Tessier	Center	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	140	Mark Olver	Center	Canada	Northern Michigan U. (CCHA)
6	167	Joel Chouinard	Defenseman	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
6	170	Jonas Holos	Defenseman	Norway	Sparta Warriors (GET-ligaen)
7	200	Nathan Condon	Center	United States	Wausau (HIGH-WI)

Roster

Updated December 17, 2008.[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
39	United States	Arnason, TylerTyler Arnason	4.0 C	L	29	2006	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
31	Slovakia	Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj	1.0 G	L	26	2001	Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
5	Canada	Clark, BrettBrett Clark	2.0 D	L	32	2002	Wapella, Saskatchewan
59	Canada	Dupuis, PhilippePhilippe Dupuis	4.0 C	R	23	2008	Laval, Quebec
52	Canada	Foote, AdamAdam Foote (A)	2.0 D	R	37	2008	Whitby, Ontario
28	Canada	Guite, BenBen Guite	7.0 RW	R	30	2006	Montreal, Quebec
22	Canada	Hannan, ScottScott Hannan (A)	2.0 D	L	29	2007	Richmond, British Columbia
23	Czech Republic	Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk (A)	7.0 RW	R	32	1994	Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
37	United States	Hensick, T.J.T.J. Hensick	4.0 C	R	23	1994	Lansing, Michigan
54	Canada	Jones, DavidDavid Jones	7.0 RW	R	24	2003	Guelph, Ontario
14	Canada	Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere (A)	7.0 RW	R	34	2004	Montreal, Quebec
44	United States	Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold	2.0 D	L	28	2006	Golden Valley, Minnesota
4	United States	Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles	2.0 D	L	28	2000	Zionsville, Indiana
11	Canada	McCormick, CodyCody McCormick	4.0 C	R	25	2001	London, Ontario
55	Canada	McLeod, CodyCody McLeod	6.0 LW	L	24	2007	Binscarth, Manitoba
1	Canada	Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	1.0 G	L	28	2008	Belleville, Ontario
19	Canada	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic (C)	4.0 C	L	39	1987	Burnaby, British Columbia
24	Belarus	Salei, RuslanRuslan Salei	2.0 D	L	34	2008	Minsk, U.S.S.R.
94	Canada	Smyth, RyanRyan Smyth (A)	6.0 LW	L	32	2007	Banff, Alberta
26	United States	Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny	4.0 C	L	23	2005	Quebec City, Quebec
40	Slovakia	Svatos, MarekMarek Svatos	7.0 RW	R	26	2001	Košice, Czechoslovakia
29	Sweden	Tjarnqvist, DanielDaniel Tjarnqvist	2.0 D	L	32	2008	Umeå, Sweden
16	Canada	Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	7.0 RW	L	33	2008	Castor, Alberta
18	Canada	Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie	7.0 RW	R	30	2008	London, Ontario
8	Canada	Wolski, WojtekWojtek Wolski	6.0 LW	L	22	2004	Zabrze, Poland

Farm teams

References

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2008–09 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks

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