| Colorado Rockies | |
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| Founded | 1974 |
| History | Kansas City Scouts 1974–1976 Colorado Rockies 1976–1982 New Jersey Devils 1982–present |
| Home arena | McNichols Sports Arena |
| City | Denver, Colorado |
| Team colors | Blue, red, gold, white[1] |
| Stanley Cups | 0 |
| Conference championships | 0 |
| Division championships | 0 |
The Colorado Rockies were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) that played in Denver from 1976 to 1982. They were founded as the Kansas City Scouts, an expansion team that began play in the NHL in the 1974–75 season. The Scouts moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Denver for the 1976–77 season.[2] After six seasons in Denver, the franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the 1982–83 season and was renamed the New Jersey Devils. Denver went without an NHL team until the Quebec Nordiques relocated to become the Colorado Avalanche following the 1994–95 season. The Rockies name itself would be applied to Denver's Major League Baseball expansion team that began play in 1993.
- ^ Creamer, Chris (June 13, 2017). "Greatest NHL logos of all time". NHL.com. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
No, not those Colorado Rockies of MLB -- these are the originals. In 1976, the Kansas City Scouts moved to Denver after two seasons in Missouri, taking on a new name and logo. The Scouts' colors -- red, blue and yellow - were also on the Colorado state flag and thus retained. The Rockies' logo resembled the state flag but in the shape of a mountain. It was the only logo the Rockies used before becoming the New Jersey Devils in 1982. In 2015–16, the Colorado Avalanche adopted the Rockies' logo -- modernized and with maroon, silver and blue -- for their alternate jersey.
- ^ "Denver finally secures Scouts". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. July 27, 1976. p. 11.