Denver erupted when the Avs won a first Stanley Cup. Will it happen again?
is four victories away from nabbing its third Stanley Cup since the team arrived in Denver from Quebec City in the mid-1990s and was transformed from the Nordiques into the Avs. It's been over six years since one of Denver's big four sports teams has won a championship, so anticipation is high. But even so, a 2022 Stanley Cup celebration is unlikely to match the outburst of joy that came when the Avs brought the Mile High City its first major championship.
reported at the time."Hundreds of police in riot helmets broke up thousands of out-of-control fans who threw rocks and bottles through bar and store windows along the 16th Street pedestrian mall and near Larimer Street." had to move its newspaper racks after drunk Avs fans decided to use the paper as fuel for bonfires., British television news network ITV depicted the madness of that night."Unable to hold back the surging mob, police tried to seal off the downtown area.
"I was immediately and completely disabled. I couldn’t breathe and I couldn’t see," Brennan says."I still remember that as the most physically uncomfortable I've ever been in my adult life."
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