🏒On June 9, 2001 in the Stanley Cup Finals at the Pepsi Center, the Colorado Avalanche beat the defending champion New Jersey Devils, 3-1 for 4-3 series win; giving the Avalanche their second title. Colorado’s Patrick Roy was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals since 1994 that would be decided in the maximum 7 games. This was also the first and most recent Finals since 1989 that the number 1 seeds in each conference met in the Finals. This marked the only time