Home      Contact Us      What's New

About Ian

News

Media Center

Miscellaneous

In The Community

Shirts

Links

Updated

6/22/08

Ian Laperriere News and Photos

THE LATEST

(from the Official Website of the Colorado Avalanche)
Throughout the offseason, ColoradoAvalanche.com will highlight the Avalanche's players and look back at their accomplishments during the 2007-08 campaign through a series of 

"Season in Review" features.

More on Lappy's season here

A Bout To Be Father Of The Year
(from the Denver Post, 6/15/08)
Fighters are always the nicest guys. It is a common saying in hockey, and Ian Laperriere has done nothing but keep it true in his NHL career.

Need a player to give some time for a good cause? Call Lappy. Need a player to say a few words to a group of kids at a school? Call Lappy.

 And when the American Diabetes Association and the Denver Father's Day Council went looking for father of the year candidates, they called Lappy. This month, Laperriere was named one of the city's four fathers of the year by the ADA...

Read the rest here

2008 Father of the Year Awards

Lappy One of Four Fathers Recognized by American Diabetes Association

(From the Official Website of the Colorado Avalanche)

The American Diabetes Association and the Denver Father’s Day Council hosted the 2008 Father of the Year Awards on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver. This year’s honorees included Ken Ellgen, XCel Energy, Executive Director (Retired), Mark Hellerstein, Chairman of the Board/Director, St. Mary Land & Exploration Company, Ian Laperriere, Alternate Captain, Colorado Avalanche, and Mike Shaw, Founder and Owner Mike Shaw Automotive, four outstanding fathers in the Colorado community.

Video Tribute from the Father of the Year Awards (Courtesy of the Denver Post/brightcove.tv)

More In Community

From The Denver Post

Avs Injuries Were Worse Than Team Let On
How bad was the Avalanche's injury situation by the end of the season Thursday night? 

So bad that two players who were on the ice in the season finale at the Pepsi Center against the Detroit Red Wings were playing on broken feet. Avs vice president Jean Martineau today disclosed that defenseman Scott Hannan and forward Ian Laperriere played with broken bones in their feet. 
Adrian Dater - May 2, 2008

Western Conference Semifinals - Game 4

Avalanche 2 - Red Wings 8

DENVER - MAY 01: Johan Franzen of the Detroit Red Wings is congratulated by Ian Laperriere of the Colorado Avalanche at center ice after the Red Wings won Game Four and clinched the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 1, 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Red Wings defeated the Avalanche 8-2 and swept the series 4-0. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Avs surrounded Peter Budaj after the game Thursday night. The Colorado Avalanche fell to the Detroit Red Wings 8-2 at the Pepsi Center, Thursday night, May 1, 2008 in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. (Karl Gehring/The Denver Post)

From right, Colorado Avalanche center Joe Sakic, joins teammates Ruslan Salei, Ian Laperriere, T.J. Hensick, and Milan Hejduk, after time ran out in the third period of Game 4 of an NHL Western Conference semifinal hockey playoff series in Denver, Thursday, May 1, 2008. Detroit beat Colorado 8-2 to sweep the series.  (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

DENVER - MAY 1: Members of the Colorado Avalanche salute the fans after the game against the Detroit Red Wings during game four of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Pepsi Center May 1, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. The Red Wings defeated the Avalanche 8-2. (Photo by Michael Martin/Getty Images)

More News and Photos:

2007-2008

 2006-2007

2005-2006