
Follow my YouTube video updates on Twitter. twitter.com DENVER -- Few NHL players have been blessed with the combination of power, strength, physical prowess and finesse that enabled Peter Forsberg to dominate games during a star-studded 14-season career, a dozen of them with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. "He obviously had a very high level of skill, but I think it's the physical part of the game that he brought to the ice that made him different than your typical skill players," former Avalanche teammate Claude Lemieux said Saturday. "Aside from being a spectacular player, that's what separated him from so many great players. He was great and he also was tough and physical and a pain to play against." A native of Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, Forsberg played a huge role in the Avalanche's Stanley Cup championship teams of 1996 and 2001, and he remains a beloved figure in Denver. On Saturday night, the Avalanche retired the former star center's No. 21 jersey at the sold-out Pepsi Center before its season opener against Detroit. The Red Wings were a fitting opponent considering Forsberg's involvement during the teams' once bitter and often bloody rivalry. Forsberg, now 38, was joined by his parents Kent and Gutrun, his brother Roger and fiancée Nicole as they watched his sweater hoisted to the rafters, joining those of Ray Bourque (No. 77), Patrick Roy (No. 33) and Joe Sakic (No. 19). Forsberg entered the arena to a thunderous ovation. He shook hands with fans <b>...</b>
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