from Mike Chambers of the Denver Post,

Ray Bourque on Monday stood in the same locker room he couldn't get to quickly enough in 2001 on the night he took the Stanley Cup home after helping the Avalanche win it at the Pepsi Center.

"I was a little delayed. I didn't get to the room right after because they took me to the media room," Bourque recalled of the events after the Stanley Cup Final Game 7 victory over the New Jersey Devils. "So I missed probably 20 minutes of the celebration right after the game in here. That I'd like to have back, but the celebration continued to about 3 a.m., and actually for me, it probably went to about 5 in the morning because Pierre (Lacroix) told me to go home with the Cup. I brought it home and had a whole bunch of family with me. We had a big van with a cooler in the van, and people came out of their houses at 3 in the morning to celebrate with me until 5 a.m. right on my street where I lived in Littleton. That was a special night."

Bourque, 54, is among 15 Avalanche alumni or current players on the 20th anniversary team who were honored before Monday night's game against the visiting Minnesota Wild.

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Watch the ceremony below...