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• Recap: Avalanche take Game 3 and series lead in 6-2 win

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Winnipeg’s penalty kill imploded and Colorado took advantage. After the critical series-tying win in Winnipeg, the Colorado Avalanche headed home for Game 3. It was another slow burn in which the Avalanche had to come from behind but turned it up in the third period on the back of their power play to grab a very convincing 6-2 win. The Game A...2024
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• Recap: Avs can’t overcome an onslaught and drop game one

Photo by Darcy Finley/NHLI via Getty Images Both teams scored in bunches but the Jets still came out on top. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are upon us, and the series between the Colorado Avalanche and the Winnipeg Jets has started with a bang. It's too bad Colorado found themselves on the not-so-fun side of this wild game. First Period Six goals were scored in the first, with each team giving ...2024
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• LAB #59: Bowness and the Jets (PLAYOFF EDITION)

May 25, 2022; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar answers questions during an interview after the game against the St. Louis Blues in game five of the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports | © Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The Mile High Hockey Lab has you covered heading into the ...2024
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers (7:00 p.m. MT)

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s another Colorado Avalanche gameday! As the regular season winds down there’s still a reason to find intrigue in this meeting between the Edmonton Oilers and the visiting Colorado Avalanche. In what could potentially be a playoff meeting down the road, it’s always a chess match and the Avalanche still face this team twice before the post se...2024
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• Preview: Avalanche aim to sweep back-to-back in Edmonton

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Nathan MacKinnon also needs to stay ahead of Connor McDavid in the Art Ross race. As the regular season winds down there’s still a reason to find intrigue in this meeting between the Edmonton Oilers and the visiting Colorado Avalanche. In what could potentially be a playoff meeting down the road, it’s always a chess match and the Avalanche still face...2024
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• Morning Flurries: MacKinnon named second star of March

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images Your daily dose of Avalanche news, along with other interesting stories across the NHL. Another month, another honor for superstar Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon. This time it is the second star of the month for March. His 27 points in 13 games played was only second to Connor McDavid in what is shaping up as a race to the finish for both the ...2024
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• Recap: Avalanche take Game 3 and series lead in 6-2 win
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers (7:00 p.m. MT)
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• Weekly Grades: Jonathan Drouin Edition

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs snapped a win streak and Nathan MacKinnon’s home points streak this week, but were the any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado snapped a nine game winning streak with back-to-back losses at home. But were they any good? THE GAMES Sunday vs Pittsburgh: 5-4 W Tuesday vs Montreal: 2-1 L Thur...2024
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• Recap: Mikko Rantanen propels Avalanche in gritty win over Blues

Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images Avalanche finish four-game road trip perfect with 4-3 win over Blues. It was a clash of the heaters as the Colorado Avalanche looked to extend their six-game road trip against the St. Louis Blues who were fighting to push their four-game heater to five. Both teams had heavy implications in the game as they went toe-to-toe for the final time this s...2024
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• Recap: An Avalanche of goals in the second leads Colorado over Calgary

Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Avalanche would not be denied tonight against the Calgary Flames. This is the sort of recap I can get used to writing! After being down a goal in the first period, the Avalanche said enough was enough and responded with a goal explosion in the second period. That's all it took, as Justus Annunen won his third straight start and lo...2024
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• Weekly Grades: Deadline Addition Edition

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The Avs are on a three game win streak! But were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card – on a Saturday because I wanted to grade the new guys after yesterday’s trade deadline. You can read about the trades for Sean Walker, Casey Middlestadt, Brandon Duhaime, and Yakov Trenin, or hear your Mile High Hockey staff talk thro...2024
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• Preview: Avs and Blackhawks meet again in Denver

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Things could get chippy in this final meeting between Colorado and Chicago. Justus Annunen secured a shutout against the Blackhawks this past Thursday, and the Avalanche reasserted their dominance over a struggling Blackhawks team, trouncing them 5-0 with a backup netminder. Last week's ESPN broadcast made us aware of Connor Bedard a...2024
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington Capitals (7:30 p.m.)

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! Alexander Ovechkin brings his goal quest to Denver for a matchup with a rejuvenated Avalanche squad tonight at Ball Arena. This is the first of two games in the season series, with Colorado winning both in the 2022-23 campaign. Can Ovechkin get things going before the All-Star Break? Or will the return of Art...2024
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• Preview: Arturri Lehkonen and Bo Byram return against Capitals

This Avalanche lineup is starting to round out health wise, look out NHL. Alexander Ovechkin brings his goal quest to Denver for a matchup with a rejuvenated Avalanche squad tonight at Ball Arena. This is the first of two games in the season series, with Colorado winning both in the 2022-23 campaign. Can Ovechkin get things going before the All-Star Break? Or will the return of Arturri Lehkonen a...2024
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• Weekly Grades: Guest Edition!

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Colorado Avalanche won two tough games this week but were they any good? With the weekly grades specialist Erza on vacation I will do my best to depict the week that was as your guest evaluator. We saw the Colorado Avalanche go 2-1-0 in their last home stand before the start of a long road trip, which began with a disappointing ...2024
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• Five under the radar targets for the Colorado Avalanche to consider this offseason
Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images Should Sakic look to make a run at any of these five players? With the Stanley Cup Finals coming to a close, hockey fans will begin to shift their focus to the next phases of the NHL’s yearly cycle; the NHL Draft, and Free Agency. With both events getting ready to kick off next week, NHL general managers will get ready to help push their rosters in the d...2020
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"The expectation is both Val Nichushkin and Yakov Trenin will draw back in after minor injury absences."

2023
"Val Nichushkin and Evan Rodrigues will travel with the #Avs to Vancouver and Edmonton, but Jared Bednar is unsure whether they’ll play."

2022
"And it wasn’t long before the next score as Val Nichushkin took over the puck and drove the net just minutes later and then Nathan MacKinnon found the loose change at 10:58 to go up 2-0."

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"With Gabriel Landeskog suspended and Val Nichushkin now injured “week-to-week”, Colorado will be playing without half of their top-6 forwards."

2020
"They have one of the best players in the game, the presumed Calder Trophy favorite and a cast of new faces - Andre Burakovesky, Nazem Kadri, Joonas Donskoi, Val Nichushkin and P-E Bellemare - who have given the Avalanche the type of depth that most teams can only dream of."

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"From Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) He’s not one of the biggest reasons the Avalanche are winning games, but Val Nichushkin has been playing a big role in the success the team is having."

• LAB #59: Bowness and the Jets (PLAYOFF EDITION)
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• Morning Flurries: MacKinnon named second star of March
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• Preview: Colorado’s road trip starts in Columbus

Photo by Jari Pestelacci/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images The Avs hope to start another win streak against the struggling Blue Jackets. The Colorado Avalanche clinched a playoff birth last week, but that doesn't mean the work is over for them with eight games left on the schedule. They sit three points behind the Dallas Stars in the Central Division and the Western Conference with a game...2024
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• Weekly Grades: Jonathan Drouin Edition
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• Recap: An Avalanche of goals in the second leads Colorado over Calgary
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• Preview: Avalanche host Red Wings in rematch

Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images Will the result go Colorado’s way this time? With the second game of a mini-homestand the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Detroit Red Wings, the same team they fell to 2-1 in overtime just under two weeks ago. Now there are less than 20 games to go until the playoffs and with the upcoming trade deadline means this is the stretch run to the playof...2024
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks (7:00 p.m.)

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche game day! Justus Annunen secured a shutout against the Blackhawks this past Thursday, and the Avalanche reasserted their dominance over a struggling Blackhawks team, trouncing them 5-0 with a backup netminder. Last week’s ESPN broadcast made us aware of Connor Bedard at all times, and naturally, the game ende...2024
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• Preview: Avs and Blackhawks meet again in Denver
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• Weekly Grades: Guest Edition!
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers (7:00 p.m. MT)
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• Preview: Avalanche aim to sweep back-to-back in Edmonton
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• Morning Flurries: MacKinnon named second star of March
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (5:00 p.m.)

Photo by Jari Pestelacci/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! The Colorado Avalanche clinched a playoff birth last week, but that doesn’t mean the work is over for them with eight games left on the schedule. They sit three points behind the Dallas Stars in the Central Division and the Western Conference with a game in hand. Columbus is on the opposite end o...2024
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• Recap: Avalanche execute an easy 6-1 win against Columbus

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Shots were 50-24 in Colorado’s favor. In hopes of continuing the momentum from their road sweep, the Colorado Avalanche hosted the Columbus Blue Jackets to begin a five-game homestand. While it wasn’t easy for the first ten minutes of the game, the Avalanche hit cruise control the rest of the way to a pretty routine 6-1 win. The Game It was ...2024
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• Recap: Mikko Rantanen propels Avalanche in gritty win over Blues
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• Recap: An Avalanche of goals in the second leads Colorado over Calgary
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• Recap: Avalanche take Game 3 and series lead in 6-2 win
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• Recap: Avs can’t overcome an onslaught and drop game one
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• LAB #59: Bowness and the Jets (PLAYOFF EDITION)
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• Recap: Rangers sneak away with a 3-2 shootout victory

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Nathan MacKinnon’s home point streak might be over as well. As the Colorado Avalanche homestand continues they finally host a top playoff team in the New York Rangers. This game unfolded very similar to the match in New York as a competitive low scoring affair which went into overtime. And eventually the Rangers won this game as well in a 3-2 shootou...2024
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• Recap: An Avalanche of goals in the second leads Colorado over Calgary
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• Preview: Avalanche host Red Wings in rematch
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• Val Nichushkin is taking advantage of his second chance in the NHL
Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports When the Colorado Avalanche signed Val Nichuskin to a one year contract at the end of August, most expected him to be nothing more than training camp filler that was destined for the AHL Eagles. After all, he hadn’t scored a goal in the NHL since March 4th, 2016. The Avalanche were a team with a number of new faces and a glut of bottom-6 capable forwards, so the...2019
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• The Colorado Avalanche have turned from lovable underdogs to legitimate Stanley Cup contenders
Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images A winning streak has the Avalanche within striking distance of the top seed in the west Starting on December 16th, the Colorado Avalanche had only four regulation wins over the next month. The team that had looked like the best in the Western Conference for the first two months of the season, had fallen out of the top-3 in the Central Division and ...2020
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• Colorado Avalanche lose Nazem Kadri out “weeks, not days”
Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images Injury leaves Kadri out of the lineup indefinitely The Colorado Avalanche got some bad news Tuesday morning as head coach Jared Bednar told Altitude Sports Radio that center Nazem Kadri is out indefinitely and that the team is expecting him to be out of the lineup for “weeks, not days”. “Kadri is out indefinitely... lower-body injury... weeks, not...2020
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• Weekend Flurries: Avalanche win again and Taylor Hall speculation runs rampant
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Where is Taylor Hall going to be traded? Last night got pretty wacky in a hurry. Shortly before the Colorado Avalanche were set to take on Taylor Hall and the New Jersey Devils, only to have Hall was pulled from the lineup for “precautionary reasons” just before game time. Obviously, speculation ran wild as to whether or not he was on the verge of being traded. The s...2019
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• Recap: Meyers scores first NHL goal as Avalanche rout Hurricanes 7-4
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images With the win the Avalanche clinch the Central Division and Western Conference As the home stand continued the Colorado Avalanche welcomed the Carolina Hurricanes hoping to avenge their only shutout loss of the season back in Raleigh. The scoring started early en route to a spirited, physical and sometimes wacky yet decisive 7-4 win for the Avalanche. ...2022
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• More injury updates for the Colorado Avalanche
Photo by André Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images Some good, some bad, but still same ol’ injuries. Tuesday’s practice revealed plenty more about the injuries the Colorado Avalanche currently faces. After Monday night’s agonizing 3-2 defeat to the Vegas Golden Knights, we learned more about players and their status. One of them is Evan Rodrigues, who was a late scratch and didn’t play Monday ...2023
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• Twitter Tuesday: To re-sign, to trade or to not; Bowen Byram and goaltenders
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Is Tyson Jost or Colin Wilson worthy of staying? And here’s why Bowen Byram can’t play in the AHL The new decade has ushered in a new year of Colorado Avalanche hockey, and with it, more questions. After starting the year with a commanding statement 7-3 win over the Central Division-leading and defending Stanley Cup-having St. Louis Blues, and follo...2020
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• Colorado Avalanche Game Day: Yes, it’s actually a game day!
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Nathan MacKinnon and the boys are back Finally. It’s been 11 long days since we last saw the Colorado Avalanche on the ice. After the All star break and a bye week, the Avs will be back in game action tonight as the travel to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers. Despite these two teams being separated by only one point, they come into this game in very different posi...2020
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• Colorado Avalanche Game Day: Familiar faces in new places
John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Tyson Barrie and Alex Kerfoot visit as members of the Toronto Maple Leafs Tonight’s game at the Pepsi Center isn’t an ordinary one. As if being Hockey Fights Cancer night wasn’t big enough, this game marks the first time the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs will face off since connecting on a blockbuster trade this past offseason. Tyson Barrie and...2019
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• Recap: Avs can’t overcome an onslaught and drop game one
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• LAB #59: Bowness and the Jets (PLAYOFF EDITION)
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers (7:00 p.m. MT)
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• Morning Flurries: MacKinnon named second star of March
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (5:00 p.m.)
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• Recap: Rangers sneak away with a 3-2 shootout victory
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• Weekly Grades: MacKinnon Nichushkin Domination Edition

Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs went 2-2 this week. But were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado couldn’t get their engines going against the Jets, swallowed the Sharks, got goalied in Chicago, and rode a career night from Nathan MacKinnon to victory over the Senators. But were they any good? THE GAMES Satur...2023
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• Recap: Avs get Mrazek’d in Chicago

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Colorado couldn’t find an even strength goal and lost despite excellent special teams play. The Colorado Avalanche found a new way to lose tonight, absolutely dominating the first and third periods and both sides of special teams only to let a couple of nifty plays from Connor Bedard in the first and a couple of nitpicky penalties in the third sink the...2023
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• Weekly Grades: The Finnish Dad Edition

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Mikko Rantanen (or Ismo Lehkonen?) powered the Avalanche to a 2-1-0 week. We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado couldn’t solve Philadelphia, came back in the third to extinguish the Flames, and ran a Mack truck through the Buffalo Sabres. But were they any good? THE GAMES Saturday vs Philadelphia: 5-2 LMonday ...2023
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• Recap: Avs give up two at the buzzer to lose a heartbreaker in Nashville

Photo by Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just when it looked like the Avs would sneak out with two points, disaster struck, and they leave Nashville with zero The Colorado Avalanche hoped to extend their winning streak to four games against the Nashville Predators on Monday night, and just when it looked like that would happen...it didn’t. The game had some positive takeaways...2023
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• Recap: Avalanche turn on afterburners and coast to easy victory over Red Wings
Brian Bradshaw Sevald-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Avalanche demolishes Detroit to finish Eastern road trip perfect. What better way to start off your Saturday than with the Colorado Avalanche humiliating the Detroit Red Wings on national television? Lately, games between these two teams have taken a big step back from the tightly contested battles of the 1990s and early 2000s. Before today t...2023
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• Colorado Avalanche fall to Arizona Coyotes 3-2 in a shootout
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The winning streak snapped as the Avalanche head into the All-Star break One final game needed completion before the Colorado Avalanche could depart on their own version of spring break. Enter a familiar foe, the Arizona Coyotes who despite their record at the bottom of the standings gave the Avalanche a tough test at Ball Arena a couple weeks ...2022
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• Colorado Avalanche fall to Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 to open preseason
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images First game of the preseason is in the books Back to the scene of the crime where the Colorado Avalanche saw their contending season end in Las Vegas just over three months ago. A lot has transpired since then with several new faces added and the group begins to gear up for the 2021-22 season which hopefully delivers a better ending. But first, the Avalanc...2021
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• Colorado Avalanche Game Day: Layover in Los Angeles
March 9, 2020; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick (32) blocks a shot against Colorado Avalanche right wing Joonas Donskoi (72) during the third period at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez | Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Avalanch head to LA looking to defeat the Kings The Avalanche: 1-1-0Los Angeles Kings: 0-0-2Puck drop: ...2021
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• Twitter Tuesday: When will Bowen Byram arrive?
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images How long until we see the Byram’s and the Newhook’s in the Burgundy and Blue? With only five Tuesdays left in the regular season, it’s crunch time around the NHL and there are still plenty of questions that need to be answered by the Avalanche and the rest of league’s 30 teams. Colorado can’t seem to stay healthy this year. The Avs were already missing three ...2020
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