Nathan MacKinnon, the Colorado Avalanche’s star center, may put fear into the hearts of defenders and goalies, but he got scared by a Biz Nasty joke on Media Day. Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon was the team’s representative at the NHL Media Day that took place before the season began. Unfortunately, he got scared by…
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CENTENNIAL — Gabe Landeskog theories are like belly buttons: Everybody’s got one. The new trainer. The heavy sled. The MGM line. Married life. But when you ask Paul Fixter why a guy who has never topped 26 goals over his first seven NHL seasons is suddenly leading the league with 11 after 13 games, he…
via Even Avs winger Gabe Landeskog has a theory for his NHL-best scoring spree — The Denver Post
On Friday night, the Avalanche were in a new city with a fresh start and a fresh goaltender, looking for a bounce-back game after giving up six goals the night before in Calgary. The Avalanche were 35.9 seconds away from achieving that against the Vancouver Canucks, but gave up a late third-period goal and eventually…
via Avalanche third-period struggles continue in 7-6 overtime loss to Vancouver — Mile High Sports
The Avalanche took a three goal lead into the third period in Calgary Thursday, but a complete meltdown led to five unanswered goals as Colorado collapsed in a 6-5 loss to the Flames in regulation. What did we learn from this game? The score of this game doesn’t really dictate how it was played. The…
via Takeaways from Colorado’s complete meltdown to the Flames — Mile High Sports
The NHL’s leader in assists and points was recognized as the top player of October. Related Articles Avalanche seeking scoring with its third and fourth lines during road trip through Canada Avalanche right winger Mikko Rantanen, the NHL’s leading scorer, is a Nordic gentleman Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen earns NHL’s third star of the week honor…
via Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen named NHL’s first star for October — The Denver Post
CALGARY – The top line has been an undisputed success, but in order to keep this early season momentum going, the Colorado Avalanche need to rely heavily on their supporting parts. As the Avalanche (7-3-2) prepared to face off against the Flames (7-5-1) on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome, Colorado coach Jared Bednar agreed…
via Avalanche will rely more on Vladislav Kamenev with veterans stuck in sick bay — The Denver Post
Injuries and scoring depth up front remains a concern for the Avalanche, which will continue to tinker with its third and fourth lines during this week’s consecutive-night road trip through Calgary and Vancouver. Second-year centers J.T. Compher and Tyson Jost remain out with concussion-like symptoms and veteran Sven Andrighetto is week-to-week with what could be…
The Colorado Avalanche embark on their third roadie and first foray into Canada starting tonight with the game against the Calgary Flames. The Colorado Avalanche are heading to Canada for the first time this year. They’re also about to embark on their second back-to-back series, a consecutive back-to-back considering their last two games were such.…
via Colorado Avalanche: Keys for the Canadian Road Trip — Mile High Sticking
The Colorado Avalanche were in full youth movement for the 2017-18 season. They got some amazing rookie goals out of their commitment. The Colorado Avalanche showed full commitment to their youth movement last year. At any given time last season, the Avs were dressing four or five rookies. They were consistently in the top three for…
via Colorado Avalanche: 5 Amazing Rookie Goals from 2017-18 — Mile High Sticking
The Colorado Avalanche’s prospect defenseman, Mason Geertsen, just signed a new contract with the team. So, he’ll be around for another year. Colorado Avalanche minor-league defenseman Mason Geertsen has been with the team quite a while. The Avs chose Geertsen in the fourth round of the 2013 NHL Draft, and he’s been with the organization…
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