Tag: colorado avalanche
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Avalanche and Stars meet again with the same goal in mind | NHL Insider
We meet again, old foe. The Avalanche and Dallas Stars on Saturday will duel at Ball Arena, a little over five months after the Stars (and Mikko Rantanen) ended Colorado’s 2024-25 season. The two teams won’t play again until March 6, 2026, and in a bizarre scheduling twist, they’ll meet three times within a 29-day…
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Jared Bednar’s Avalanche summon memories of 2022 Stanley Cup champs on opening night | Evan’s take
LOS ANGELES — The Colorado Avalanche are still ticked off about last season’s end. They played like it on opening night. It was a slow burn, but when the Avalanche got rolling, the Los Angeles Kings could not slow them. It was the usual suspects on offense who provided the fireworks, but that lingering anger…
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Ignoring noise of controversy, Martin Necas ready for next step toward NHL stardom | 2025-26 Avalanche Preview
Martin Necas heard the jibber jabber this summer. Of course he did. Rumor mongering does, indeed, travel to the Czech Republic. Unfortunately, all that noise comes with the territory of being an NHL player. “Obviously I’ve seen it, and it doesn’t really surprise me,” Necas told The Denver Gazette ahead of Tuesday’s season-opening game at…
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Which Colorado Avalanche and Denver Pioneer players must become stars in 2025-26? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: The puck’s about to drop. Which Denver Pioneer and Colorado Avalanche players must step forward in 2025-26? Evan Rawal, Avalanche reporter Answer: Avalanche forward Brock Nelson It didn’t work with Alex Newhook. It didn’t work with J.T. Compher. It definitely didn’t work with Ryan Johansen, and Casey Mittelstadt’s game fell apart. Is Brock…
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Denver mayor Mike Johnston wagers with Dallas Mayor on Avalanche’s success in NHL playoffs
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Comedian Jeff Foxworthy once said: “you might be a redneck if your belt buckle is bigger than your head.” It hasn’t stopped two big city mayors from comparing the size of their…belt buckles. Ahead of Monday’s NHL Western Conference playoff series between the Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Mayor Eric L. Johnson and…
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Forward Tyson Jost re-ups with Colorado Avalanche, signs two-year deal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After getting the big sums out of the way, the Colorado Avalanche took care of a middle-six forward, signing Tyson Jost to a two-year contract. The deal is widely reported to have an average annual value of $2 million. Jost, 23, put up seven goals…
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As new goaltender Darcy Kuemper introduces himself, Colorado Avalanche make more moves
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Once again, Darcy Kuemper has to stake his claim in an NHL goaltending tandem. The Colorado Avalanche netminder, acquired from the Arizona Coyotes in a trade Wednesday, was picked up to share the net with Pavel Francouz. They’ve never met, Kuemper said, but he’s excited…
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‘This is where I belong’: Landeskog sticks with Colorado Avalanche
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The rift rumors may have been just that. The morning after signing a deal that could keep him in Denver well into his 30s, Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog referenced the Avalanche posters in his room growing up. They showed Colorado’s Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1996…
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Marty Sertich will move up to D-I with St. Thomas women’s hockey team
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Colorado College hockey star and Hobey Baker Award winner Marty Sertich was retained as an assistant coach for the St. Thomas women’s hockey team as it prepares for its first season at Division I…
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Captain Gabriel Landeskog re-signs for eight years to stay with Avalanche
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hours before free agency began, the Colorado Avalanche reached an agreement with their captain. The Avalanche signed Gabriel Landeskog, 28, to an eight-year deal reported by NHL Network insider Elliotte Friedman and soon confirmed by the team. Friedman tweeted that the deal is for $7…