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Valeri Nichushkin gets his swagger back as Avalanche mount epic comeback to beat Stars, 5-4
DALLAS – On the day the Avalanche brought back Nazem Kadri, their Choo-Choo train might have gotten his swagger back. Down a goal with less than a minute remaining, Valeri Nichushkin scored just his second goal since the calendar flipped to 2026, tying the game with 15 seconds remaining to force overtime. In that overtime,…
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Avalanche setting the pace among familiar list of contenders at midway point of season | NHL Insider
With back-to-back regulation losses, it is time to ask the question. What is wrong with the Colorado Avalanche? Actually, it’s not. The Avalanche have just been so good this season that back-to-back losses is uncharted territory for them. And at the halfway point of the NHL season, they’ve dug such a chasm between themselves and…
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The Stanley Cup is there for the taking for the Avalanche | NHL Insider
Gary Bettman wanted parity in the NHL. He got it. And this is the year for the Avalanche to take advantage. Let’s call the NHL what it is right now: mid. The amount of truly average teams in the league this season is astonishing. Fifty-six percent of the league owns a negative goal differential. Only six teams have scored 10 more goals than they’ve given up. At…
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‘Exactly what we want’: Avalanche openly chase home-ice advantage after win over Predators, 4-2
Is it too early for the Avalanche to talk about having home-ice advantage in the postseason? Not at all. The Avalanche have apparently been talking about it for months. With a 4-2 win on Saturday night over the Nashville Predators and a Dallas Stars loss, the Avalanche extended their lead to six points in the…
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Why a tight Central Division race with the Dallas Stars isn’t a bad thing for the Avalanche | Evan’s take
The Colorado Avalanche are off to an historic start. Their reward? A whopping three-point lead on the second-place Dallas Stars. Such is life in the NHL’s Central Division. The Avalanche recently became the second team in NHL history to go beyond the first 25 games of a season with just one regulation loss. Through 29…
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Marty Sertich will move up to D-I with St. Thomas women’s hockey team
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 under new coach Joel Johnson. Sertich served the school in a similar capacity the previous four seasons when it played…
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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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Colorado Avalanche set to open preseason against Vegas Golden Knights
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Avalanche’s upcoming six-game exhibition slate includes two games each against the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights. The Avalanche will open the preseason in the same building where their postseason ended in 2020-21 – T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. There were…
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Colorado Avalanche set to open preseason against Vegas Golden Knights
The Colorado Avalanche’s upcoming six-game exhibition slate includes two games each against the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights. The Avalanche will open the preseason in the same building where their postseason ended in 2020-21 – T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. There were no preseason games in 2020-21. The regular season opened Jan.…
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VIDEO | Avalanche playoff history outside the 1st round
The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Arizona Coyotes in the first round of the 2020 playoffs, but how have they fared in later rounds since moving to Denver before the 1995-96 season?