Tag: nathan mackinnon
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Avalanche vs. Golden Knights | 3 keys to Colorado extending its season
LAS VEGAS – Regardless of whether or not the Avalanche win on Tuesday in Game 4, they may be staring down some big changes. They need a win to at least delay talk of those changes for a few days. Here are three keys to Colorado staving off elimination in Game 4 at T-Mobile Arena…
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Golden Knights 5, Avalanche 3 | 3 takeaways from Colorado’s monumental collapse in Game 3
LAS VEGAS — Just when you thought the Avalanche had figured things out, they pulled off the biggest collapse of the season and arguably the biggest in franchise history. Here are three takeaways from a disastrous 5-3 Game 3 loss for the Avalanche at T-Mobile Arena: Dynamite start You could not have drawn up a…
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Mark Kiszla: MacKinnon and Avs centers have vanished in Vegas’ diabolical black hole
Where the Avalanche’s championship mojo has gone is no mystery. It’s been swallowed by a $27 million black hole at the center of the ice. Colorado has 99 problems in the Western Conference final, and the injury to star defenseman Cale Makar is only one. But the No. 1 reason for the Avs’ 2-0 deficit…
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Makar or no Makar, Avalanche need more from their other top players | Evan’s take
Cale Makar may or may not be on the ice for Sunday’s Game 3 at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas. Either way, the Avalanche have enough star power to come back against the Golden Knights. They just need that star power to shine a lot brighter, starting at 6 p.m. (ESPN). “(Makar’s) been in the gym…
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Mark Kiszla: Avs play like chokers instead of champs in brutal playoff loss to Vegas
The Avs saved their biggest choke of this NHL season for when it mattered most. Until this sad Friday night that seems doomed to live in infamy in franchise history, the Avalanche’s record this season when leading after two periods was 45-0-0. But all that perfection got tossed in the dumpster as a piece of…
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Mark Kiszla: Avs in big trouble if they need Jared Bednar to outcoach John Tortorella
For the first time in these NHL playoffs, the adversity facing the Avs looms as big as the “A” on their sweaters. Home was where the hurt was Wednesday, when Las Vegas pushed around Colorado in a 4-2 loss to open the Western Conference finals. For the first time in their pursuit of the Stanley…
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Mark Kiszla: This Avalanche run to the Cup is revenge tour against the hockey gods
The Avs’ bandwagon has a full tank of gas and is steamrolling everything in its path on a revenge tour against the hockey gods. If this quest for the Stanley Cup feels personal, that’s because the Avs, starting with superstar Nathan MacKinnon, are taking it very personally. After toppling the Kings and taming the Wild…
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Elite forwards Nathan MacKinnon and Jack Eichel take center stage in Western Conference Final
Connor McDavid can sit this one out. The two big dogs in the Western Conference who already have Stanley Cup rings need a minute while they battle to earn another. In hockey, it’s never truly one-on-one out on the ice throughout the course of an entire game. There’s too much room, too much movement, and…
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5 key matchups between Avalanche and Golden Knights in the Western Conference final | Evan’s take
The most recent Western Conference teams to lift the Stanley Cup are about to face off for the opportunity to do it again. The conference final between the Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights starts Wednesday at Ball Arena. Expect fireworks. These franchises have only met once previously in the playoffs. That 2021 series didn’t go…
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Mark Kiszla: The Avs have what the Nuggets don’t — a championship mentality
The Avs and Nuggets are neighbors who live under the same arena roof, but their definitions of success seem to have been discovered on different planets. For the hockey team, winning is all that matters. “It’s like Cup or bust, Cup or bust. Well, we’ve got one Cup. It’s hard to win, OK? But I…