Avalanche Need to Boost Special Teams to Contend for Cup
The Colorado Avalanche appear to have everything lined up to be a serious Stanley Cup contender in 2020-21. Their resume includes a Hart Trophy finalist in Nathan MacKinnon leading a…
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Sharks’ Timo Meier is a Future NHL Star
Timo Meier was not a consensus top 10 pick by any means in 2015, but the San Jose Sharks took him at ninth-overall anyway. Although Meier still has the promise…
Avalanche Benefit from Suspended NHL Season
As you surely know by now, the NHL has suspended the 2019-20 season amid the coronavirus outbreak. This decision, of course, reflects the best interests of players, team staff, fans,…
Avalanche Face Tough Choices as Injuries Mount
The Colorado Avalanche enter the final week before the trade deadline facing some tough choices. The team has collected injuries like bees collect pollen. After a challenging week, the front…
Avalanche All-Decade Team: Forwards
It’s time for the final piece of the Colorado Avalanche All-Decade team – the forwards. In some ways, this is the most difficult compilation. The past decade saw the Avalanche…
Rantanen’s Hat Trick Helps Avalanche Cool Streaking Devils
NEWARK, N.J. — Mikko Rantanen scored three goals, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 Saturday night. Ian Cole and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare…
Rantanen Scores Twice, Avalanche Beat Flyers 3-1
DENVER — Mikko Rantanen had two goals and Pavel Francouz made 32 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
Francouz, the 29-year-old first-year player, did most of his work after the first period…
Will Healthy Avalanche Have Happy Holidays?
Mikko Rantanen is back. Gabriel Landeskog is traveling with the team and may play on the road. Nathan MacKinnon is playing some of his best hockey ever. The top line…
Avalanche Weekly: MacKinnon’s Star Shines and Rantanen Returns
The Colorado Avalanche finished the month of November like – an avalanche, only with goals instead of snow. While it was American Thanksgiving, the team didn’t get much rest. They…
Rantanen Returns to Lineup, Leads Avalanche past Chicago 7-3
DENVER — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists in his return to Colorado’s lineup after missing 16 games due to injury, and Nazem Kadri and Joonas Donskoi each scored twice as the Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on Saturday night.
Natha…
Avalanche’s First Quarter Grades
The Colorado Avalanche faced adversity early in the season and yet found ways to overcome. Despite losing a rotating host of starting players, the team fought to stay near the…
NHL Rumors: Fleury, Avalanche, Bruins, Oilers, More
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, why did Marc-Andre Fleury leave the Vegas Golden Knights so suddenly? We have the details. There is news on whether or not Mikko Rantanen is…