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• Colorado Avalanche 2023-24 Quarter-Season Review
With their emphatic 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 27, the Colorado Avalanche officially crossed the quarter-point of their 2023-24 campaign and improved their record to 15-6-0.…...2023
• Avalanche Goaltending Holding Steady with Help From Defense
Over the past few seasons, the Colorado Avalanche have been one of the top teams in the league that have had multiple starting goalies the past few seasons. However, that…...2023
• Colorado Eagles November 3 Stars

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How many more goals for a call up? The month of November brought a home-heavy schedule with one trip to visit some struggling teams in California, as such the Colorado Eagles rebounded with a 7-2-1 record in those games and now hold a 9-6-3 record overall, good enough for currently fourth in the Pacific Division. The Eagles are tr...2023
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• Johansen scores twice, Avalanche beat Lightning 4-1 for 4th straight win

DENVER (AP) — Ryan Johansen scored twice, Alexandar Georgiev made 37 saves and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Monday night for their fourth straight win....2023
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• Recap: Johansen and Georgiev lead the Avs to victory over the Lightning

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images A physical contest ended with the Colorado Avalanche on top, and the winning streak continued. The Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning faced off tonight at Ball Arena in downtown Denver, CO. Both teams arrived on a role and are looking to keep the good times going. Still, only one perennial contender secured two points. The Game The fir...2023
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (7:00 p.m.)

Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! It seems like it was only yesterday that the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Final, but time has a habit of continuing to march on despite our desire to live in the glory of the past, and while both teams have still retained their cores from that series, the peripheral pla...2023
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• Recap: Avalanche contain Flames 3-1

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Colorado earned their third victory in four nights. Following a sweat-it-out win against division rivals the Minnesota Wild, the Colorado Avalanche headed back home to Ball Arena in search of the extra two points against the Calgary Flames. It wasn’t pretty at times but the home team got the job done in a 3-1 victory. The Game Before we get ...2023
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames (8:00 p.m.)

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! The Colorado Avalanche have come home and are prepared to face the Calgary Flames at Ball Arena in Denver, CO. The Flames arrive in the mile-high city on the second of a back-to-back after betting the Dallas Stars 7-4 yesterday. Colorado just beat the Minnesota Wild last night as well, so both teams will have...2023
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• Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard enters the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard says anxiety and depression leading to alcohol abuse led him to seek treatment from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program....2023
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• I Stand With Girard

It might be time that we have a serious chat here on HBIC because the image to the left is how most people will want to remember Samuel Girard once his career comes to an end. However, it seems clear that Girard is struggling to find the good times in hockey right now as he released a statement today announcing that he was stepping away from the game to seek help for anxiety and depression with wh...2023
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• Preview: Colorado meets Calgary in the second of a back-to-back

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The Avalanche just took care of the Wild last night and hope to do the same tonight against Calgary. The Colorado Avalanche have come home and are prepared to face the Calgary Flames at Ball Arena in Denver, CO. The Flames arrive in the mile-high city on the second of a back-to-back after betting the Dallas Stars 7-4 yesterday. Colorado just b...2023
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• Recap: Avs beat Minnesota and secure another road win

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was close in the end but the Avalanche beat Minny! The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche met for a divisional showdown at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesotta, for their first meeting of the regular season. It was closely contested on the scoreline, but it felt like the Avalanche had control of this one from start t...2023
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild (6:30 p.m.)

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! The Colorado Avalanche will meet the Minnesota Wild for a Central Division matchup at Xcel Energy Arena in St. Paul, MN tonight. The Avalanche arrive after beating the Canucks in a statement win. The Wild are on a severe slide, having lost five straight contests. Colorado Avalanche It’s been a ...2023
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• Samuel Girard enters player assistance program

Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj/NHLI via Getty Images The Colorado Avalanche defenseman will receive treatment away from the team. Rumors started swirling ever since Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard missed Monday’s game in Nashville for what was described as personal reasons but the team never said anything beyond what Jared Bednar gave in his post game presser. Then a report from ...2023
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• Preview: Avs and Wild are set to celebrate their rivalry

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Avalanche are in St. Paul Minnesota for a showdown with the Wild. The Colorado Avalanche will meet the Minnesota Wild for a Central Division matchup at Xcel Energy Arena in St. Paul, MN tonight. The Avalanche arrive after beating the Canucks in a statement win. The Wild are on a severe slide, having lost five straight contest...2023
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• Open Thread: What is your fandom hierarchy?
Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Are the Ravens tops on your list or are you MLB-first? College sports? With the offseason in it’s deep lull before the electrifying juice training camp will surge for us all, Baltimore Beatdown wants to provide a community question for the readers. So, what is your fandom hierarchy? Kyle Barber: When I began writing about the Ravens, ...2023
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• Punk asks what a hockey hot head would do while training for AEW return
Photo By Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images All signs point to CM Punk soon being back in our weekly diet of televised pro wrestling action. Based on an Instagram Story he posted yesterday (May 12), it seems Punk is in training for his return — reportedly happening on the June 17 premiere of AEW Collision from the United Center in his beloved Chicago. Punk’s also showing that h...2023
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• Avalanche fandom around the world comes on tour to Denver
Photo by André Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images The Eurolanche group took on the US on an amazing recent journey. Hockey may not have the same fanbase or reach as perhaps soccer may have. Nor will it ever draw in billions of eyeballs just for one game. But for the Colorado Avalanche and their fanbase, they’ve gone international. Eurolanche is the official fan club of the Avalanche based acr...2023
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"Every other expansion team (so we’re not counting relocated teams like the Colorado Avalanche) needed at least three seasons during that span to qualify for postseason play."

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"Longtime Boston Bruins defenseman and Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr welcomed Colorado Avalanche star Cale Makar to an exclusive club."

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"Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The Colorado Avalanche forward retires after 566 games in the NHL Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Calvert has announced his retirement from the NHL after 10 seasons and 566 games."

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"Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker to serve as emergency backup goalie for Colorado Avalanche"

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"While some fans of the Colorado Avalanche don’t believe trading for Hall is something the team should do, general manager Joe Sakic very much disagrees - and he doesn’t want to wait until the trade deadline."

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"Colorado Avalanche beat New York Rangers for ninth consecutive win"

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"The New Jersey Devils won the NHL draft lottery, vaulting four teams including the last-place Colorado Avalanche and expansion Vegas Golden Knights for the right to the first pick in the draft "

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"DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Nathan MacKinnon to a seven-year deal that runs through the 2022-23 season."

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"Regehr, a 15-year league veteran, was originally drafted by the Colorado Avalanche 19th-overall."

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"VIDEO: P.K. Subban schools the Colorado Avalanche"

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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames (8:00 p.m.)
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• I Stand With Girard
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• Preview: Colorado meets Calgary in the second of a back-to-back
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• Morning Flurries: Makar named first star of the week

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Your daily dose of Avalanche news along with other interesting stories across the NHL. Colorado Avalanche fans are used to Cale Makar posting multi-point efforts but his performance last week did not escape the NHL’s radar. On Monday Makar was named first star of the week with an eight-point performance in all three of the team’s wins including a goal a...2023
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• Weekly Grades: Cream of Pacific Division Soup Edition

Photo by Christopher Mast/NHLI via Getty Images Colorado broke back into the win column against Pacific division opponents after a disaster vs. St Louis. But were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week started rough again with an 8-2 loss to St. Louis, got better with a win in Seattle, and fully turnt up with an 8-2 win over Anaheim. But were ...2023
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• Morning Flurries: Lehkonen confirmed neck injury

Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Your daily dose of Avalanche news along with other interesting stories across the NHL. All Avalanche While the Colorado Avalanche quietly put Artturi Lehkonen on LTIR following his scary fall into the boards there still was no update on his injury prognosis. Fortunately for Avalanche fans the media works in Finland and Lehkonen’s fath...2023
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• Pavel Francouz to miss entire season

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The Avalanche are down their backup for the whole season. The hits just keep on coming for the Colorado Avalanche. Sunday night it was announced Pavel Francouz would be out for the entire season. He has been battling a lower-body injury for some time after the 2022 Stanley Cup championship run. Going through multiple surgeries and finding it difficult to find a...2023
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• Avalanche sign Kiviranta to NHL deal

The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Joel Kiviranta to a one-year contract for the 2023-24 season....2023
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• Opinion: The Avalanche are still Landeskog’s team

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Calls for Landeskog to relinquish his captaincy have arrived far too soon. I listen to Altitude Radio every weekday because it feels like, at times, they offer some insight that other companies don't have. The sort of information that comes with being the entertainment wing of the company that employs the Colorado Avalanche. This morning, newly hired Darren MacK...2023
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• Johansen scores twice, Avalanche beat Lightning 4-1 for 4th straight win
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• Recap: Johansen and Georgiev lead the Avs to victory over the Lightning
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (7:00 p.m.)
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• Preview: Avs look to keep it rolling in a Stanley Cup rematch vs the Lightning

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Both teams are coming off impressive stretches of victories. It seems like it was only yesterday that the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Final, but time has a habit of continuing to march on despite our desire to live in the glory of the past, and while both teams have still retained their cores from that series, th...2023
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• Recap: Avalanche contain Flames 3-1
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• The NHL Must End Embarrassing ‘Special Initiatives’ Rule
Heading into Friday night’s nationally-televised tilt between the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche, the big story wasn’t a desperate Wild team trying to claw some points from a Stanley Cup contender. It wasn’t about the Avs trying to climb into the top spot of the Central Division. In…...2023
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• Recap: Avs beat Minnesota and secure another road win
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• Called up from minors, Tufte scores go-ahead goal to help Avalanche beat Canucks 5-2

DENVER (AP) — Riley Tufte, called up from the minors earlier in the day, scored the go-ahead goal 24 seconds into the third period and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Wednesday night....2023
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• Preview: Avalanche look to rebound against surprising Canucks

Photo by Derek Cain/Getty Images The NHL’s biggest surprise through the first quarter of the season comes to Ball Arena. Just as it looked like the Colorado Avalanche had righted the ship after a disastrous stretch of games, they flat out blew a winnable contest in Nashville, giving up two goals in sixteen seconds in the waning seconds of the game, and now they find themselves scrambling a...2023
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• Recap: Johansen and Georgiev lead the Avs to victory over the Lightning
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• Recap: Avalanche contain Flames 3-1
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• I Stand With Girard
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• Samuel Girard enters player assistance program
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• Recap: Avalanche serve Canucks a 5-2 defeat

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Cale Makar with the dagger late in the third period. One game back at home before the Thanksgiving holiday the Colorado Avalanche were looking to bounce back from that heartbreaking last minute loss in Nashville. In what might become a statement win for Avalanche the stars shone bright and walked away with a 5-2 victory. The Game Considering...2023
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• Recap: Avalanche erase early deficit with 6 unanswered goals, rally past Stars

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images This is Colorado’s first regulation road come from behind victory of three or more goals since 2004. After earning a confidence boosting 8-2 win at home the Colorado Avalanche took their show on the road for a two-game trip. First up was a big Central Division showdown with the current division leading Dallas Stars. While an early three-goal deficit reminde...2023
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• Morning Flurries: Lehkonen confirmed neck injury
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• Preview: Taking flight against the Ducks

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Colorado returns home after a much-needed win. The Colorado Avalanche face off against the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday night at Ball Arena for a quick one-game home stand. Contrary to several other Avs/Ducks games in the past, this one might have a few more eyes on it across the country than usual. This is because of the similar records and starts...2023
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• Pavel Francouz to miss entire season
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• MacKinnon signs 7-year deal with Avalanche
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Nathan MacKinnon to a seven-year deal that runs through the 2022-23 season. The 20-year-old MacKinnon had 21 goals and 31 assists last season. He missed the last 10 games after he sprained a......2016
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• Avalanche busy in free agency Friday, sign Colborne, Tyutin
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche were busy in free agency Friday, signing a crop of players that includes forward Joe Colborne. The 26-year-old Colborne agreed to a two-year deal as he leaves Calgary after a season in which he set a career hig......2016
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• AP Source: Avalanche place Brad Stuart on waivers
A person with direct knowledge of the decision has confirmed to The Associated Press that the Colorado Avalanche have placed veteran defenceman Brad Stuart on waivers with the intention of buying out the final year of his contract. The person......2016
• Rangers acquire defenceman Nick Holden from Avalanche
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The New York Rangers have acquired defenceman Nick Holden from the Colorado Avalanche for a fourth-round pick in the 2017 draft. The 29-year-old Holden had six goals and 16 assists and 24 penalty minutes this past season. ......2016
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• Avalanche acquire Grimaldi from Panthers for Berra
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche added another forward by picking up Rocco Grimaldi from the Florida Panthers for goaltender Reto Berra. The 23-year-old Grimaldi scored three goals and had two assists in 20 games for the Panthers last season. ......2016
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• Wings enjoy boos, then cheers
DENVER -- If only the fans at Coors Field knew how much Darren McCarty enjoyed their boos, they might have remained silent. For Colorado Avalanche fans, Red Wings McCarty, Kris Draper and Chris Chelios were -- and still are -- the enemy and wer......2016
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• Canada names final seven players for 2016 World Cup of Hockey roster
TORONTO - Canada's roster for the World Cup of Hockey was finalized Friday night with the addition of four forwards and three defencemen. Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche, Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins, Claude Giroux of the Philade......2016
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• Why you need the Avalanche in your fantasy playoff lineup

Victoria has the fantasy hockey schedule hack that just might win your league, and why the Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes are important....2023
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• Can Simon Gagne Replace Jarome Iginla's Veteran Presence on the Boston Bruins?
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• Avalanche Goaltending Holding Steady with Help From Defense
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• Preview: Avs look to keep it rolling in a Stanley Cup rematch vs the Lightning
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• Recap: Avalanche contain Flames 3-1
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild (6:30 p.m.)
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• Recap: Avalanche serve Canucks a 5-2 defeat
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• Open Thread: Avalanche vs. Canucks (8:00 p.m.)

Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! Just as it looked like the Colorado Avalanche had righted the ship after a disastrous stretch of games, they flat out blew a winnable contest in Nashville, giving up two goals in sixteen seconds in the waning seconds of the game, and now they find themselves scrambling again to find some level of consistency. To...2023
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• Preview: Avalanche look to rebound against surprising Canucks
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• Samuel Girard enters player assistance program
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• Recap: Avs give up two at the buzzer to lose a heartbreaker in Nashville

Photo by Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just when it looked like the Avs would sneak out with two points, disaster struck, and they leave Nashville with zero The Colorado Avalanche hoped to extend their winning streak to four games against the Nashville Predators on Monday night, and just when it looked like that would happen...it didn’t. The game had some positive takeaways...2023
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• Recap: Disastrous night crumbles Colorado’s chances

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Where can we wash our eyes out after watching that game? After the heartbreaking loss, the Colorado Avalanche suffered at the hands of the St. Louis Blues the Avalanche were looking to bounce back with a win. The team started the game hot but things didn’t go how they drew it up, at all. The Game Less than two minutes into the game the Blues got off t...2023
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• Weekly Grades: Gotta beat more than the Devils Edition!

Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs topped the Devils but bottomed out against Vegas and fell short against Seattle. But were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week started rough with a 7-0 shutout in Vegas, got better with a win over New Jersey, and ended in heartbreak with a last-minute loss to Seattle. But were the Avs any g...2023
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• Recap: Avalanche confronted the Devils and prevailed 6-3

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Miles Wood named first star against his former team. After another shocking road performance the Colorado Avalanche returned to, once again, right the ship on home ice at Ball Arena. It wasn’t easy at times but though multiple penalties and momentum shifts the Avalanche prevailed 6-3 and continued to be unbeaten in games in which they score a goal in. T...2023
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• Preview: First matinee of the season in Buffalo

Photo by Joshua Bessex/Getty Images Colorado wraps up a three-game road trip in New York. Who’s up for some Sunday morning hockey? The Colorado Avalanche play in their first-afternoon game of the season. It wraps up a three-game road trip back in the state of New York against the Buffalo Sabres. The Avs are looking to recover off the back of their first loss of the season, while Buffalo ...2023
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• NHL overreactions for Week One

Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports Coaches? Goalies? Contenders? Some of you might be told young to remember when Christian Bale was announced to play Batman/Bruce Wayne in the upcoming Christopher Nolan adaption of Batman. It was 2003 with filming beginning the following year. Fans were pissed. They hated that the guy who directed Memento and cast the thin guy from American Psycho and Equilibrium ...2023
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• Avalanche sign Tomas Tatar to one-year deal

Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs land another former Devil and add forward depth. After making a surprise appearance at Avs morning skate Tuesday, the team announced shortly after that they signed winger Tomas Tatar to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. Tatar, 32, is expected to skate in a top 9 role for the Avalanche. We have agreed to terms with Tomas Tatar on a o...2023
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• Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #1 Cale Makar

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images It is simply astonishing that after everything Makar’s accomplished, he’s still eligible for the Top 25 under 25 The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by Mile High Hockey staff members. Five writers have ranked players under the age of 25 in the Colorado Avalanche organization as of July 1, 2023. Now, we’ll count down each of the 25 players ranked. Ca...2023
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