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• Preview: Avs take on the Red Wings upon return to Ball Arena

Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images After wrapping up their Canadien road-trip, the Avs look to get another two points tonight against Detroit. After finishing up a three-game road trip through Canada, the Colorado Avalanche return home tonight to take on the Detroit Red Wings. This will be the second and final regular-season matchup between these two teams, with Colorado winning ...2025
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• Recap: Colorado falls to Minnesota 2-1 in shootout

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images And just like that, Colorado’s six-game win streak is snapped. After going a perfect 6-0 on a homestand going into this game, the Colorado Avalanche saw their win streak finally came to an end on the road as they lost 2-1 to the Minnesota Wild in the shootout. Let’s take a look at how it all happened tonight. First Period This game was very low event fro...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado vs. Toronto (5:00 p.m. MT)

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images It’s another Colorado Avalanche gameday! As the dust settles from the NHL trade deadline, the Colorado Avalanche gear up for a big Saturday evening match with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Colorado has enjoyed a strong homestand winning four in a row meanwhile Toronto is hoping to find success in the west after dropping a game in Vegas. Colorado Avala...2025
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• Preview: Remade Avalanche face Maple Leafs

Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images Who will win the first post-deadline battle? As the dust settles from the NHL trade deadline, the Colorado Avalanche gear up for a big Saturday evening match with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Colorado has enjoyed a strong homestand winning four in a row meanwhile Toronto is hoping to find success in the west after dropping a game in Vegas. Colorado ...2025
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• Recap: Avs sluggish in loss to St. Louis

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Not much to write home about when it comes to that performance. It was another disappointing night for the Colorado Avalanche out of the gate. After scoring the opening goal, Colorado gave up three unanswered goals in a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues. They end this quick two-game road trip with back-to-back games with losses. The Avalanche still sit i...2025
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• Saturday Stats: What will the Avs do during the Four Nations break?

Perry Nelson-Imagn Images Two weeks off? I’m about to get so much done! It’s here, it’s really happening - the Four Nations break is upon us and I’m about to have so much more time for activities. I’m finally going to build that plant stand my girlfriend has been bugging me about since pre-season! She’s going to be so happy! Obviously we know what Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Devon Toews...2025
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• Avalanche score second straight shutout with 2-0 victory over Flyers

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The defense was solid and Mackenzie Blackwood was incredible once again. Two straight games and two straight goose eggs for the opposition. Following a topsy-turvy month of January coupled by the shocking trade of Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes, the Colorado Avalanche are back on a roll. After getting outmuscled and outwitted in the opening period, the Av...2025
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• Preview: Saturday showdown with the Stars

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Another day, another big Avalanche game. The run of important games continues for the Colorado Avalanche, who welcome the Dallas Stars to Ball Arena on Saturday afternoon for a matinee affair. It comes in a run where six of eight games are against Central Division opponents, such as this one. Dallas has the season advantage over Colorado, wher...2025
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• Friday Feels: Stop Overreacting

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The loss to the Blackhawks was fine, folks! I got a bone to pick with Avs fans and media right now and it might not be a popular take - Stop overreacting to losses! They happen! The Colorado Avalanche lost 3-1 to Chicago on Wednesday and it seemed like everyone’s take was apocalyptic. The Avs weren’t good enough! They didn’t work hard enough! The top line wa...2025
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• Preview: Eyeing seven in a row against Montreal

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado looks to keep on running with its win streak. Touchdowns for the Denver Broncos this weekend aren’t the only things on the line in Colorado. Tonight, the Colorado Avalanche face off against the Montreal Canadiens looking for seven wins in a row. Colorado is on a great streak at the moment, aside from the seven s...2025
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• Friday Feels: The Bednar Boost

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Jared Bednar went off against Buffalo and it rocked He’s the definition of calm, cool, and collected night in and night out, so when Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar gets heated it has a huge impact on the team. That was on display in a major way on Thursday against the Buffalo Sabres, when the referees declined to blow the play dead while Scott Wedgewoo...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Buffalo Sabres (7:00 p.m.)

Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images It’s another Colorado Avalanche game day! It was a busy morning for the Colorado Avalanche with a Gabe Landeskog signifying at morning skate and an extension for depth defenseman Keaton Middleton announced. Still, there is a game to play tonight against the Buffalo Sabres. The Avalanche look to extend their five-game win streak and the Sabres hop...2025
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• Preview: Swords drawn in rematch with the Buffalo Sabres

Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images Can the Avalanche make it six in a row? It was a busy morning for the Colorado Avalanche with a Gabe Landeskog signifying at morning skate and an extension for depth defenseman Keaton Middleton announced. Still, there is a game to play tonight against the Buffalo Sabres. The Avalanche look to extend their five-game win streak and the Sabres hopi...2025
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• Recap: Avs score three in the third to defeat Jets on New Year’s Eve

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Avalanche have won a season-high five straight games. Happy New Year, Avalanche fans! The Colorado Avalanche won their fifth in a row and their ninth in their past 11 games with a 5-2 win Tuesday night at Ball Arena. Casey Mittelstadt was credited with the game-winning goal, his first in 19 games. He made it a 3-2 game by re-directing a shot from Josh Manson, ...2025
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• Recap: Kiviranta hat-trick fuels happy holidays for Avalanche

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images Finally a Joel Kiviranta hat-trick Avs fans can be happy about! The first regular season Joel Kiviranta hat-trick will be one to remember. With family visiting from Finland for the first time, they got a treat watching their son lead the Colorado Avalanche to a big 5-2 win over the Seattle Kraken. You could say it was an excellent Finnish to the ...2024
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• Saturday Stats: What will the Avs do during the Four Nations break?
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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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• Avalanche Comeback Yet Again in Donskoi and Grubauer Return to Ball Arena
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Avalanche win 4-3 in Kraken’s first game in Colorado Today the Seattle Kraken travelled to the Mile High City for their first ever game at Ball Arena. Two familiar faces returned for their first game against the Colorado Avalanche in front of the Avs faithful since going to the Kraken this offseason, Joonas Donskoi and Philip Grubauer. Recap: ...2022
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• Twitter Tuesday: On Tyson Jost, the trade deadline and heading into the playoffs
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images With the trade deadline come and gone, Tyson Jost remains an Av—despite some fans wishes— and few moves were made to bolster an injured lineup. What’s your confidence level with this team heading into the playoffs? The NHL trade deadline came and passed yesterday and the Avalanche made minimal moves in light of losing three of their top-nine forwards and t...2020
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"Sam Girard broke the scoreless tie when he sniped home a wrister that hit inside the left post for his 20th point of the season."

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"It started with Sean Monohan finishing a back-door pass evading Sam Girard, and making it 1-0."

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"Sam Girard also had a breakaway late catching Minnesota on a change but it was stopped along with the rebound."

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"Again the Avalanche’s poor net front coverage cost them a goal, this time due to Nathan MacKinnon not being able to recognize Sam Girard was out of position in time to tie up Blackwell."

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"Nonetheless, here is the schedule breakdown for the Avalanche this month, with a side of Sam Girard and some puppies: November is here!"

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"Since then Graves only trails Sam Girard in five-on-five time on ice with 17."

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"The pairing of Sam Girard and Cale Makar aka “Turn and Burn” is a wonderful thing and should have been utilized more this season."

• Open Thread: Colorado vs. Toronto (5:00 p.m. MT)
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• Saturday Stats: What will the Avs do during the Four Nations break?
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• Friday Feels: The Bednar Boost
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• Recap: Kiviranta hat-trick fuels happy holidays for Avalanche
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• Preview: Avs give the Kraken a warm holiday welcome

Photo by Tyler Schank/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images Colorado is back home for one game before the break. The Colorado Avalanche come back home after a three-game West Coast road trip, for one quick game before the holiday break. It comes against a new-look Seattle Kraken team. The Avs took two of three on the road and looking to improve the home record. At just 8-8 on home ice, tonight i...2024
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• MHH Roundtable: Fall check-in

Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images Analyzing where the Avalanche stand through a quarter of the 2024-25 season. After weathering the injury storm there are questions that still linger as to the true identity of this Colorado Avalanche squad. With 19 games under their belt, nearly a quarter of the 2024-25 season has already been played and we unpack what we’ve seen thus far. Which ...2024
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• Weekly Grades: Bring Back My Rantanen Edition

Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports The Avs went 2-2 this week, but were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado snapped a nine-game winning streak with back-to-back losses at home. But were they any good? THE GAMES Saturday vs Nashville: 7-4 WMonday @Columbus: 4-1 LThursday @ Minnesota: 5-2 WFriday @ Edmonton: 6-2 L PLAYER OF THE WEEK Nathan...2024
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• Preview: Firing forward against the Flames

Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado’s final big road trip of the year kicks off in Calgary. The Colorado Avalanche kick off a four-game road trip going through Western Canada. It all starts tonight with a matchup against the Calgary Flames at the Saddledome. When these two last played, it was a high-scoring thriller. The Avs just managed to edge ahead in a 6-5 ...2024
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• Weekly Grades: Deadline Addition Edition

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The Avs are on a three game win streak! But were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card – on a Saturday because I wanted to grade the new guys after yesterday’s trade deadline. You can read about the trades for Sean Walker, Casey Middlestadt, Brandon Duhaime, and Yakov Trenin, or hear your Mile High Hockey staff talk thro...2024
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• Recap: Colorado falls to Minnesota 2-1 in shootout
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• Open Thread: Colorado vs. Toronto (5:00 p.m. MT)
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• Friday Feels: Stop Overreacting
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• Preview: Eyeing seven in a row against Montreal
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• Friday Feels: The Bednar Boost
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• Preview: Swords drawn in rematch with the Buffalo Sabres
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• Recap: Avs score three in the third to defeat Jets on New Year’s Eve
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• Recap: Kiviranta hat-trick fuels happy holidays for Avalanche
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• Recap: Colorado falls to Minnesota 2-1 in shootout
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• Recap: Avs sluggish in loss to St. Louis
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• Saturday Stats: What will the Avs do during the Four Nations break?
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• Avalanche score second straight shutout with 2-0 victory over Flyers
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal Canadiens (5:00 p.m.)

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche game day! Touchdowns for the Denver Broncos this weekend aren’t the only things on the line in Colorado. Tonight, the Colorado Avalanche face off against the Montreal Canadiens looking for seven wins in a row. Colorado is on a great streak at the moment, aside from the seven straight wins. They’ll look to continue the...2025
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• Avalanche can’t pull off late game heroics in 5-3 loss to Dallas

Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images The third period comeback was fun while it lasted. The Colorado Avalanche went to Dallas over Thanksgiving and on Black Friday hoped to shop for a W in the two teams’ first regular-season matchup since their playoff series last postseason. A third period comeback eventually led to a 5-3 defeat as the Avalanche will hope for a better result tomorro...2024
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• Recap: Colorado Avalanche go to work for gritty 2-1 win over Washington Capitals

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images It wasn’t pretty but the Avalanche got their revenge. The Colorado Avalanche fell in frustrating fashion to the Washington Capitals a mere two games ago. They went into the nation’s capital looking to settle the score as the teams wrapped up their season series early. Revenge is exactly what the Avalanche got in a 2-1 win that was a grind at times. The Game Given...2024
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• Ryan Graves has found a home with the Colorado Avalanche
Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NHL’s leader in +/- offers many contributions for the Avalanche One of the more interesting storylines outside of Cale Makar’s rookie brilliance and Valeri Nichuskin’s resurgence is the emergence of Ryan Graves as a staple on the blue line for the Colorado Avalanche. The tale of how Graves arrived in Colorado is well-known. Brought ...2020
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• Recap: Wild take down Avalanche in controversial and rough affair
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It was not a good game for the Avs and the stripes. Ugh. That’s all that needs to be said about this one. With a chance to go to the top of the Central Division for the first time since November, the Colorado Avalanche laid down and suffered a 4-2 loss to the hands of their bitter rivals, the Minnesota Wild. In what was a subpar performance, th...2023
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• Sam Girard is the latest target of toxic fandom
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It’s Mile High Hockey Lab time, and we just released our 12th installment! Some Colorado Avalanche fans seem to have redirected their out-of-touchness to defenseman Samuel Girard as this season approaches the deadline. Many jumped to the defense of the small-framed 24-year-old when a still shot of the crowd surfaced showing an Avalanche fan donning a re...2023
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• Avalanche Comeback Yet Again in Donskoi and Grubauer Return to Ball Arena
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• Avalanche have reasons to be optimistic despite the struggle
Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images New year, new Avalanche, as they hope to be healthier and happier soon. On this week's Mile High Hockey Lab episode, Adrian Hernandez was joined by Evan Liu, Ezra Parter, and Jacob Weindling to cover a few topics, mostly surrounding whether the Colorado Avalanche should be concerned with their recent inconsistency. December was an up-and-down ...2023
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• Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #1 Cale Makar
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Cale Makar hopes to continue legendary success heading into 2022-23. The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey staff. Eight writers have ranked players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2022, in the Colorado Avalanche organization. Each participant used their own metric of value to rank each player. Now, we’ll count down...2022
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• An easier November lies ahead for the Colorado Avalanche
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs should expect a big upturn this month The October scares for the Colorado Avalanche have come to a close. The month of October ended with two straight wins against division rivals St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild to bring their record back to 4-4-0 with an even .500 record. The Avs had a tough October, even with a complete opening nig...2021
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• Twitter Tuesday: Blueline help at trade deadline; next year’s Colorado Eagles and Grubauer’s struggles
Kings’ defenseman Alec Martinez fights off Mikko Rantanen in front of his net | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The question remains: Will GM Joe Sakic and the Avs make a move at the deadline in three weeks? The Colorado Avalanche will play 32 games in the span of 60 days, including a tilt tonight in Buffalo. After an 11-day pause for the All-Star break, the Avs allowed six goals to the Ea...2020
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• MHH Roundtable: Surprises, disappointments and looking ahead to the rest of the Colorado Avalanche season
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who has been the MVP for the Avalanche so far this season? With some unexpected time off it’s time to reflect on the first 11 games of the Colorado Avalanche season and to look ahead when play hopefully resumes soon. What has been your greatest surprise and disappointment on the Avalanche 2021 season thus far? Daniel W: Looking dee...2021
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• Colorado Avalanche Game Day: Familiar faces in new places
John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Tyson Barrie and Alex Kerfoot visit as members of the Toronto Maple Leafs Tonight’s game at the Pepsi Center isn’t an ordinary one. As if being Hockey Fights Cancer night wasn’t big enough, this game marks the first time the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs will face off since connecting on a blockbuster trade this past offseason. Tyson Barrie and...2019
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• Avalanche score second straight shutout with 2-0 victory over Flyers
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• Friday Feels: Stop Overreacting
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• Preview: Eyeing seven in a row against Montreal
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Buffalo Sabres (7:00 p.m.)
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• Recap: Avs score three in the third to defeat Jets on New Year’s Eve
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• Recap: Former Stars help Avs take down Dallas in divisional game

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images Avs get a four-point swing thanks to goals from Joel Kiviranta and Andrew Cogliano. In a tight Central Division race both the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars hit a bit of a skid coming out of the All-Star break. Both squads came into the divisional matchup needing the two points desperately with the Stars behind the eight ball after playing t...2024
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• Weekly Grades: The Finnish Dad Edition

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Mikko Rantanen (or Ismo Lehkonen?) powered the Avalanche to a 2-1-0 week. We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado couldn’t solve Philadelphia, came back in the third to extinguish the Flames, and ran a Mack truck through the Buffalo Sabres. But were they any good? THE GAMES Saturday vs Philadelphia: 5-2 LMonday ...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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• 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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• Recap: Avalanche turn on afterburners and coast to easy victory over Red Wings
Brian Bradshaw Sevald-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Avalanche demolishes Detroit to finish Eastern road trip perfect. What better way to start off your Saturday than with the Colorado Avalanche humiliating the Detroit Red Wings on national television? Lately, games between these two teams have taken a big step back from the tightly contested battles of the 1990s and early 2000s. Before today t...2023
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• Another defensive collapse buries Avs 4-2
Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Another one for the Avs gets away The Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets finished their home-and-home series with the Jackets coming out on top 4-2 Saturday night. The Avs finish their first 10 games of the season 4-5-1, a concerning record to start the year with the strength of the roster. 1st Period The Avalanche came out on...2021
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• MHH Roundtable: 2021 Season Predictions
Photo by Ben Jackson/NHLI via Getty Images Team scoring leader, breakout star, who ya got? As the Colorado Avalanche are primed to finally kick the 2021 season off on Wednesday, January 13th against the St. Louis Blues, it is now time to lock in a few thoughts and predictions ahead of the opening puck drop. Where will the Avalanche finish in the new look West Division standings and with ...2021
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• Colorado Avalanche collapse defensively, Dallas Stars take Game 2
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 24: Esa Lindell #23 of the Dallas Stars celebrates after scoring a goal past Pavel Francouz #39 of the Colorado Avalanche during the second period in Game Two of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 24, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Penalties played a factor, b...2020
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