Author: Evan Rawal
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Denver Pioneers erase three deficits but fall 6-5 in OT heartbreaker to Minnesota
Down 3-1, 4-2, and 5-4 in the third period, the Denver Pioneers fought back to force overtime at Ball Arena against the Minnesota Gophers. It still wasn’t enough. Javon Moore scored with 35 seconds left in overtime for the Gophers to give Minnesota the 6-5 win over the Pioneers. The ice was lopsided, with Denver…
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Avalanche stomp Canadiens at home as Landeskog hits his stride
Gabriel Landeskog doesn’t want to judge his play by the numbers, but it’s hard to ignore three goals in 24 hours, especially when he had just two over the previous 48 days. Led by Landeskog and Brock Nelson, the Avalanche bounced back from their first loss in over three weeks to rout the Montreal Canadiens…
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Vintage Landeskog returns in overtime loss as Avalanche win streak ends | 5 takeaways
All good things must come to an end. The Avalanche’s win streak has come to an end at 10 games, as the Minnesota Wild took down Colorado in a shootout on Friday afternoon by a score of 3-2. Naturally, it took more than 60 minutes to decide a winner in a game between the two…
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Did the red-hot Avalanche actually win the Mikko Rantanen trade? | Friday Faceoff
Mark Kiszla, columnist Answer: What, are you crazy? Crazy like a fox. This was never a debate. The Avs won this trade from Day One. When the Avalanche dealt away Rantanen in January 2025, distraught Colorado fans and grumpy media members alike squawked their bloody fool heads off like it was hockey Armageddon. Don’t y’all…
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Welcome to Win City: Why Avalanche, Broncos, Nuggets and Buffs fans should celebrate on Thanksgiving
Paul Klee, sports editor Colorado sports fans are thankful for… winning. If Las Vegas is Sin City, Denver is Win City. Between the Avalanche and Broncos and Nuggets, the city has never seen a point in time where all three are at or near the top of their respective leagues with legitimate hopes of winning…
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Avalanche blow out San Jose Sharks 6-0, record third straight shutout
The San Jose Sharks are a team on the rise, but Wednesday night felt like the Colorado Avalanche telling them, “it’s not your turn just yet.” Colorado scored five goals in the opening 25 minutes, including three in a span of 1:16 in the second period en route to a blowout 6-0 victory over the…
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Scott Wedgewood ready if Team Canada calls Avalanche goalie for the Olympics: ‘I feel like I can help’
Scott Wedgewood has not heard from Team Canada about the Olympics, but he has heard about the growing “Wedgewood for Canada” movement online. He’s ready to step in if he gets the call. “I think (TNT analyst Paul) Bissonnette posted something about it and my buddies were sending that. It’s starting to get some recognition,”…
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Scott Wedgewood’s 22-save shutout against Blackhawks makes Avalanche history
CHICAGO – The Wood is good in net for the Colorado Avalanche. Very good. One night after Mackenzie Blackwood posted a 35-save shutout against the Nashville Predators, Scott Wedgewood matched his goaltending partner, stopping all 22 shots against the Chicago Blackhawks to lead the Avalanche to a 1-0 victory on Sunday. The performance marked the…
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Avalanche’s Sam Malinski taking lessons learned from last year to avoid mid-season dip | Evan’s Take
CHICAGO – Sam Malinski might be underselling things when his thoughts about his first 21 games are, “I feel good.” According to every single metric available to NHL fans and followers, the more truthful answer from Malinski would probably be, “I feel incredible.” Let’s run through where he sits among the 175 defensemen who have…
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Rust? What rust? Blackwood stops 35 shots to steal win for Avalanche
NASHVILLE – The Avalanche, as Jared Bednar loves to say, “beat up the puck” on Saturday against the Predators. That might have actually helped their goaltender get into a rhythm. Mackenzie Blackwood was not only Colorado’s best player, but there’s an argument to be made that he was their only good player against the Predators,…