Author: Kate Shefte kate.shefte@gazette.com
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Free agent update: Trending names and rumored interest from the Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche have already made two moves this week ahead of the NHL trade deadline, which is Monday at 1 p.m. Defenseman Josh Manson arrived alongside high praise. There was also one of the “hockey trades” general manager Joe Sakic teased, a swap of forwards with the Minnesota Wild. There could be more coming.…
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Josh Manson gets physical in Colorado Avalanche debut, a 3-0 win over Los Angeles Kings
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The day after he was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks – the only NHL team he’d ever played for – new Colorado Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson was in penalty kill meetings. Onboarding is expedited when there’s a game the next night. “I think it’ll be an adjustment, just learning how to play within their system…
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Colorado Avalanche send Tyson Jost to Minnesota Wild for Nico Sturm
The Colorado Avalanche swapped forwards with the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, sending Tyson Jost and acquiring Nico Sturm, 26. Sturm has tied his career high of 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists) in 53 games with the Wild this season and has won 52% of his faceoffs, good for second on the team. Six-foot-3, 209-pound…
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Avalanche notebook: Colorado deals for defenseman, acquiring Anaheim Ducks’ Josh Manson
DENVER • The Colorado Avalanche picked up a defenseman on the way to Los Angeles, acquiring Josh Manson on Monday afternoon. Colorado sent a 2023 second-round draft pick and prospect Drew Helleson to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for their alternate captain. Six-foot-three, 218-pound Manson had four goals and five assists in 45 games with…
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Darcy Kuemper, Colorado Avalanche blank Calgary Flames in first game without Gabriel Landeskog
DENVER — Through the first two months of 2022, the Colorado Avalanche were uncommonly healthy and wildly successful. Adversity rolled in again this week. Coach Jared Bednar said captain Gabriel Landeskog would have knee surgery Monday and the team hopes to have him back sometime in the final 22 regular-season games. From March 3-13, the…
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Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog to have knee surgery Monday
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The Colorado Avalanche confirmed Saturday that captain Gabriel Landeskog will undergo knee surgery Monday. Multiple sources quoted Colorado coach Jared Bednar, who said it was a lingering issue and not related to Landeskog’s ACL. He’s set to miss time but the hope is the Avalanche will have their top-line winger back by the playoffs. More…
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‘Wasn’t fun. Wasn’t pretty.’: Avalanche’s Tyson Jost plays through pain on road swing
RALEIGH, N.C. – Tyson Jost’s upper-upper-body injury luck ran out. Jost has been wearing some fortified headgear. He was struck by a puck during a 4-3 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames on March 5. He said he’s been hit in the face with sticks, but never a puck. “It went off (Nicolas Aube-Kubel’s) shin…
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Former Colorado College star Jaccob Slavin talks hockey as he nears 500-game NHL mark
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Erie native Jaccob Slavin played his 484th NHL game – all with the Carolina Hurricanes – on Thursday, a 2-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche. He’s a Hurricanes alternate captain and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy last season for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with playing ability. Slavin finished his two-year…
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Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog shares thoughts on officiating late in Colorado loss to Carolina Hurricanes
RALEIGH, N.C. – Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog’s night ended 51 seconds early, he said for yelling at the officials from the bench. He was ready to speak his piece after the game. “In 11 years I’ve never sat and talked about referees in a press conference, ever” Landeskog began Thursday following a 2-0 loss…
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Scoreless until late, Carolina Hurricanes take playoff-style win over Colorado Avalanche
RALEIGH, N.C. – When the leaders of the NHL’s East and West met Thursday night in North Carolina, each team took a turn as the best by a country mile. During the third period, no one gave an inch. Under pressure near the corner of the Avalanche bench, Carolina defenseman Ethan Bear threw a nonthreatening…