Tag: Alex Newhook
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Dryden Hunt scores first Avalanche goal since added on waivers: ‘It takes a little bit of weight off the top guys’
DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche added Dryden Hunt on waivers last month from the Rangers to bolster their forward depth. It paid dividends Saturday night in a 4-1 home victory against the Dallas Stars. Hunt, in his 15th game with the Avs, scored at the net front cleaning up an Alex Newhook rebound. Hunt’s third-line…
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Avalanche’s Evan Rodrigues expected to miss several weeks with lower-body injury
DENVER • The Avalanche have lost another prominent forward to a significant injury. Evan Rodrigues is considered “week to week,” coach Jared Bednar told reporters Saturday, and he is expected to miss about two to four weeks in total. The lower-body injury occurred in Wednesday’s home loss to Vancouver. Rodrigues, signed in the offseason from Pittsburgh,…
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Avalanche training camp: Alex Newhook, J.T. Compher and Mikko Rantanen discuss second-line center vacancy
The Avalanche have started the evaluation process to determine a second-line center. Three returning players who might fill the role — J.T. Compher, Alex Newhook and Mikko Rantanen — recently discussed the training camp vacancy created by Nazem Kadri’s signing with Calgary. — Compher: “(Coach Jared Bednar) has always been fair. If you’re playing well,…
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Nazem Kadri to Calgary; how the Colorado Avalanche must adapt following key departure
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Nazem Kadri signing with the Flames is proof the Colorado Avalanche are victims of their own success. Keeping the star second-line center with the Avs proved too costly for general manager Chris MacFarland. On Thursday — more than one month after NHL free agency opened — Kadri inked a $49-million, seven-year deal to sign in…
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Valeri Nichushkin’s pair of goals in Game 2 has Colorado Avalanche in driver’s seat of Stanley Cup Final
DENVER – The Lightning haven’t been able to get off the tracks when Colorado’s train is coming through. Avalanche right winger Valeri Nichushkin, nicknamed “Choo Choo,” scored his second and third goals of the Stanley Cup Final in Saturday’s 7-0 win over the Lightning at Ball Arena and led Colorado to a 2-0 series lead.…
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Colorado Avalanche aiming to maintain speed, keep Edmonton’s turbo-charged attack in check
DENVER • If the brand of hockey played between the Avalanche and Oilers is closer to that of a video game than the traditional sport, the turbo button is getting worn out in the Western Conference Finals. A day after an 8-6 win over the Oilers in Game 1, Avalanche forward Logan O’Connor said the pace…
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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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Home streak gives way to road success for Colorado Avalanche
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Make that wins in seven straight road games for the Avalanche. Saturday’s 5-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres also gave Colorado points in nine straight contests (8-0-1) away from Ball Arena. It’s not the noisy or historic good time of a recent 18-game home win streak. But it’s evidence for coach Jared Bednar. “I think when…
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Newhook scores winner, Colorado Avalanche outlast Buffalo Sabres in road matinee
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The Colorado Avalanche got through a freewheeling, five-goal first period and past a hat trick from Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson to win, 5-3, on Saturday afternoon. Sabres fans, enjoying a tight game between the league-best Avalanche and their 16-26-8 home team, were not too pleased with the go-ahead goal. Avalanche defenseman Jack Johnson dumped…
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Stunning month: Colorado Avalanche finish nearly perfect January with win over Buffalo
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DENVER — A month for the NHL record books ended Sunday night with a 4-1 Colorado Avalanche victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Colorado went 15-0-1 in January. It was the Avalanche’s 18th consecutive win at Ball Arena. They’re one home victory away from matching Boston’s run from Nov. 22, 1970 to Feb. 6, 1971, which…