Tag: Andrei Vasilevskiy
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Avalanche schedule analysis: 5 must-watch games for the 2022-23 season
The Avalanche embark on its Stanley Cup defense with 82 regular season games on the 2022-23 schedule. Here is a closer look at the team’s five most intriguing matchups before the playoffs begin, listed in chronological order. AVALANCHE AT FLAMES (OCT. 13) Colorado wastes no time for its reunion with former second-line center Nazem Kadri.…
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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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Avalanche and Golden Knights each have Vezina Trophy finalist in Philipp Grubauer, Marc-Andre Fleury
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer is a first-time finalist for the Vezina Trophy, awarded to “to the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position.” Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy and Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury are also in the running. Grubauer, 29, said Fleury, 36, was one of the goaltenders he…