Tag: Artturi Lehkonen
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Philosophy changes, goaltending tandem and trade scenarios | Avalanche mailbag
Welcome to Evan’s mailbag, where each week Avalanche reporter Evan Rawal answers all your Avalanche- and hockey-related questions. Mailbag questions can be sent to [email protected]. Should the Avs consider a change in play style? When things get tighter in the playoffs, generating rush offense is more difficult. That’s coupled with being on the smaller side and an aging…
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Previewing an important and volatile summer for the Colorado Avalanche | NHL Insider
If it still feels surreal to the general public that the Avalanche season is over, imagine how the front office feels. It ended so abruptly that, like everyone else, Chris MacFarland, Joe Sakic, Andrew Cogliano and company must still be processing what just happened — a stunning 4-0 series loss to the Vegas Golden Knights…
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How it all fell apart for the Avalanche against Vegas | Evan’s take
What had been the season of a lifetime ended after the week from hockey hell for the Colorado Avalanche. The Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena completed a shocking sweep of the Avalanche in the Western Conference finals. Just one week prior, the Avalanche seemed unstoppable as heavy betting favorites to lift…
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Makar or no Makar, Avalanche need more from their other top players | Evan’s take
Cale Makar may or may not be on the ice for Sunday’s Game 3 at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas. Either way, the Avalanche have enough star power to come back against the Golden Knights. They just need that star power to shine a lot brighter, starting at 6 p.m. (ESPN). “(Makar’s) been in the gym…
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Avalanche, Cale Makar put the league on notice with sweep of Kings
LOS ANGELES – He shimmies. He shakes. The defending forward has no chance. Nobody can suck the life out of an opposing building like Cale Makar. In the four games against the Los Angeles Kings, the Avalanche blueliner showed everyone why he is the best defenseman in the world. And it’s not just the highlight-reel…
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Nazem Kadri addition gives Avalanche options when building playoff lineup | NHL Insider
If Jared Bednar wants to bring that 2022 mojo back to the Colorado Avalanche, he already has one combination in mind that could do that. His team just has to get healthy first. The Avalanche presently are without four of the eight wingers they’d prefer to dress in the postseason in Ross Colton, Gabriel Landeskog,…
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Avalanche looking for more goals from Nichushkin as Lehkonen exits lineup with injury
ANAHEIM – With one top six forward exiting the lineup, the Avalanche will look for more offense from another. Prior to Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks, the Avalanche announced that winger Artturi Lehkonen is considered week-to-week with the upper body injury he suffered against the Los Angeles Kings the day prior. On Lehkonen’s…
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Avalanche winger Artturi Lehkonen to miss ‘some time’ due to injury
LOS ANGELES – It sounds like the Colorado Avalanche might be without a key piece of their lineup for at least a little while. Winger Artturi Lehkonen, who is fourth on the team with 19 goals, exited Monday’s game against the Kings in the first period after taking a puck up high. He never returned,…
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Mark Kiszla: With gold medal on line, Nathan MacKinnon is a bad guy for one day
MILAN – All the pain that puddled in the corners of Artturi Lehkonen’s eyes revealed something beautiful and true. Hockey at the Olympics brings out a passion in a man that the NHL cannot fully understand. Blowing a two-goal lead Friday in a 3-2 loss to Canada that wrecked the gold medal dream of Lehkonen…
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Avalanche at the Olympics: Will Landeskog play in Sweden’s first game?
The men’s hockey portion of the Winter Olympics gets underway in Milan on Wednesday with a few games that could intrigue Avalanche fans, who can choose among eight of their players at these Games: Slovakia vs. Finland: 8:40 a.m. (USA Network) Avalanche winger Artturi Lehkonen is expected to play an important role on Team Finland.…