Tag: Avs Hockey
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Logan O’Connor gets back on the board as Colorado Avalanche dispatch New Jersey Devils
DENVER – Logan O’Connor ended a scoring slump after taking part in a pregame salute to his alma mater. He kicked off a strong second period that carried the Colorado Avalanche to an eighth straight victory, 3-1 Thursday night at Ball Arena. O’Connor took the ceremonial puck drop in front of Denver head coach David…
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MacKinnon provides the goals, Kuemper the saves in Colorado Avalanche shootout win over Edmonton Oilers
After stopping Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the final Edmonton Oilers player sent out for the shootout, Darcy Kuemper slid his goalie stick back into an imaginary sheath at his hip. “That just kind of happened,” Kuemper said. “I didn’t think about it at all. “Just an exciting win to get.” Kuemper set a new regular-season career high…
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Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar’s third OT goal of the season cuts off Winnipeg Jets comeback
Cale Makar scored with two seconds left in an overtime power play to help the Colorado Avalanche finish off host Winnipeg, 5-4, after the Jets dug their way out of a two-goal, third-period hole. Winnipeg’s Josh Morrissey kept the Avalanche from icing the game in regulation. Morrissey absorbed a Nathan MacKinnon shot on an empty…
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Byram returns, Colorado Avalanche clinch playoff spot with win against Pittsburgh Penguins
The new guys helped put the “x-” in front of Colorado Avalanche for the fifth straight season. Josh Manson and Artturi Lehkonen both scored their first goals as members of the Avalanche, and the team that wasn’t theirs a month ago cliched a playoff spot with a 6-4 win in Pittsburgh. Colorado was the second…
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Fresh off conditioning stint, defenseman Bowen Byram joins Colorado Avalanche on the road
The Colorado Avalanche announced Monday that defenseman Bowen Byram, 20, has been recalled and is on a three-game road trip through Pittsburgh, Winnipeg and Edmonton. Byram was assigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL) on Thursday for a conditioning stint and took part in a weekend series against the Ontario Reign, registering two penalty minutes in…
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Intention irrelevant as Colorado Avalanche take down Pittsburgh Penguins
DENVER – Intentionally or accidentally, the Colorado Avalanche never left the game tied for long and took down the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Ball Arena. Drop pass or bobble, Colorado forward Alex Newhook left the puck sitting for teammate Nicolas Aube-Kubel at the top of a faceoff circle. Aube-Kubel came roaring in…
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Colorado points leader Nazem Kadri ‘evaluated,’ misses Friday’s Avalanche practice
CENTENNIAL – Nazem Kadri, the Colorado Avalanche team leader in assists and points, missed practice at Family Sports Center on Friday. His status for Saturday’s matinee against the Pittsburgh Penguins was in question. “He’s getting evaluated today, so we’ll see about him for tomorrow,” coach Jared Bednar said. Bednar said his level of concern would…
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Seemingly a false alarm for Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon, who returns after missing one game
DENVER – Nathan MacKinnon didn’t finish out the Colorado Avalanche’s recent two-game road trip. Coach Jared Bednar said MacKinnon had X-rays done, then left the team for further evaluation. That must have gone well because Bednar said MacKinnon was “good to go” Thursday morning. He took up his usual spot on the top line against…
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Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon leaves road trip with upper-body injury
Colorado Avalanche top-line center Nathan MacKinnon missed Tuesday’s 2-1 win at the Calgary Flames with an upper-body injury. “He’ll land in Denver, and then he’ll start seeing our docs,” coach Jared Bednar said, according to NHL.com. The report also said there was no timeline for MacKinnon’s return and that Bednar speculated the injury could have…
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Tyson Jost draws penalty that leads to OT win against Colorado Avalanche, his former team
A strange circumstance cost the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night as defenseman Erik Johnson made contact with a guy that, two weeks ago, was his teammate. Johnson was called for cross-checking the Minnesota Wild’s Tyson Jost late in the third period. About a minute and a half of the power play carried over to overtime,…