Tag: Avs Hockey
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Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche rally past Boston Bruins, win 17th straight at home
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DENVER — Preoccupation with retaliation endangered the Colorado Avalanche’s franchise-record 16-game home win streak Wednesday night, but Colorado came back to beat the Boston Bruins in overtime, 4-3. Captain Gabriel Landeskog tied the game with 37 seconds left in regulation, and defenseman Cale Makar scored the winner. An injury to star Nathan MacKinnon less than…
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Colorado Avalanche not satisfied with recent play as wins pile up
DENVER – The mood in the media room after a sixth straight Colorado Avalanche victory Saturday? Frustrated. Bordering on gloomy. “We’ve set a high standard,” coach Jared Bednar said. “Instead of being real happy and celebrating the two points…we’re on a long run here of gathered points, but the big picture is we know that…
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It takes OT for Colorado Avalanche to finish off Montreal Canadiens in 15th straight home win
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DENVER – The NHL’s last-place team took one of its best to overtime Saturday. There Gabriel Landeskog sealed the 3-2 win for the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena. Valeri Nichushkin retrieved a Landeskog rebound and waited for the captain to reset, sending a pass over for him to tap in. Nichushkin made his return against…
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After slow start, Colorado Avalanche push past L.A. Kings
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The Colorado Avalanche largely phoned it in and still got the win. Two of the Los Angeles Kings’ gaffes wound up in the back of their own net and that, plus an empty-net goal, was the difference in a 4-1 Colorado victory on Thursday night. Colorado’s Nicolas Aube-Kubel finished serving a high-sticking penalty as J.T.…
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Pavel Francouz, visiting Colorado Avalanche blank Anaheim Ducks
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Pavel Francouz made the offense optional on Wednesday night in Anaheim. Samuel Girard put the Colorado Avalanche on the board and goaltender Francouz held up the thin margin until Nazem Kadri’s empty-net goal. The Avalanche topped the Ducks 2-0. Francouz’s only other regular-season NHL shutout was also in Anaheim – Feb. 21, 2020. “This was…
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7 postponed Colorado Avalanche games get new February dates
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DENVER – The NHL released an updated schedule Wednesday afternoon that will allow all 32 teams to complete their full schedules by the regular season’s original end date of April 29. The league postponed 98 games from Nov. 18 to Jan. 18. And 95 games were moved within the former 16-day Olympic break from Feb.…
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With Nathan MacKinnon reportedly nearing return, Colorado Avalanche have more than compensated
DENVER – A missing star player is an excellent excuse, but the Colorado Avalanche haven’t needed many excuses lately. Nathan MacKinnon wore the top line’s blue practice jersey Monday at Family Sports Center and handled the puck plenty with the top power-play unit. “It looks like he’s put in the work,” linemate Gabriel Landeskog said.…
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Byram charges back into lineup, Rantanen scores hat trick as Colorado Avalanche down Nashville Predators
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DENVER – Mikko Rantanen scored the third hat trick of his career and Bowen Byram found the net in his return from the injury list Saturday as the Colorado Avalanche bounced back against the Nashville Predators, 6-2 at Ball Arena. Gabriel Landeskog sent a pass straight to an open Byram, who was rapping the ice…
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Cale Makar sets franchise mark but Colorado Avalanche can’t overcome poor start in Dallas
After six high-scoring wins, the letdown came for the Avalanche. Joe Pavelski scored twice in 19 seconds to boost the Dallas Stars 1:31 into the game and visiting Colorado never recovered in a 3-1 loss Friday night. Cale Makar’s third-period shot with Darcy Kuemper (19 saves) pulled for the extra attacker finally beat Jake Oettinger…
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Alex Newhook’s late goal helps salvage Colorado Avalanche win over Ottawa Senators
DENVER • Alex Newhook snatched a rebound and scored with 1:33 left in regulation and Nazem Kadri added the empty netter in a 7-5 Colorado Avalanche win Monday night at Ball Arena. Cale Makar scored twice, Kadri added three assists and the Avalanche won their fifth straight — all without star Nathan MacKinnon. “It wasn’t the…