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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Avalanche notebook: Nazem Kadri gets belated All-Star nod; update on COVID protocol
DENVER – Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri has his first NHL All-Star Game opportunity. He became the final member of the 2022 Central Division team by way of the “Last Men In” campaign fan voting. As it stands, the Avalanche will send four representatives. Kadri is set to join teammates Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar…
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Colorado Avalanche coach said he wants league look at collision with G Darcy Kuemper
DENVER — Pavel Francouz turned in more shootout heroics Monday, but without the feel-good story. He took over for Darcy Kuemper after the Colorado Avalanche starting goaltender fell to the ice following contact with Minnesota’s Jordan Greenway in the second period. “It’s the worst-case scenario because you see your teammate go down,” Francouz said. “It’s really…
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Pavel Francouz enters, leads Colorado Avalanche to shootout win over Minnesota Wild
DENVER — Backup goaltender Pavel Francouz entered Monday’s game near the midway point and after an imperfect regulation, was perfect in the shootout. That allowed the Colorado Avalanche to win their 14th straight at Ball Arena, 4-3. Nathan MacKinnon’s go-ahead goal in the third period earned a long look from the officials. The puck was,…
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Darcy Kuemper records shutout as Colorado Avalanche force will on Arizona Coyotes
In the Colorado Avalanche’s first 34 games this season, neither team recorded a shutout. Colorado’s No. 35 ended the streak in Game 35. In his return to Gila River Arena, goaltender Darcy Kuemper – traded to the Avalanche by the Arizona Coyotes on July 28 – made 20 saves. The action was infrequent in Saturday’s…