Tag: Carolina Hurricanes
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Avalanche setting the pace among familiar list of contenders at midway point of season | NHL Insider
With back-to-back regulation losses, it is time to ask the question. What is wrong with the Colorado Avalanche? Actually, it’s not. The Avalanche have just been so good this season that back-to-back losses is uncharted territory for them. And at the halfway point of the NHL season, they’ve dug such a chasm between themselves and…
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Logan O’Connor emerges as essential depth forward to mask Avalanche injury concerns
DENVER — Logan O’Connor’s dependability extends beyond his blue-collar playing style for the Colorado Avalanche. The tenacious third-line winger honors friendly bets among teammates. Even when he loses the wager. Exhibit A: O’Connor, a proud DU guy, wearing a UMass hockey shirt in the Avs’ dressing room last month. Punishment for the Pioneers’ two-game series…
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Former Colorado College star Jaccob Slavin talks hockey as he nears 500-game NHL mark
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Erie native Jaccob Slavin played his 484th NHL game – all with the Carolina Hurricanes – on Thursday, a 2-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche. He’s a Hurricanes alternate captain and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy last season for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with playing ability. Slavin finished his two-year…
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Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog shares thoughts on officiating late in Colorado loss to Carolina Hurricanes
RALEIGH, N.C. – Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog’s night ended 51 seconds early, he said for yelling at the officials from the bench. He was ready to speak his piece after the game. “In 11 years I’ve never sat and talked about referees in a press conference, ever” Landeskog began Thursday following a 2-0 loss…