Tag: Dallas Stars
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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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The Stanley Cup is there for the taking for the Avalanche | NHL Insider
Gary Bettman wanted parity in the NHL. He got it. And this is the year for the Avalanche to take advantage. Let’s call the NHL what it is right now: mid. The amount of truly average teams in the league this season is astonishing. Fifty-six percent of the league owns a negative goal differential. Only six teams have scored 10 more goals than they’ve given up. At…
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‘Exactly what we want’: Avalanche openly chase home-ice advantage after win over Predators, 4-2
Is it too early for the Avalanche to talk about having home-ice advantage in the postseason? Not at all. The Avalanche have apparently been talking about it for months. With a 4-2 win on Saturday night over the Nashville Predators and a Dallas Stars loss, the Avalanche extended their lead to six points in the…
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Why a tight Central Division race with the Dallas Stars isn’t a bad thing for the Avalanche | Evan’s take
The Colorado Avalanche are off to an historic start. Their reward? A whopping three-point lead on the second-place Dallas Stars. Such is life in the NHL’s Central Division. The Avalanche recently became the second team in NHL history to go beyond the first 25 games of a season with just one regulation loss. Through 29…
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‘Truly happy to be here’: Ilya Solovyov makes Avalanche debut against Stars
In a perfect world, the Colorado Avalanche would have loved to give Ilya Solovyov some time to settle into his new surroundings before throwing him in a game. We live in an imperfect world, unfortunately. Solovyov was claimed on Oct. 3 from the Calgary Flames but has been dealing with visa issues, so he’s been…
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How much tickets are selling for Avalanche, Nuggets playoff series Game 7s
The place to be on Saturday night is either Ball Arena or American Airlines Center. You might flinch at the price tag. The Denver Nuggets host the Los Angeles Clippers for Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. The Dallas Stars also host the Colorado Avalanche for Game 7 of their first-round postseason matchup. Here…
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Friday Faceoff: Will return of Gabe Landeskog lift Avalanche over Stars in Stanley Cup playoffs?
Colorado trails Dallas, 2-1, in first-round NHL postseason series with Game 4 at Ball Arena
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Stanley Cup win by the Oilers would net Colorado sports bar owners nearly $600,000
The timing of the big wager is especially good after an arsonist broke into and burned down The Sportsbook Bar & Grill in Greenwood Village
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Cale Makar sets major NHL defensemen record in shootout victory at Dallas Stars
DALLAS — Cale Makar made NHL history and reacted with a shrug. The generational Avalanche defenseman penned another incredible chapter of his meteoric hockey rise in Monday night’s 3-2 shootout victory at the Dallas Stars. Makar opened the game with a power-play goal to become the fastest blueliner in league history to amass 200 career…
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Avalanche’s Cale Makar makes preseason debut in win against Stars
Cale Makar spent the offseason mentally emptying his trophy case. The Norris, Conn Smythe and Stanley Cup. Forget about all of them. “I’m not focused on anything accolade wise, at all. Everybody keeps asking me: How are going to top next year?” Makar said into a microphone at the beginning of Avalanche training camp. “It’s…