Tag: Pavel Francouz
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Home streak gives way to road success for Colorado Avalanche
Make that wins in seven straight road games for the Avalanche. Saturday’s 5-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres also gave Colorado points in nine straight contests (8-0-1) away from Ball Arena. It’s not the noisy or historic good time of a recent 18-game home win streak. But it’s evidence for coach Jared Bednar. “I think when…
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Dallas Stars hand Colorado Avalanche first home regulation loss since October
DENVER – Joe Pavelski scored a pair of power-play goals, Jakob Oettinger made 46 saves and the Dallas Stars handed the Colorado Avalanche their first home regulation loss, 4-1, since Oct. 26 – game 6 of the season. Tuesday featured game 47. The Avalanche went 22 home games without a regulation loss. Dallas is the…
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Stunning month: Colorado Avalanche finish nearly perfect January with win over Buffalo
DENVER — A month for the NHL record books ended Sunday night with a 4-1 Colorado Avalanche victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Colorado went 15-0-1 in January. It was the Avalanche’s 18th consecutive win at Ball Arena. They’re one home victory away from matching Boston’s run from Nov. 22, 1970 to Feb. 6, 1971, which…
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Colorado Avalanche take wild one at Chicago Blackhawks, their 9th straight victory
J.T. Compher had a “Gordie Howe hat trick” – a goal, an assist and a fight – in his home state. Alex Newhook had his 21st birthday goal overturned, but made sure the next one was beyond reproach. The Colorado Avalanche then held on during an eight-goal third period and won their ninth straight game,…
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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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Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog tests positive for COVID-19 the same day he’s named NHL’s first star of the week
DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog wasn’t on the ice for the morning skate Monday at Ball Arena as he was named the NHL’s first star of the week, and coach Jared Bednar soon stated that it wasn’t just a maintenance day. Bednar said Landeskog tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning. The positive was confirmed with…
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Colorado Avalanche erase 3-goal deficit, beat Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime
DENVER – It had the makings of a misstep, but the Colorado Avalanche turned Saturday night’s game into a dance. J.T. Compher tied things up off a no-look, through-the-legs pass from Mikko Rantanen. Teammate Devon Toews sealed a 5-4 victory in overtime. The Avalanche spotted the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-0 lead and trailed 4-1…
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Nearly healthy Avalanche set to return against Ducks after 16 days without games
Should nothing else go wrong, the Colorado Avalanche will resume their season Sunday afternoon. Should nothing else go wrong, the lineup will be nearly whole. Due to leaguewide COVID-19 issues, a quick break for the holidays ballooned into a 16-day gap between games featuring an unexpected, midseason training camp of sorts. The Avalanche got in…
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Colorado Avalanche forward Darren Helm enters protocol; defense update
As one Colorado Avalanche player exited COVID-19 protocol, another entered. Nazem Kadri joined practice at Ball Arena on Tuesday, the day he was expected to return, according to the team. It was announced during practice that fellow forward Darren Helm had entered protocol, joining Logan O’Connor, Mikko Rantanen and Pavel Francouz. Defenseman Bowen Byram (head)…