Tag: The Stanley Cup
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NHL Insider: The inevitability of Nathan MacKinnon’s monster Avalanche contract extension
Every Friday during the offseason, Denver Gazette beat writer Kyle Fredrickson will take you around the NHL and inside the Avalanche What they said “I think it’s really an amazing experience for the Muslim community and it’s really inspiring for us. If he can win the Stanley Cup as a Muslim, he inspires more Muslim…
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NHL Insider: Valeri Nichushkin celebrated in hometown despite Stanley Cup’s ban from Russia
Every Friday during the offseason, beat writer Kyle Fredrickson will take you around the NHL and inside the Avalanche. What they said “Being back at the house we grew up in was pretty cool. It comes full circle. The memories and the hard work we all put in for all those years. The dents I…
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‘I knew I had to be at this’: Stanley Cup parade draws an avalanche of fans to downtown Denver
Half a million Colorado Avalanche fans filled the streets of downtown Denver on Thursday to celebrate the team’s third Stanley Cup victory. Some fans came from as far as Albuquerque. By 6:30 a.m., burgundy, blue and white clad fans started staking their spot near the front of the rally site on Bannock Street across from…
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Colorado Avalanche watch party at Tivoli Quad canceled for Game 6
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Avalanche fans who were planning to watch Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals at the Tivoli Quad will need to make new plans. The Auraria Higher Education Center announced Saturday evening that the watch party planned for Game 6 has been canceled. Officials said…
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Valeri Nichushkin’s pair of goals in Game 2 has Colorado Avalanche in driver’s seat of Stanley Cup Final
DENVER – The Lightning haven’t been able to get off the tracks when Colorado’s train is coming through. Avalanche right winger Valeri Nichushkin, nicknamed “Choo Choo,” scored his second and third goals of the Stanley Cup Final in Saturday’s 7-0 win over the Lightning at Ball Arena and led Colorado to a 2-0 series lead.…
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Paul Klee: How Nathan MacKinnon can surpass Joe Sakic as Avalanche’s greatest star
Joe Sakic, playoffs god, won his first Stanley Cup at age 26. Nathan MacKinnon is 26. You can see where this is going, and it’s time we go there. Does a 25-year gap make for a fair comparison? Not really. Different eras, supporting casts, all that. But after two decades away the Avs are back…
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Colorado Avalanche will face Tampa Bay Lightning in Stanley Cup Finals
The Stanley Cup Finals will start Wednesday. The Colorado Avalanche will host back-to-back champion Tampa Bay at 6 p.m. at Ball Arena. The Lightning defeated the New York Rangers on Saturday night in the Eastern Conference finals. Colorado started its Stanley Cup playoff run by sweeping the Nashville Predators, outscoring them 21-9. The Avalanche’s second-round…
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Darren Helm looks to be ‘piece of the puzzle’ with Colorado Avalanche
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Darren Helm will be one of the new guys in an NHL locker room. That hasn’t happened in a while. Helm signed as a free agent with the Colorado Avalanche, an established group looking for role players, not stars. If all goes according to plan, the 34-year-old will experience the postseason again in the late…
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As new goaltender Darcy Kuemper introduces himself, Colorado Avalanche make more moves
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Once again, Darcy Kuemper has to stake his claim in an NHL goaltending tandem. The Colorado Avalanche netminder, acquired from the Arizona Coyotes in a trade Wednesday, was picked up to share the net with Pavel Francouz. They’ve never met, Kuemper said, but he’s excited to get that out of the way. “I’m sure we’ll…
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Shakeup in net for Avalanche, who make trade with Coyotes after Philipp Grubauer departs
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There was a changing of the guard in the Avalanche crease Wednesday as Colorado bid farewell to starting goaltender Philipp Grubauer and made a trade with the Arizona Coyotes for Darcy Kuemper. The Avalanche couldn’t keep every piece of a loaded and increasingly expensive lineup in place. On the busy first day of free agency, the Seattle Kraken announced they had signed Grubauer to a six-year deal worth an…