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Two Vezina Trophy finalists will be on opposite sides of the Ball Arena rink Wednesday when the Avalanche’s Philipp Grubauer and Vegas’ Marc-Andre Fleury play in Game 2 of the best-of-7 Stanley Cup first-round series. Grubauer, Fleury and Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy were named finalists...
The Avalanche will try to take a 2-0 series lead against Vegas on Wednesday at Ball Arena, but it doesn’t figure to be as easy as their 7-1 win on Sunday. The Golden Knights have had two days to rest, unlike before Game 1, and Vezina Trophy finalist Marc-Andre Fleury will be in goal. He has...
The Avalanche know how fortunate they are to be taking a 2-0 series lead against the Vegas Golden Knights into Las Vegas for Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup second-round series Friday and Sunday. After getting blown out in a 7-1 loss in Game 1, the real Golden Knights team showed up Wednesday an...
Avalanche coach Jared Bednar doesn’t reveal his lineup anymore, hasn’t doesn’t it for weeks, but it appears he’ll be changing the fourth line for Friday’s game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. I was going to mention Thursday that I thought it was time to put Carl Soderberg and Kiefer She...
Avalanche coach Jared Bednar was much calmer Saturday than he was after the 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday that ended their six-game playoff winning streak and trimmed their lead in the Stanley Cup second-round series to 2-1. Game 4 is on tap Sunday at T-Mobile Arena. HERE’S...
It’s response time for the Avalanche, who will either grab a commanding 3-1 series lead against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday at T-Mobile Arena or head home 2-2 turning this into a nail-biter the rest of the way. GAME NOTES They didn’t have a morning skate because of the early start...
As of late afternoon, early evening Monday the Avalanche and Nazem Kadri were still waiting to hear independent arbitrator Shyam Das’ ruling regarding the appeal of his eight-game suspension. Kadri has served six games already, and he and the Avalanche are hopeful the final two games will be el...
Independent arbitrator Shyam Das has upheld Nazem Kadri’s eight-game suspension, meaning he will complete the penalty by sitting out Games 5 and 6 of the Avalanche’s Stanley Cup second-round playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights. Here’s the official release: The NHLPA and @NHL ann...
Rather than rehash how the Avalanche blew a 2-0 third-period lead – and subsequently a 2-0 series lead -- in Tuesday’s 3-2 loss that has put them in a 3-2 hole heading into Game 6 in Las Vegas – my NHL.com game story below covers that – here’s some positive news for those who might be in...
Avalanche coach Jared Bednar has been cleared to coach after he had an irregularity in his COVID-19 test result and didn’t run the morning skate Thursday. He will be on the bench for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup second-round series with Vegas at T-Mobile Arena. Here are the GAME NOTES. It’s...
Same ol, same ol for the Avalanche, who failed to advance beyond the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third year in a row. The Presidents’ Trophy and home ice didn’t turn out to be an advantage after all for a highly-skilled team that committed too many turnovers, didn’t sco...
The Avalanche on Tuesday announced they have signed goalie Jonas Johansson to a one-year contract for the 2021-22 season. It’s a two-way contract worth $750,000 in the NHL and $300,000 in the AHL. Johansson, 25, could have become an unrestricted free agent July 28. He and Pavel Francouz, who...
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