On July 22nd, the Colorado Avalanche announced that Kevin McDonald had joined the organization as the new Assistant General Manager. It came just a little over a week after Joe Sakic was promoted to Executive Vice President/General Manager and Chris MacFarland became the new General Manager. Chris MacFarland’s ascension to the position of General Manager was not a surprise, and…
The start of an East coast road trip marked the beginning of an unconventional schedule as the Avs make their way to Finland for the Global Series next week. The road trip began in New York with a fun match-up against two strong Stanley Cup-contending teams from last season – the Colorado Avalanche and the New York Rangers. Colorado entered…...
On June 13th, the Colorado Avalanche announced that 29-year-old centerman Lukas Sedlak has joined the organization on a one-year deal. The Czechia native spent the last three seasons in the KHL with the Traktor Chelyabinsk. Before that, he played three seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets and three prior with their AHL affiliate. In his time in the KHL, he…
Colorado will have just three whacks at Minnesota in the regular season, and the first of three kicked off tonight. A familiar divisional foe, Minnesota has been a (mild) thorn in Colorado’s side; the Avs went 2-1-1 against them last year. Minnesota was wounded coming out of the gate. Poor goaltending performances weakened them and their forward group has missed…
The storyline for tonight’s game is there. Two Western conference juggernauts. Head of the Pacific Division and the leaders of the Central meet again after a historic offseason. The reigning Stanley Cup Champions and the host of a blockbuster trade filled with big-name acquisitions, departures, and Nazem Kadri’s free-agency landing place. Have I oversold it? Maybe. It came on the…...
On June 26th, 2022, the job was done. It was speculated but not yet known that Darcy Kuemper had simultaneously played his final game in an Avalanche uniform. He spent just one season in Denver, but it was enough to become a Stanley Cup Champion. From the risk he carried coming from Arizona on the heels of a 0.907 SV%…...
Inch by inch, preseason began to resemble the opening night lineup. It’s been an interesting experiment with decision-guys getting extended looks. According to Jared Bednar, there are three roster spots up for grabs come opening night. Bednar said he will make reassignments sometime Saturday or Sunday. This is understandably contingent on the health of Darren Helm. Helm’s injury status is…...
After a quick morning skate at Family Sports Center, Colorado boarded a fast flight to Las Vegas. Much of the same squad from last night’s Minnesota Wild game made the trip, which solidified the preseason spirit. Jared Bednar confirmed the first round of reassignments would happen today possibly before and after the game. Many of the NHL regulars stayed at…...
Period 1 Right off the first shift, a great passing play from Alex Newhook to Martin Kaut created a valuable rebound opportunity and Newhook arrived at the netfront to tap it in. It was a promising opening sequence for a unique top-line combination of Charles Hudon, Newhook and Kaut. Hudon is an offseason free agency pick-up Colorado added possibly with…...
Pre-season has started and we got two hockey games out of the deal. The split squad took a full crew on the road to play the Minnesota Wild. It was split more evenly than the groups from training camp with Alex Galchenyuk, Alex Newhook, and Ben Meyers making the trip. https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1574127767867731969 This road team was filled with more AHL-regulars and…...
His ties to Colorado began at a distance during a time of disarray. Jared Bednar’s first season behind the bench was marred by a 48-point season. That summer, the Ottawa Senators claimed Shane Bowers as their 28th pick in the first round. The scouting reports touted his high-end skating ability and speed. He arrived on the doorsteps of Boston University…...
“Most teams have a long summer,” said defenseman Devon Toews. “[We had a] short, perfect summer. We’re super excited to have this team back.” It was an apt way to tie off the offseason after a short time away. Players have been taking optional skates for weeks, but today marked the beginning of the Colorado Avalanche’s 2022 training camp. Injury…...
The prospects have completed Game 1 of the Rookie Face-Off tournament. Colorado captured a close 3-2 win in an exciting and at times whistle-happy game. The lines were exactly as expected with a top line of Oskar Olausson, Ben Meyers, and Jean-Luc Foudy. Meyers wore an “A” in the contest which falls in line with the leadership prowess he demonstrated…
Yesterday the rookies took to the ice at Family Sports Center for practice before heading to San Joe for the tournament. It was a nice way to set the scene before their first game against LA set to be streamed online at 3 PM MST. The Ontario Reign are a familiar foe of the Colorado Eagles in the Pacific Division,…...
Starting this Friday, the San Jose Sharks will host four teams from the Pacific Division (Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose and Vegas) and two from the Central Division (Arizona and Colorado) in a series of games to showcase the prospects. https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1567938201519783937 To kick off rookie camp, the Avs will practice this Thursday at Family Sports before departing for San Jose.…...
The re-scheduled 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship concluded with a gold medal 3-2 OT win for Team Canada over Team Finland. It was an unsurprising result for Canada after a dominant showing throughout the tournament complete with a lethal high-octane offense led by Anaheim Ducks prospect Mason McTavish (8 Goals, 9 Assists) and strong goaltending. Hockey in August offered…...
It begins with a willingness to find the open net. It’s the markings of a goalscorer and reveals a drive fed only by hard work and perseverance. It can’t really be taught and is rewarded by instinct and ultimately effort. On July 27th Cam Wright – a 6’1″ right-shot winger and Ontario native – signed his first professional contract: an…...
On August 17th, the Avs announced that 23-year-old forward Shane Bowers has re-signed a 1-year, 2-way contract for the 2023 season. It comes with little surprise after Colorado extended the former first round pick a qualifying offer in July. https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1560093517220909056 He was the last of the remaining RFA’s to accept his offer after Mikhail Maltsev re-signed on July 27th to…...
The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship will begin tomorrow on August 9th. It will run through the 20th in Edmonton, Alberta at Rogers Place. Team USA will look to earn back-to-back gold medals in the competition which will also host Czechia, Finland, Canada, Slovakia, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Latvia. Each team will get four games to earn placements…...
Development Camp wrapped up Friday with a rewarding hike up the Incline in Manitou Springs. After a brief 4 on 4 scrimmage the night before, the whole crew got up bright and early to make the trek down to Colorado Springs for the team building activities. This concluded the camp and prospects will return to their additional summer obligations to…...
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