The Avalanche are riding pretty high after winning their season-opener 5-3 over the Calgary Flames. Below is postgame audio from a club that believes it has big things ahead of it. Conor Timmins on his NHL debut: Mikko Rantanen on his two-goal night: Cale Makar: Joonas Donskoi:...

The first day of training camp is in the books and the Avalanche wrapped it up with a grueling endurance test at the end of each session. Players were pretty thoroughly rocked after the test and you can hear that in some of today’s interviews. We had a slant on the defense today but managed to catch a few other…...

The Avalanche wrapped up media day this morning with a lengthy conversation with head coach Jared Bednar about his expectations for his team this upcoming season. Training camp begins tomorrow morning so we’ll start this mega locker room audio dump with the head coach. BEDNAR Next up is newcomer NAZEM KADRI Then comes captain GABE LANDESKOG Followed by star forward…...

Back on the ice today, the Avalanche had their only day of rookie camp before heading to California tomorrow to participate in this year’s Rookie Showcase in Anaheim. That means we have a slew of audio to bring you, beginning with Conor Timmins talking about his road back. CONOR TIMMINS SHANE BOWERS BOWEN BYRAM MARTIN KAUT TRENT MINER NICK HENRY...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Welcome to the Day After a Game 7 Loss. They are never easy. I have some uncut audio from the night that wasn’t, at the Shark Tank. Obviously, it’s a pretty quiet scene in there, the voices are a bit lower than normal. First up, Gabe Landeskog, talking about that unfortunate offside that cost a goal:…...

The Avalanche locker room audio for last night’s overtime win over the San Jose Sharks is focused on two of the three roommates who scored goals, Tyson Jost and J.T. Compher. Compher’s three-point night paced the Avalanche in their victory over the Sharks. As the man of the night, Compher is first up: Next up is Jost talking about his…...

I’ve gotten a few requests from you t0 play the audio from a quote from Nikita Zadorov that I posted on Twitter today, about his hit on Evander Kane in Game 2 last night. So, here it is, in the middle of my roughly 70-second talk with Big Z last night. Of course, I misquoted a word in the original tweet;…...

An installment of our Inside the Locker Room feature, uncut audio of all us media philosopher kings asking deep questions like “How big is it to win Game 1 of a playoff series?” I have several players from today’s open-room session, so let’s get started: First up, the always eloquent (and that’s no sarcasm here) Ian Cole about the week-long…...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Let’s do something of a travelog piece here, on this Saturday in April. Most of what you’ll hear on this piece of content are interviews of Avs players, before the game today in San Jose and after the game. There’s some decent stuff, including Big Z talking about how “dirty” the series with the Flames might…...

Uncut audio from Colorado’s huge 3-2 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets. The Avalanche clinched a playoff berth by getting to overtime and then won the second point simply because they could. Below is audio from a couple of the players after the game. First up is Erik Johnson, the longest tenured Av right now and a player who missed…...

Uncut audio from the Avs’ dressing room tonight. Included was a mild jibe by captain Gabe Landeskog at the Avs fans who left early, when the Wings took a late 3-2 lead. Landy noticed you walking out, folks. Shame on you! To the audio: Landeskog: Mikko Rantanen: Jared Bednar: Nathan MacKinnon: Tyson Barrie:...

Here’s the audio from last night’s locker room scrums with Nathan MacKinnon and Semyon Varlamov. I got to MacKinnon alone before others joined up and, as you’ll hear, others joined Varlamov and weren’t shy about asking the same question he’d already answered. Up first is MacKinnon: After we have the amusing interview with Varlamov, raw and uncut....

Some uncut audio here, from another overtime loss. Not a whole lot, as the Avs’ locker room cleared out pretty darn quick. Just the new guy, Derick Brassard and the coach. Plus, some Patrik Nemeth from earlier in the day. Oh, and some Alan Roach from the Howard Stern Show. Seriously, our Avs PA voice, a guest on the Stern…...

Uncut audio from Avs locker room, following the 7-1 win over Winnipeg. I have three players for you here, A.J. Greer, Gabe Landeskog and Matt Nieto. All three contributed in different ways to what I thought was the most impressive win of the Avs season. First up, Greer, who scored his first career goal: Next up, Landy, talking about this…...

BOSTON – Some uncut audio from the game in Boston today, with one additional one from yesterday in Brooklyn. A couple of notes: My talk with Alexander Kerfoot continued after I pushed “stop” on the record button. I understand why he probably was a little ticked off by my line of questioning. He’s just played in another brutal overtime loss. He’s…...

ARLINGTON, Va. – Hello from the Old Dominion (that’s the official nickname of Virginia), where the Avs had a practice today. I’ve got four pieces of uncut audio for your listening pleasure. I would say the Avs had an upbeat practice here. No, there aren’t tons of laughs and jokes around the team right now, but I think the attitude was…...

Some uncut audio from the Avs’ room tonight, after a 5-1 loss to the Canucks. Surprisingly, there were a lot of guys in the room right after the game, making themselves available. At least there was an atmosphere of accountability in the room tonight. Not always the case. We have Semyon Varlamov and Erik Johnson here, talking very earnestly about…...

OTTAWA, Ontario – Well, other than the play, Mrs. Lincoln… Wow, was that a performance I wasn’t expecting from the Colorado Avalanche here in frozen Ottawa tonight. Avs just flat-out laid an egg against the last-place Senators. I went through all the reasons why in my story. This is your uncut audio from the locker room, including a couple minutes with…...

TORONTO – Before I sign off for the night, I’ll post the uncut audio I gathered from the locker room tonight in Toronto, after a 6-3 Avalanche victory. It’s always a happy scene around a hockey dressing room after a win, but tonight was most especially the case. This team really wanted to win the game, and win they did. I…...