The Vegas Golden Knights will host the 2023 Rookie Faceoff this weekend. Top prospects from the Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights, Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks will compete in the showcase from September 15th – 18th. DNVR will be there to bring you coverage each day. Each of the six teams will play three...
After his name was called on the draft floor in 2019, Matt Stienburg went to shake Joe Sakic’s hand. The son of former Quebec Nordiques forward Trevor Stienburg was selected 63rd overall by the Colorado Avalanche. Colorado received the selection back in 2017 from the three-team trade that also eventually brought them Bowen Byram and Samuel Girard. The Cornell commit…
Avs Prospects are on the ice for day one of dev camp including new draftees Jeremy Hanzel and Mikhail Gulyayev as well as some invites and signings like Sam Maliniski. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_g7VmsKJDA
As the chaos continues for the professional rosters in the Avalanche organization, many of those not under contract yet continue to produce at a strong clip. As all leagues around the world now have a significant number of games played we can start taking some of these statistics seriously. AHL: As you may have noticed all but a few Avs…
A new season is underway for nearly all Avalanche prospects and the pool is looking a bit on the thin side but the Avs still have a few key prospects on the radar, be it for the future or maybe more realistically as trade fodder. AHL: The Eagles started the season splitting two back-to-backs but more importantly from the development…
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.…...
As hype continues to build around the Avs only remaining first-round prospect it seems like a good time to set realistic expectations for a player who still has a long road to the NHL. https://youtu.be/sojGiCULUvg
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…...
For many leagues around the world, the home stretch of the season has been entered and in some cases, the playoffs are already underway. For prospects, this is the last push to make an impression before the Avs turn their focus toward their own playoffs. AHL: The Colorado Eagles are plugging right along now third in the Pacific and fifth…...
The winter break is officially over and hopefully with the last wave of COVID hopefully in the rearview for the most part, developmental leagues are getting back up and running again. Prospect of the Week: Oskar Olausson – RW (Oshawa Generals) round 1, pick 27, 2021 Games Played Goals Assists Points PIM +/- 40 23 14 37 14 0 After…...
The winter break is officially over and hopefully with the last wave of COVID hopefully in the rearview for the most part, developmental leagues are getting back up and running again. AHL: Another solid win streak has finally pushed the Eagles up into the top half of the division. As is always the case for AHL team the roster remains…...
Over the last three years, milestone moments in Justin Barron’s career have deviated from the traditional path alongside the changing landscape in a world trying to navigate a global pandemic. The 2019-2020 QMJHL season was suspended and ultimately canceled before its finish. The next season was understandably also impacted by COVID-19, and the Memorial Cup was canceled for the second…...
With most prospects hitting the ten-game mark of the season trajectories for the year are starting to become clear and many of them are of the very positive variety. Despite having just one first-round pick in their unsigned ranks the Avs prospect pool remains strong. Prospect of the Week: Sampo Ranta – LW Games Played Goals Assists Points PIM +/-…...
Avalanche viewership is relatively familiar with Sampo Ranta after 10 games with Colorado to start this season. He came to Denver fresh out of college after an impressive NCAA career with the Minnesota Gophers. In his third and final college season, he finished second in the league as a leading goal scorer just behind Cole Caufield – earning a place…...
The Colorado Eagles finally returned home last weekend to Budweiser Events Center following a four-game road trip. The Eagles snagged their first win against the Henderson Silver Knights on Saturday after being swept by them earlier this season. The Knights were a bit depleted with many of their players called up to their NHL affiliate. To pivot around this, Henderson…...
Defenseman Sean Behrens is in his first year at the University of Denver after he was selected 61st overall in the 2nd round of the 2021 NHL draft by the Colorado Avalanche. With the opportunity to watch the Pioneers’ series against WMU this last weekend, I was able to see his game up close in a high-scoring, undisciplined match-up. To…...
With most prospects hitting the ten-game mark of the season trajectories for the year are starting to become clear and many of them are of the very positive variety. Despite having just one first-round pick in their unsigned ranks the Avs prospect pool remains strong. Prospect of the Week: Sean Behrens – D (Denver) round 2, pick 61, 2021 Games…...
As North American prospects begin settling into their seasons we start to see who is more than a flash in the pan of a hot start. For many Avs prospects, early signs continue to be encouraging and while ELC conversations are still months away, the Avs will have some interesting decisions to make. AHL: The revolving door has continued for…...
Well then! Thanks to a couple of last-minute surprises, the NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament Selection Show actually had some drama attached to it. In previous years, the use of the Pairwise system meant that only tweaks were really required but the field was pretty much set beforehand. With the lack of consistent schedules around the country, the Pairwise system was…...
For many of the Avs prospects finding ice time has continued to be a struggle throughout this pandemic plagued season. With even the best of leagues playing an on-again, off-again schedule many prospects have found themselves venturing into unusual territory just to keep themselves sharp. While a few players have had a close to normal year, many may be chalking…...
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