MISSION 16W It was a saying that Ray Bourque hung up in the Colorado Avalanche locker room to refer to that season’s championship plans. It meant that only one thing should matter to the Avs, as it did to Bourque. Getting to the postseason, and putting themselves in the best position possible to get 16 wins in the postseason. In…...
Allie Monroy is joined by an All-Star panel of DNVR beat reporters to discuss a variety of sports topics in the Mile High City. With Drew Creasman, Andre Simone, Nathan Rudolph and Brendan Vogt, the squad builds each team’s Mt.Rushmore, discuss who would be on the overall Denver Sports Mt.Rushmore, and answer a few more questions! DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE…
The two best skaters and the GOAT goalie from the Avs game six win over the New Jersey Devils. https://youtu.be/sSWdykvY1A4
The three best players from the Avs win over the New Jersey Devils in game one of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals. https://youtu.be/kFm91P3Z0yM
Nikita Zadorov of the Colorado Avalanche reflects on his NHL career debut in Buffalo as a Sabre
It’s here, the latest Avalanche Treasure Hunt, where I hide various Avs memorabilia around the Denver metro area, give some clues to their location and it’s finders’ keepers after that. This is a PREVIEW of the items to be hidden. The hunt will begin on Sunday, May 27, at a time of my choosing (probably not too long after I…...
An oral history of the 2000 Ray Bourque trade to Colorado
Milan Hejduk will get his No. 23 jersey retired to the rafters by the Colorado Avalanche Saturday night.
What will constitute success to Colorado Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic in 2017-18? Enough with the one-liners already as to what that might be. After a franchise-low 48-point season in 2016-17, Sakic had a wide-ranging conversation with BSN Denver where he talked about what it was like to live through that season – and what his plan is to make…...
In episode 3 of “Avalanche Storytime”, we tell the tale of how there was nearly a very different trade between the Avalanche and Montreal Canadiens than the one that actually happened. Pull up a chair… https://youtu.be/P5jIHMCrFlM...
Let’s do a July 29 edition of the Avs Mailbag. Not a whole heck of a lot going on with the Avs right now, but we know you still have questions, so let’s get to some: Dater, It is nearly August now. I’m worried (Nikita) Zadorov might go back to Russia to play in the KHL. We are right screwed…...
When Jared Bednar was hired as the Colorado Avalanche’s head coach last August, it was decided that three assistant coaches from the former regime of Patrick Roy would stay on. On Tuesday, those three – Tim Army, Dave Farrish and Francois Allaire – were relieved of their duties. No replacements have yet to be named, although Jean-ian Filiatrault, the…...
Welcome to a return to something I used to do a few years ago. Basically, it’s a situation where I pull out a dusty old VCR tape of an Avalanche game from the past, hit play and do a running commentary. So, to answer one question right off the hop: Yes, I still own a VCR, yes it still…...
Everybody forgets this about Patrick Roy’s final season with the Avalanche as coach: The team was among the top eight in the Western Conference with 11 games to go. The Avs were a playoff team under Roy to that point, before Matt Duchene got hurt, Semyon Varlamov finally proved mortal and Roy lost patience with them and several other…...
The Colorado Avalanche continued their philosophical overhaul this summer with the hiring of two people with backgrounds in the evolving world of hockey analytics.
The BSN Avalanche Podcast drops this week with a look at how Colorado Avalanche players have fared in early exhibition play at the World Cup of Hockey plus much more!
[Elite_video_player id=”8″] With all the uproar surrounding the Colorado Avalanche regarding coaching moves in the past two weeks, it’s time to summarize the best and the worst points in a special summer edition of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. THE GOOD 1. Patrick Roy resigned. 2. Coach Patrick Roy resigned from his head coaching duties as well…...
While Patrick Roy took the low road out of Denver after quitting on the Colorado Avalanche, at least he's going out on his own terms, unlike Walt Weiss and Donald Trump.
The BSN Avalanche Podcast returns this week as the discussion revolves around the Colorado Avalanche head coaching search and delves far too deeply into the Ben Smith signing.
Colorado Avalanche Captain Gabe Landeskog talks about Patrick Roy's surprise resignation on a Swedish hockey podcast.
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