Follow Colorado Avalanche prospects Cody Corbett of the Edmonton Oil Kings and Samuel Henley of the Val-d'Or Foreurs as they compete at the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The London Knights are hosting his year's Canadian Hockey League championship......
Cody Corbett has tried to enjoy all the moments and details of a junior career that was nearing its end. Corbett's Edmonton Oil Kings were taking on the Portland Winterhawks for the Western Hockey League championship, with the winner advancing ......
By Ron Knabenbauer and Ryan Simmons The Denver Cutthroats' bid to win a championship in their second season of existence came to an end this past weekend, but they were close. The Colorado Avalanche's Central Hockey League minor-league affil......
Nathan MacKinnon added another notch to his burgeoning resume Monday in Canada’s 4-3 win against the Czech Republic at Chizhovka Arena at the 2014 IIHF World Championship. MacKinnon, the Avalanche rookie who led all NHL rookies this season in p......
Nathan MacKinnon and Reto Berra are spending the early part of their offseasons just west of Russia, on a couple of international-sized ice sheets in Minsk, Belarus. MacKinnon, the Avs’ 18-year-old Canadian forward, who burst onto the hockey s......
NEW YORK -- Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings, Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche are the three finalists for the 2013-14 Jack Adams Award, presented to the head coach who has "contributed the most ......
By Ron Knabenbauer and Ryan Simmons The Denver Cutthroats opened up the Central Hockey League Presidents' Cup Finals this past weekend with a series split at home against the Allen Americans. After winning 5-4 on Friday in Game 1 at the Denv......
In a different setting, many of the Colorado Avalanche players might be sharing a house near a college campus. Eight players are age 25 or younger, and their Vezina Trophy finalist goaltender, Semyon Varlamov, just celebrated his 26th birthday. ......
Game 7. No superlatives are needed when a playoff series goes the distance and everything is on the line. The NHL postseason is suspenseful, but Wednesday night things will be magnified for the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild. “It’s de......
The locker room was quiet and the Avalanche players had blank looks on their faces minutes after a gut-wrenching 5-4 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night. They’ve dealt with losses all season but Game 7 has a finality that sti......
On Center Matt Duchene’s Availability For Game 7: "It's funny because when I met you guys I said, 'He would play about 10 minutes, play on the fourth line.' But 2-0 I put the plan in the garbage can and was, 'Let's go.' I thought he responded wel......
Denver Cutthroats The Cutthroats have made it to the Central Hockey League's championship series for the first time in franchise history after they defeated Arizona in five games. Denver was able to take a close 5-4 overtime win in Game 3 this ......
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Matt Duchene didn't score any goals in his return to the Avalanche lineup from a knee injury on Monday night, but the forward was a factor in Game 6. Duchene played 18:52 and assisted on Nick Holden's tying goal in the second ......
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Colorado Avalanche right wing PA Parenteau has had a tough go with injuries since the turn of the calendar year, but his goal in Game 5 might have been the turning point that he and the Avs needed for tonight's Game 6 and for the......
CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The Colorado Avalanche has unfinished business in the state of Minnesota. At least that is how many of the players on the team are taking Game 6 against the Wild. The Avs can close out their first-round series with a win on ......
Come to Pepsi Center and watch the Avalanche's road game of the Western Conference First Round against the Minnesota Wild. Watch Monday's Game 6 on Denver's largest television, the Pepsi Center video scoreboard. Admission to both watch parties ......
As Patrick Roy watched Nathan MacKinnon carve up the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs last spring, he knew the kid was something special. MacKinnon led his Halifax team to the QMJHL title with 11 goals and 22 assists in 17 games and w......
Semyon Varlamov is still working on mastering the English language but his game translates anywhere. The Colorado Avalanche goaltender has been outstanding in the first-round series against Minnesota, but it was his work in the regular season t......
By the time the Colorado Avalanche returned to Denver early Friday morning, the team had already put the Game 4 loss behind them. That's because of head coach Patrick Roy's "midnight rule." It's not a curfew for the players but rather a way for......
On injury status of the Avs’ players: "For Dutchy (Matt Duchene), it's going well. He has been skating since last Monday in Minny (Minnesota), and we are very happy with where he is right now. Now will he play in this series? We're not sure yet. ......