NEW YORK -- Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins and Semyon Varlamov of the Colorado Avalanche are the three finalists for the 2013-14 Vezina Trophy, which is awarded "to the goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at......
If only judging by his credentials, it’s not a surprise that Joey Hishon will skate for the Avalanche tonight in St. Paul. A quick thumbnail sketch of the 5-foot-10, 170-pound forward paints a picture of a player who more than belongs on the S......
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Rookie Joey Hishon is going to be thrown into the deep end, so to speak. Hishon will make his NHL debut in Game 4 of the Colorado Avalanche's opening-round series with the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. He joined the team late Tu......
NEW YORK -- Forwards Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche are the three finalists for the 2013-14 Calder Memorial Trophy, which is awarded "to the player selected as the most prof......
The Avalanche isn't Denver's only professional hockey team still playing for a championship. The Denver Cutthroats, the Avs' CHL affiliate, were tied 1-1 with the Arizona Sundogs in the best-of-seven CHL semifinals after knocking off the Tulsa ......
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Avs have done it all season and will now have to do it again. Every time a player has gone done with an injury, their teammates have stepped up their games to help the Avalanche continue to win. Colorado will have to do......
NEW YORK -- Forwards Ryan O'Reilly of the Colorado Avalanche, Patrick Marleau of the San Jose Sharks and Martin St. Louis of the New York Rangers are the three finalists for the 2013-14 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded "to the player adjudged to......
ST. PAUL, Minn. – In tight games, goaltenders are expected to make the saves they are supposed to make in order to give their teams a chance at the win. Goaltender Semyon Varlamov made those saves and then some on Monday night in Game 3 of the ......
Rookie forward Nathan MacKinnon is the teenage wunderkind with blazing speed. Gabriel Landeskog is the young captain, power forward and local heartthrob with the flowing locks. Paul Stastny? He's the unsung member of the Colorado Avalanche's hi......
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Colorado Avalanche leads Minnesota Wild 2-0 in its first-round matchup, but the series is far from over. After picking up wins at home in the first two games, Colorado will look to take a stranglehold on the series tonigh......
In the playoffs, it's a fresh start. It doesn't matter how many goals were scored, what a team's record was, or what its statistics were like during the season. When the playoffs come, everything is reset to zero. After a three-year absence,......
POSTGAME NOTES • Nathan MacKinnon recorded four points tonight (1g/3a) after tallying three points (0g/3a) in Game 1 on Thursday…He is the fourth player in NHL history to record three or more points in each of his first two career postseason ga......
DENVER -- A slow start turned bad for the Colorado Avalanche when Charlie Coyle gave the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 lead just 4:16 into Saturday’s Game 2. With nothing really working for the Avs, 18-year-old Nathan MacKinnon changed the game with one......
Gabriel Landeskog loves playing on the same line with center Paul Stastny. The two have a chemistry developed on and off the ice, and it has paid dividends for the Colorado Avalanche. “Paulie and I got together in training camp and we’ve played......
On His Message To The Team During Game 1’s Second Intermission: “I didn’t say much. I thought in the second period we got caught on a bad change—they scored the [third] goal—and then at the end of the period I thought we stayed a little too long,......
Come to Pepsi Center and watch the Avalanche's road games of the Western Conference First Round against the Minnesota Wild. Watch Monday's Game 3 and Thursday's Game 4 on Denver's largest television, the Pepsi Center video scoreboard. Admission......
DENVER – Erik Haula’s clearing shot was headed for the empty net, all but securing the Minnesota Wild’s Game 1 win Thursday night. As the puck slid down the ice, the crowd was holding its breath while defenseman Erik Johnson was racing after it......
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Joe Sakic had one goal in mind when he accepted the position as Colorado Avalanche executive vice president of hockey operations in May: Bring the franchise back to the elite status it had when he twice won the Stanley Cup as ......
Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson does not put himself in the class of Minnesota Wild’s Ryan Suter, but that might be because he’s humble. Sure, Suter has been a top defenseman in the NHL for nine seasons, but Johnson is no slouch – no matter w......
Joe Sakic, Avalanche vice president of hockey operations and alternate governor On The Feeling Around The Team: “Obviously, they’re very excited. It’s the first time here for a few of our guys. It’s the best time of the year. To start the seaso......