Semyon Varlamov is in a place where only one Avalanche player has gone before: his head coach. The Avalanche goaltender stopped all 31 shots he faced Saturday afternoon in the Avalanche's 4-0 victory against the Central Division-leading St. Lou......
There are just some teams that certain players seem to step up their games against. The St. Louis Blues are one of those teams for Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny. Playing in his hometown, Stastny had a goal and two assists on Saturday t......
Defensemen, by name and by trade, are on the ice to prevent the other team from scoring. And if some offense comes along with it, that’s great. This is getting a little ridiculous, though. Tyson Barrie—a defenseman, a D-man, part of the Avs’......
Ryan O’Reilly said it was, “Probably the worst game of hockey I’ve played all year.” Jamie McGinn called it, “Unfortunate.” Cody McLeod talked about how the Avs got punched in the mouth, so to speak. The last time the Avalanche and Rangers......
Prospect Spotlight: Nate Condon Nate Condon has enjoyed quite the senior campaign. His Minnesota Gophers have been ranked No. 1 for most of the season and just locked up a spot in the NCAA Frozen Four in Philadelphia. His play this past weekend......
The Colorado Avalanche will gladly take the bounces, if they go its way. It wasn't pretty, but the Avs used hard work—and some fortuitous bounces—to erase a two-goal third-period deficit and grab a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on ......
CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Matt Duchene is the latest Avalanche forward that will miss significant time this season because of an injury, but the injury bug hasn't slowed the team yet and the Colorado players said they aren't expecting it to. "We have......
Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Duchene will miss roughly four weeks with a knee injury, the team announced Monday morning. Duchene suffered the injury on his first shift—roughly 30 seconds into the game—of Saturday's 3-2 victory over the San J......
The goalie considered the best in Avalanche history returned to the team’s front office and bench last season and has helped lead the franchise on one of the more remarkable turnarounds in NHL history. The goalie some consider the best in the N......
Avalanche forward John Mitchell is fortunate that his back injury wasn't worse—a lot worse. Mitchell was injured after he slammed, back first, squarely into the end boards during Colorado's March 18 game at Montreal. He has been out of the Avs ......
Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie has a flair for the dramatic when the game is on the line. Barrie picked up his third overtime goal of the season Thursday night as he scored 55 seconds into the extra period to give Colorado a 3-2 victory agai......
It's just another game day in the grind that is the NHL season, but there was something a little extra special in the air Thursday morning at Pepsi Center and in the Colorado Avalanche locker room. With a win against the Vancouver Canucks and a......
It was a day of possibilities for Ben Storm, but he did all he could to not think about potentially being selected in the NHL Draft. Instead of traveling to New Jersey to attend the 2013 draft or watch it on television for hours with no guarant......
The talk Tuesday morning around Bridgestone Arena’s visiting dressing room almost entirely focused on the lack of panic the Avalanche had in regards to the three-game losing streak that had followed it from Denver to Nashville. The Avs had lost......
Prospect Spotlight: Troy Bourke Troy Bourke was featured a few weeks ago in the Farm Report Prospect Spotlight as his season with the Prince George Cougars was winding down. Bourke finished second on the Cougars in scoring this season with 85 p......
The Avalanche is admittedly in a bit of funk heading into its game tonight against Nashville (6 p.m. MT; Altitude TV, Altitude Radio Network). The Avs are in the Music City after having lost three straight for just the third time this season, ......
Rest can be a powerful weapon. The Avalanche hopes that is the case for its final games of the regular season as the team returned to the ice Monday morning after having two full days away from the rink. Colorado closed out a stretch of play......
The American Hockey League announced Monday that Lake Erie Monsters goaltender and Colorado Avalanche prospect Sami Aittokallio has been named the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Mar. 23, 2014. Aittokallio backstopped the Mons......
The Avalanche is getting battled tested as the stretch run to the postseason continues. Since the Olympic break ended, Colorado has been on two east coast road trip and has played physical teams almost every game that are fighting to make the p......
Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy will use the traditional 12-forward lineup tonight against the Boston Bruins. It will just be that that 12th forward will be a defenseman. "It depends on if you call [Tyson] Barrie a defenseman or a forward,"......