A native of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Nate Guenin joined the Avalanche as a free agent on July 5, 2013. Guenin had a strong training camp with the Avs, making the team's opening-night roster and has become a mainstay on defense. He has been a key c......
Ryan O’Reilly put the Avalanche ahead 1-0 just 20 seconds into its game with the Jets on Wednesday, and that was just the beginning of another hard-fought, back-and-forth game between these new Central Division rivals. Blake Wheeler gave Winnip......
Prospect Spotlight: Chris Bigras Chris Bigras signed a three-year entry-level contract during this year's training camp and was one of the last prospects to be sent back to junior during the preseason. He was so impressive in camp that there we......
It was a night of returns. The Colorado Avalanche lost 6-3 to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night at Bell Centre, but for several Avs it was a welcome-back game; either to the ice, to the city and province, or to a former team. Center Pa......
MONTREAL -- Patrick Roy's relationship with the Montreal Canadiens and their legion of fans is, in a word, complicated. It could be argued Roy was the historic franchise's greatest Stanley Cup Playoff hero, playing goal behind two teams in 1986......
A native of St. Albert, Alberta, Nick Holden signed a two-year contract with the Avalanche as a free agent on July 5, 2013. He is in his first full NHL season after playing seven games previously in 2010-11 and 2012-13 as a member of the Columbus ......
The field for the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was announced during the Avalanche’s game against Ottawa on Sunday, so it’s rather appropriate that a couple of “snubs” helped the Avs win another road game. Defenseman Andre Benoit’s seco......
It was a bittersweet night for John Mitchell. The Avalanche forward signed a contract extension and had a goal and an assist on Friday night, but the Colorado ended up losing 6-4 to the Anaheim Ducks at Pepsi Center. Mitchell's goal gave Col......
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed forward John Mitchell to a three-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season. Mitchell, 29, has appeared in 65 of Colorado’s 66 games this season, tallying 23 po......
Little did the Avalanche players know that the end-of-game scuffle on opening night against the Anaheim Ducks would be the start of a historic 2013-14 season. Colorado won that first game 6-1, but things quickly escalated at the end after rooki......
CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy said Thursday that center Paul Stastny is still day-to-day with a back injury and is doubtful to play in Friday's game against the Anaheim Ducks. Stastny hurt his back during the first minut......
What in the world is going on here? The Colorado Avalanche is the surprise of the NHL, and there’s no longer any denying the legitimacy of that statement. This narrative began back on Opening Night and seemingly adds a new layer at each and......
One of Patrick’s Roy’s first tasks in his return to the Avalanche in May was to cultivate a consistent organizational approach for use in Denver and in Cleveland, the home of Colorado’s AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. The way each team w......
Prospect Spotlight: Luke Moffatt Luke Moffatt is a senior for the University of Michigan Wolverines and is coming off a four-point weekend against rival Michigan State. Moffatt had a goal and an assist in each of the Wolverines' two games again......
The Colorado Avalanche didn't always get the calls, but it found a way to pull out a win. After Monday's grinding 3-2 overtime win over the Winnipeg Jets, the Avs players know that the final 17 games of the regular season will be anything but e......
Rookie Nathan MacKinnon is back at his natural position of center, but it's not the way he wanted to make his return. MacKinnon will replace the injured Paul Stastny tonight against the Winnipeg Jets after Stastny hurt his back last game agains......
Chances. The Avalanche had many of them Saturday afternoon at Pepsi Center. And they were good chances, too. Open net, screened goalie, one-on-one—the whole bag. But only one of them resulted in a goal horn. Only PA Parenteau’s putback with 8:......
The Avalanche skated around the Pepsi Center ice on the morning of Dec. 31, 2013 preparing for a New Year’s Eve game with Columbus and with a rather sizeable deficit in the Central Division standings staring it right in the face. The Chicago Bl......
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If you listened closely yesterday around 1 p.m. MT, a rather large exhale was likely heard echoing from within the Avalanche’s team hotel in Detroit. The NHL’s trade deadline expired at that moment, and it passed with no current Avs having to pack......