RECAP: Avs’ winning streak ends with OT loss in Arizona
The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Arizona Coyotes 4–3 in overtime at Mullett Arena on Thursday despite tying the game in the third period. Mikko Rantanen had two points (0–2—2)… Read more »
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Avalanche prospect Chris Romaine is healthy, shining with Gamblers
This time last year, Chris Romaine was still trying to find his groove after a delayed start to his first USHL season caused him to miss the first two months…. Read more »
Takeaways from Avalanche’s 4–3 last-minute collapse against Preds
The Colorado Avalanche allowed two late goals and dropped Monday’s contest against the Nashville Predators 4–3. The collapse overshadowed a historic and overall positive night in the Music City through… Read more »
Takeaways from Avalanche’s 6–3 comeback win over Stars
Despite falling behind by three goals, the Colorado Avalanche stormed back to score six unanswered goals to top their division rival Dallas Stars 6–3 on Saturday. The Avs used a… Read more »
Avalanche announce 2023 development camp roster
It is that time of the year again, time for the Colorado Avalanche’s 2023 development camp. Monday, July 3 through Wednesday, July 5, a young crop of Avalanche draft picks,… Read more »
Colorado Avalanche 2023 Real-Time Free Agency Tracker
The staff here at The Rink will be keeping you up to date on the latest Colorado Avalanche free-agent signings as the window opens at 11 a.m. CDT this morning…. Read more »
Colorado Avalanche 2023 NHL Entry Draft Ticker
The Colorado Avalanche are scheduled to make six selections in this week’s NHL Entry Draft. The players that the organization selected are listed below, with links to their prospect profiles… Read more »
Blackhawks Post-game One-timers — Jan. 12 vs. Colorado Avalance
The Chicago Blackhawks won their second game of their last three, beating the defending Stanley Cup Champion, Colorado Avalanche 3–2 on Thursday night. The Hawks, now 11–25–4, are still worst… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken run out of steam in the third period against Avalanche
Following another long hiatus, the Seattle Kraken began a five-games-in-eight-days stretch and hit the ice Monday night against the Colorado Avalanche in Denver. The bad news was that the captain-less… Read more »
ICYMI: Week of March 12 — Avalanche news and more
Colorado Avalanche news Between The Pipes — March 8: Raj and Springer had lots to say about Philipp Grubauer’s performance and the Avalanche’s goaltending situation overall. It is worth a… Read more »
RECAP: Avalanche split pair of games with Sharks
Game one: March 1 The game was a downhill slide then trip then face-plant into the dirt for the Colorado Avalanche. The Avs had a decent start, nothing spectacular, in… Read more »
RECAP: Why splitting the games in Vegas is great for the Avs
The Colorado Avalanche split the first two games in Las Vegas across Sunday and Tuesday. We will see two more between these teams, first the outdoor game at Lake Tahoe… Read more »
RECAP: Avalanche of secondary scoring in Colorado sweep of Sharks
The Colorado Avalanche went into their two-game series with San Jose staring at a 3–3 record and desperately needing to find scoring the scoring touch on any line beyond their… Read more »
With so much talent, will the Avs abandon defensive pairings this season?
We are two weeks into the new NHL season, and the Colorado Avalanche defensive unit already looks different to opening night. A trade sending Ian Cole to Minnesota left room… Read more »
Colorado Avalanche top line reunited after dismal start
For the Colorado Avalanche, one of their longest-running strengths was their top line of Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. C + A + A = Top Line #GoAvsGo… Read more »
Analysis: don’t confuse a cost reduction with a “rebuild”
Hockey twitter can collectively be like your unmedicated relative who devolves into an unfocused ranting rage at the slightest change in the direction of the wind—with every account trying to… Read more »
BREAKING: Blackhawks trade Saad, Gilbert to Colorado for Zadorov, Lindholm
Elliotte Friedman announced that the Blackhawks have traded forward Brandon Saad and defenseman Dennis Gilbert to the Colorado Avalanche for defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm on Saturday. The Blackhawks also… Read more »
Despite goals from MacKinnon and Rantanen, Avalanche fall to Stars in Game Two after five unanswered Dallas goals
Despite good goals from Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen in the first and second periods, the Colorado Avalanche fell 5–2 to the Dallas Stars in Game Two of their seven-game… Read more »
Series Preview: Avs to face Dallas Stars in Western Conference Semifinals
Taking a look at the schedule on Friday morning, I was looking forward to two exciting games to close out the first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs,… Read more »
Recap: Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 7-1, advance to second round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
In a game that felt eerily similar at times to the previous one, the Colorado Avalanche came out strong early in Game Five and made swift work of the Arizona… Read more »
How successful can the Colorado Avalanche be with a mediocre power play?
This past year has been the exception in many regards, and the NHL has proved no different with its game-changing rookies and broken records, the revamping of its entire postseason… Read more »
Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild – Exhibition Game Preview
Hockey is officially back, as the Colorado Avalanche face off against the Minnesota Wild in a tune-up showdown on Wednesday
Avalanche sweep Southern California
Two regulation goals, two wins. That wasn’t a sentence I expected to write about the Avalanche at any point this season, but it’s exactly what they accomplished in the back-to-back… Read more »
Commentary: Are the Blackhawks willing to pay the price of greatness?
Hearken back to the NHL draft lottery this past Spring, when Blackhawk GM Stan Bowman smiled like the Cheshire Cat at learning his team would be picking third in the… Read more »
Recap: Avalanche down Blackhawks 5-2 at the United Center
In what would seem to be a critical game, the first of a back-to-back home and home between the Blackhawks and divisional rival Colorado, the Hawks came out flat and… Read more »