Former DU Pioneers forward Troy Terry gets 3-year extension with Anaheim Ducks

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Right wing Troy Terry has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2022-23 season with the Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim announced the deal Tuesday. The 22-year-old Terry has eight goals and 20 assists in 81 career games with the Ducks, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2015. He scored 15
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Ranking the Top 10 best Colorado-born hockey players in NHL history

Because of this Avalanche’s arrival in 1995, Colorado has become a significant producer of college and professional hockey talent within the previous 25 years.  The state paths traditional powers such as Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts in creating future professional players, but the difference has shrunk. Here is The Denver Post’s leading 10 Colorado-born hockey players
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Avalanche’s Martin Kaut relishes first NHL goal in win against Sabres: “That goal was for my mom”

Avalanche forward Martin Kaut crouched on one knee, sent a flurry of fist pumps and received a bath from captain Gabe Landeskog in the Pepsi Center on Wednesday night. It was an celebration worthy of Kaut’s first NHL goal. And, wait, it becomes better. “My mother was still here,” Kaut told reporters in the Avs
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Avs coach Jared Bednar blasts his players after losing a game they had to win

Avalanche coach Jared Bednar chastised his players Friday following his rested squad blew a 2-0 lead and dropped to the road-weary Anaheim Ducks at a game Colorado had to win to keep its dwindling playoff hopes alive. “We were checking with our eyes,” Bednar said following the Ducks scored in the final minute of regulation
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Avalanche dominates Buffalo Sabres in first game without Gabe Landeskog

Producing shots Saturday was no issue, and preventing them seemed similarly as easy. The Avalanche, minus all-star left wing and team captain Gabe Landeskog, put together one of its most complete game of the season in front of a sellout crowd of 18,052 in the Pepsi Center. In Landeskog’s first absence of this season, Colorado’s
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Five things to know as the Avalanche finish three-city road trip against the Coyotes

Adhering to the Avalanche’s 7-3 win over the Kings on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, Colorado completes Its Own road trip with a showdown against the Coyotes on Friday night. Here are just five story lines to watch heading to the game in Arizona. Offense Founded in L.A. Colorado (11-6-4, 3rd in Central) posted a season-high
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Five things to know as the Avalanche play at cellar-dwelling Los Angeles on Wednesday night

Fresh off a comeback victory over the Ducks in overtime on Sunday, the Avalanche keep their road trip with a showdown against the Kings on Wednesday. Here are 5 things to learn heading to the game at the Staples Center: Momentum to Los Angeles.  Colorado’s dramatic 4-3 overtime triumph over Anaheim marked the 1,000th victory
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