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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Bruins Showdown: Ray Bourque vs. Zdeno Chara

Ray Bourque and Zdeno Chara are both Boston Bruins legends. Bourque had one of the most accurate shots in National Hockey League history and wore the captain’s C for much of his time in Boston. Chara currently holds the record for the hardest shot at the NHL skills competition and has donned the C since
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Chambers: Avalanche has been at its best against NHL’s best

Against the NHL’s teams this year, the Avalanche has come experts up. Before the year began the two teams most capable of winning the Stanley Cup were both the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins at the Eastern Conference, along with the Nashville Predators and Vegas Golden Knights from the West. Throw from the defending seminar
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Chambers: NHL should ditch video review for offside

The Boston Bruins got a deal Thursday — like this injustice absorbed by the Avalanche in Game 7 of its playoff series in San Jose. The NHL’s no offside review stinks. It was introduced to fix negligence but has come to be a unneeded portion of the game. In the third period of a 2-2
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Avs’ Nazem Kadri discusses suspension history against Bruins: “Winning is more important than any kind of revenge”

Nazem Kadri obtained multigame suspensions during the previous two NHL postseasons for major penalties that the league described as “with his rod for a weapon” and causing an opponent’s head to “dangerously impact the planks. ” The frequent denominator: Both incidents happened contrary to the Boston Bruins. It all adds up to a very anticipated
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Avalanche stay undefeated with 4-2 comeback victory against Bruins

The Avalanche confronted its first real hardship of a NHL season Thursday night using a second-period home shortage against the Boston Bruins. Colorado’s reply proved many think this team has the DNA of a Stanley Cup contender. The Avs conquered the Bruins 4-2 at the Pepsi Center to stay ideal for the entire season and
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Chambers: Avalanche has dumped “trial by fire” with forwards, aiming high with veteran depth over young prospects

Logan O’Connor played five games for the Avalanche last season in a time he could have been a senior and team captain at the University of Denver. The right-shot, slick-skating forwards opted to forgo his last year of NCAA eligibility to sign a max NHL free-agent entry-level contract with expectations of enjoying hockey’s maximal level.
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Chambers: Coloradoan Brad Watson, NHL referee, retires with honors

Coloradoan Brad Watson called it a career Saturday, concluding a 23-year stint as an NHL referee before family and friends at the Pepsi Center. I feel fortunate to have been among those friends. A scratch golfer, good hockey player, and terrific story-teller, Watson hand-picked his 1,393rd and last NHL game — choosing his adopted hometown
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