Dallas Stars “cheat” on faceoffs, Avalanche coach says

The Dallas Stars’ top forwards are cheaters, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “They’ve got veteran centermen in (Joe) Pavelski, (Jamie) Benn, (Tyler) Seguin and they cheat. They cheat on the faceoffs,” Bednar said Wednesday, the day after Dallas used a questionable faceoff to beat the Avs 3-2 in overtime at the Pepsi Center. To be
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Avs dominate Sharks, improve to 1-0-2 in five-game homestand

Looking for a team effort to squash the the Avalanche pulled off that and more Thursday night at Pepsi Center. This wasn’t just a solid triumph. It had been near-perfect in front of a crowd. The Avs cruised to a 4-0 triumph over the San Jose Sharks in Game 3 of a five-game homestand, moving
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Reeling Avalanche falls short in overtime loss to Penguins

The relatively healthy Avalanche was a better team when it was injury-depleted — much like the current banged-up Pittsburgh Penguins. Minus superstar Sidney Crosby and a handful of other regulars Friday night, the Pens rallied from a third-period deficit and defeated the Avs 4-3 in overtime at the Pepsi Center. Center Jared McCann scored with
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Minnesota Wild rallies to defeat Avalanche 6-4

Prized newcomer Cale Makar returned to the Avalanche lineup Friday night yet another blown third-period direct at house followed. The Avs, who had dropped two straight in disappointing fashion in the Pepsi Center a week, performed come-from-behind the majority of the night and wilted if it mattered most. The Minnesota Wild rallied for two goals
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Avalanche allows three goals in final three minutes in loss to Hurricanes

It was a yet low-scoring match for minutes Thursday night. And the Carolina Hurricanes struck three occasions in the final few minutes of the next period to overcome the Avalanche 3-1 in the Pepsi Center. Witnesses were served at by A crowd of 18,015. Andrei Svechnikov tied the score at 1-1 with 2:56 remaining before
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Avs extend points streak to eight games with win over Philly

With its top 12 forward playing together for the first time since carrying a 7-0-1 record into St. Louis on Oct. 21, the Avalanche carried assurance along with also a seven-game points streak into Wednesday night’s nationally televised game against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Make as right winger, it eight Mikko Rantanen scored twice beautiful
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Minus Cale Makar, the Avalanche loses 5-4 in OT to the Calgary Flames

Life with No Cale Makar was a Tumultuous experience for the Avalanche on Monday night. Playing without its precious rookie defenseman for first time this year, along with also the very first time in 40 games dating to last year’s Gravity, Colorado gave up too many goals and didn’t score sufficient at a 5-4 overtime
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Avalanche uses big third period to defeat Oilers and snap two-game skid

This was an offensive explosion, sans of the group ’s most explosive players. The Avalanche, tied 1-1 after two periods Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, erupted for 50 shots and three goals inside a 2:32 period of the next period to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 and snap a losing series. Colorado outshot the
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Cale Makar scores two goals as Avalanche comes up short against Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. — He couldn’t see it. He couldn’t quit it. At a tie game midway through the third period Thursday night, Philipp Grubauer chose a left-pad save on a effort by Minnesota’s Eric Staal. Along with the Avalanche goalie thought the puck had caromed out from danger. Nevertheless, it had been just away
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Avalanche regains offensive mojo in 9-4 victory against Predators

The Avalanche crime entered Thursday night at a substantial drought. Colorado responded against Nashville using a tidal wave of aims. The Avs hammered the Predators, 9-4, within the Pepsi Center with six targets over 8 minutes in the second stage alone to snap a five-game losing series. Colorado forwards Joonas Donskoi listed his hat trick.
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