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Avalanche fan-free training camp to begin Monday at the Pepsi Center

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The Avalanche has declared its training camp with no fans for the upcoming 24-team Stanley Cup playoffs at Edmonton (Western Conference) and Toronto (Eastern Conference). Related Articles Chambers: Risk of dropping a game-changing celebrity to COVID-19 will hover over Stanley Cup playoffs NHL is back in business; Avs to report Edmonton for 24-team Stanley Cup
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Avs’ Pierre-Edouard Bellemare may not see his family for weeks. But he’s “ready to make some sacrifices to win that Cup”

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Pierre-Edouard Bellemare has set his 2 kids to bed nearly every night for four months since the NHL paused its time March 12 due to the pandemic. The Avalanche center today confronts the possibility of being in precisely the same room with his household for at least five weeks if the Avs get to the
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Gabe Landeskog back for Avalanche voluntary skates “to make sure I’m ready” for playoff run

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Gabe Landeskog read 9-10 novels, spent months of quality time together with his wife and daughter, also found ice time at Toronto to train during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But there was something about return to the Avalanche’s Pepsi Center ice on Monday. It was something regular. This was something different — again in the
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Coronavirus and sports: What Colorado fans can expect from their new “normal”

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The joint ticks every box. A 55-inch TV is visible from almost every angle. A collection of game-worn hockey sweaters and baseball jerseys hangs with pride along one wall, with special dispensation for the No. 92 of Avalanche center Gabe Landeskog and the No. 31 worn by former University of Denver goalie Evan Cowley. If
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Avs Mailbag: Who will benefit most from time off before NHL playoffs?

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Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to questions in the Avs Mailbag every other week during the regular season.  Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for the Avs Mailbag. As we approach the possibility of continuing the NHL season, I’d love to see some analysis of which teams benefited the most from this extended
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As NHL training facilities reopen Monday, Avalanche among teams choosing to wait

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Monday marked the start of Phase 2 at the NHL’s reopening program, however not all teams, such as the Avalanche, made to hold workouts or voluntary skates at practice facilities. Players have more than a month to prepare for Phase 3, that is official training teams which won’t begin before July 10 at the earliest.
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Keeler: The Avalanche and Nuggets get to finish what they started? Hallelujah!

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It was forced by us into Memorial Day with our sanity intact. Mostly. The New York Jets simply threw a cone filled with money in the stagnant husk that was Joe Flacco, the surest sign yet that matters are creeping back into normal again. “That’s the story of existence. It’s a matter of when,” Bill
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If NHL resumes play, Jared Bednar needs “two weeks or less” to get Avalanche up to speed

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Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Thursday he can get his team prepared to play competitive hockey “two weeks, or much less,” when the NHL decides to resume its regular period. The NHL “stopped ” its season March 9 because of the coronavirus, the afternoon after Colorado defeated the New York Rangers to increase to 42-20-8.
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Chambers: Let’s play Stanley Cup hockey all summer

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Let’s play summertime baseball — the ideal time of year to walk into a rink that is refrigerated. I overlook playing with it in addition to covering hockey. The 1 thing that my private skates have over the NHL is that we do it yearlong — we get to play the game if a beer
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Star assessments: Evaluating the Avalanche’s top players in 2019-20

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Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon is beyond a three-star player. If there were a fourth star, he would have it. And teammates Cale Makar and Ryan Graves, among others, are perhaps equally as important to a club that flirted with the Western Conference regular-season championship before the coronavirus pandemic halted the season. To help fill the
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