Avalanche coach Jared Bednar had the NHL All-Star break and the team’s designated bye week to reflect on its 3-7 slide in the last ten matches and float about the rest 32 regular-season games. Changes were expected and, so, the Avs will have a look Saturday night when they play their very first game. Against
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The Avalanche will follow along with its strategy to find secondary scoring by dividing up what is believed the NHL’s dangerous line in Saturday’s “Hockey Night in Canada” match against Vancouver in the Pepsi Center. For forward Alex Kerfoot, being promoted to the Nathan MacKinnon-centered line is both exciting and painful. “Pleasure to perform him
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The lights went dark before the puck drop from the Avalanche’s ultimate match prior to the All-Star break. Three players standing near the house bench were saw by A spotlight. A crowd roared as the trio waved and smiled. A hockey toast to background made from the Mile High City. The Avs’ top line of
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Ouch. Black eyes, bruised knuckles and another crushing defeat. This 1 hurt. Going into Monday’s matinee at the Pepsi Center — and as the Avalanche planned to gather a winning series for the first time since Nov. 28 — the Predators looked as good of a matchup as any so as to inject some mojo
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Jared Bednar has scraped his normal strategy for discovering who protects the Avalanche web site. As well as such as goaltenders Semyon Varlamov along with Philipp Grubauerthe leash appears particularly brief. “I’m heading game-by-game and choosing a goalie that we think gives us the best opportunity to win,” Bednar said Tuesday, “and then reassess for
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There is a reason 33-year-old Carl Soderberg is enjoying the best baseball of his NHL career. The Avalanche second-line center tipped the puck beyond Los Angelesw Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick in the first stage Saturday. It opened the floodgates for a 7-1 success and notched Soderberg’s 16th objective of the year, tying a career high
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The series? It ’s now officially a rut. The Avalanche dropped their sixth straight competition late Wednesday nightthis one a 5-4 decision at the Pepsi Center to the San Jose Sharks, extending the longest losing streak of the year. The Avs (19-14-8) had fallen five straight from Oct. 27 through Nov. 9. More concerningthe power
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The Avalanche spent 60 minutes to the wall using their collective backs. For all those backs to break, it took only 41 minutes of overtime. Patrick Kane’s power play goal less than a minute to action, his second of the day, handed Colorado its fourth straight loss, a 3-2 decision on Saturday night in front
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Mikko Rantanen Hits again. In a wild third period on Saturday night in the Pepsi Center, the NHL’s issues leader again demonstrated he’s the very energetic offensive force in baseball at the moment with a late third period goal which triggered the Avalanche into a 3-2 victory on the Dallas Stars. Colorado led 1-0 after
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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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