Tyson Barrie dubbed it the biggest game of the year. Teammate Mikko Rantanen concurred. And said the Avalanche’s power play in Thursday’s Game 4 against the San Jose Sharks will play a big role if Colorado is to tie the Western Conference series 2-2. “We must have our best game of the year tonight, by
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Three keys for Avs Special teams. A functionality to their Game 4 showing in this area is needed. The Avs scored a power play goal Thursday night and went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill. And they committed just two penalties that led to San Jose power plays. Colorado’s discipline and implementation were equally strong in
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Philipp Grubauer was excellent again Saturday night, but opposing goalie Martin Jones of the San Jose Sharks was equally as good and teammate Tomas Hertl made the drama that mattered in Game 5 of the Avalanche-Sharks Western Conference semifinal series at SAP Center. Hertl’s two goals and Jones’ 21 saves spearheaded
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Feed the crowd off. The Avalanche has won its last eight games at the Pepsi Center, finishing 6-0 in the regular season and going 2-0 in Round 1 against the Calgary Flames. The Avs will play in front of a boisterous, sellout crowd, and the more they feed off the energy, the better they’ll playwith.
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The script felt like total fiction, a dream made up for a college sophomore and a No. 8-seeded playoff team who played in different countries 24 hours earlier. Defenseman Cale Makar skated in the NCAA championship game in Buffalo on Saturday while the underdog Avalanche was preparing for Game 2 of its first-round series at
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We should’ve seen it coming. In the 14 regular-season contests in which winger Avalanche winger J.T. Compher found the web — he scored just 16 times, but few were cheapies — Colorado posted a stellar record of 10-1-3. Fast forward to the Stanley Cup playoffs and there’s Compher, again, fastening a set of jumper cables
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The Avalanche on Thursday night begins its run at the Stanley Cup as it opens the playoffs at Calgary. Colorado hasn’t won a playoff series since 2008, when it topped the Minnesota Wild 4-2 in the Western Conference quarterfinals. Will this be the year the Avs break their streak of bad luck? Its opinion is
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It was a gallant change of heart. The first period felt like a funeral. The Avalanche played as if its playoff hopes were dead during the first 20 minutes Tuesday at the Pepsi Center. The Edmonton Oilers, who were eliminated from the postseason by losing Monday at Vegas, produced the game’s first nine shots in
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According to how Tyson Barrie is playing of late, adding like-minded defenseman Cale Makar to the Avalanche lineup isn’t a priority. Given Barrie’s giant offensive contributions in the past six games, the Avs can manage to wait patiently for Makar — the Hockey East player of the year and the favorite to collect the Hobey
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NHL referee Brad Watson has lived a charmed life, but one he’s ready to leave. The longtime Highlands Ranch resident from Regina, Saskatchewan, is saying goodbye to hockey’s premier stage Saturday when he works his final NHL game at the Pepsi Center. Watson, 57, is retiring from a 22-year NHL career following the Avalanche hosts
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