Avalanche completes sweep of Coyotes before fans at Gila River Arena

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Playing facing fans for the first time in almost a year, the Avalanche collected two wins and a maximum four points at consecutive-night games at Gila River Arena. Colorado finished the sweep Saturday with a 6-2 triumph against the Arizona Coyotes, who led in the 2 games which comprised limited fans but
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Avs Mailbag: When will top prospect Bo Byram get his NHL call-up?

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. When I saw Bo Byram last year in spring training he clearly looked like the best player on the ice most shifts. I could understand
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Avalanche All-Decade Team: Colorado’s best players from 2010 through 2019

Having a decade at Colorado sports coming to a close, The Denver Post has a look at the top players in 2010 through 2019 for each of Denver’s important specialist franchises. This ’s the Avalanche’s team: Forwards Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (96), Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Gabriel Landeskog (92) celebrate a goal from the Vegas
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Avalanche podcast: Avs win first NHL playoff series since 2008, what’s next and Milan Hejduk

Denver Post hockey writer Mike Chambers visits with former Avalanche great Milan Hejduk at the latest episode of Traffic In Front of the Net. Hejduk, with his No. 23 retired from the Pepsi Center rafters, discusses the Avs’ first playoff-series victory since 2008 — when he was the right winger on a line with Joe
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