Avalanche’s Cale Makar celebrates 21st birthday with increased physicality: “He’s got a little edge to his game”

Cale Makar turned 21 on Wednesday along with the Avalanche defenseman celebrated with a brief brawl inside the Pepsi Center. Go on and place the bouncer. Makar isn’t afraid to battle. In the phase of Colorado’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Panthers, Avs goalie Phillip Grubauer covered a puck while Florida winger Dryden Hunt continued
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Avalanche dominates Golden Knights 6-1 in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Tabbed as a Nevada Day day showdown between the best of the West, the seeing Avalanche on Friday produced an encore street performance from its big win last weekend in Tampa Bay. The Lightning is the pick to win the Eastern Conference, and Several think the Vegas Golden Knights are the best
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Altitude Sports providing Denver-area restaurants, bars legal means to show Nuggets, Avalanche games

As Altitude Sports’ impasse using the big three tv providers stretches toward two months, at least one solution has surfaced for fans expecting to see Nuggets and Avalanche games. With the support of Coors Distributing Co. and Anheuser-Busch distributing, the regional sports network has reached a deal to present a feed into “hundreds” of Denver-area
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J.T. Compher moves into Mikko Rantanen’s role on the Avalanche’s top line

LAS VEGAS – J.T. Compher will play wing with center Nathan MacKinnon and left wing Gabe Landeskog in even-strength Friday afternoon against the Vegas Golden Knights. Compher replaces Mikko Rantanen, who’s diagnosed with a lower-body injury. “I enjoy the way our traces played on that road trip and we all had a success this past
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Pepsi Center to introduce aluminum cups, starting with Nuggets’ home opener

The Pepsi Center will soon serve its fans beverages in aluminum cups. After from the footsteps of Folsom Field, the home of the Nuggets and Avalanche is teaming up with Ball Corporation to use the “infinitely recyclable” lightweight cups to matches and other events in the arena. The Pepsi Center is your first major professional
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Avalanche gameday: Colorado’s Russian 3 scratched against Pittsburgh Penguins

PITTSBURGH — The Avalanche’s Russians each will act as a scratch in Wednesday’s nationwide televised game against Pittsburgh. Forward Valeri Nichushkin along with defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who both have played all five games for both 5-0 Colorado, will see the game in matches with countryman Vladislav Kamenev, the young developing forward who has yet to
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Avs’ Nazem Kadri discusses suspension history against Bruins: “Winning is more important than any kind of revenge”

Nazem Kadri obtained multigame suspensions during the previous two NHL postseasons for major penalties that the league described as “with his rod for a weapon” and causing an opponent’s head to “dangerously impact the planks. ” The frequent denominator: Both incidents happened contrary to the Boston Bruins. It all adds up to a very anticipated
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Chambers: Avalanche has dumped “trial by fire” with forwards, aiming high with veteran depth over young prospects

Logan O’Connor played five games for the Avalanche last season in a time he could have been a senior and team captain at the University of Denver. The right-shot, slick-skating forwards opted to forgo his last year of NCAA eligibility to sign a max NHL free-agent entry-level contract with expectations of enjoying hockey’s maximal level.
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Colorado Avalanche 2019-20 regular season schedule unveiled

Even the Avalanche on Tuesday unveiled its 2019-20 regular season schedule, and Colorado will kick off new year in the Pepsi Center from the Calgary Flames at 7 p.m. Oct. 3. It is the 11th time in the previous 14 seasons that Colorado will start the season on home ice. Colorado will start before embarking
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Colorado Avalanche to open season against Calgary

DENVER– The Colorado Avalanche released the 2019-2020  regular season schedule on Tuesday. The Avalanche will open play on Thursday, October 3, against the Calgary Flames at the Pepsi Center. Colorado beat Calgary in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in January, taking the series 4-1. It will be the first time since moving
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