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Chambers: Cale Makar making seamless transition from NCAA to NHL, and impressing off the ice

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CALGARY, Alberta — The grounded Cale Makar won’t make waves with Avalanche. Character counts in hockey, and the Avs wouldn’t have introduced Makar into the lineup at the Stanley Cup Playoffs if they believed he would interrupt chemistry. Makar, 20, didn’t perform in a single shift in Colorado’s season but is currently a defenseman for
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Avalanche, Cale Makar provide memorable moments in dominating Game 3 victory over Calgary Flames

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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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Why J.T. Compher is the Colorado Avalanche’s secret weapon in chase for Stanley Cup

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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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Gary Harris could be the ‘X’ factor in the Nuggets-Spurs series

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While Gary Harris was in street clothes, DeMar DeRozan averaged 22.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in the first two meetings between the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs during the regular season. In both tilts that watched Harris active and in the scrum, the All-Star wing’s averages dipped to 17.5 and 3.5, respectively. Coincidence? Not
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The secret to Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer’s redemption in Colorado? It’s all in the roar.

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He tries his best to tune it out. He can’t. What begins as a hum grows to a buzz, louder and louder, until the roar in Pepsi Center makes its way inside the mask of Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer. GRUUUUU! “It’s something that’s been with me and the fans for quite a long time now,
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“An all-out brawl”: Nuggets brace for playoffs vs. Spurs knowing lapses won’t cut it

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The Nuggets needed a face-saving rally to avoid slogging into the postseason on a three-game losing streak. A loss to Minnesota, which had nothing to play for and rested numerous rotation players – including their star – would’ve been quite the sour note to begin their postseason journey. Instead, the Nuggets reeled off an improbable
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Why Denver fans say “This is my favorite Nuggets team of all time”

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It took the blankety-blank Golden State Warriors to Create Ben Ouaglal a Denver Nuggets season-ticket holder. Seriously. Quick backstory: Ouaglal, a native of Paris, and Anne Schulte, who hails from Evergreen, lived in the Bay Area for a half-dozen years before moving to Denver last October. While in California, the pair fell in love with
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Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames playoff predictions

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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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Nuggets’ Jamal Murray vows to “bounce back” after crucial miss vs. Spurs in Game 1 loss

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It was early Sunday morning before Jamal Murray walked through the Nuggets locker room, his exit delayed after reliving the jumper that might’ve given Denver Game 1. While his teammates showered and addressed the media after their grueling Game 1 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, Murray was up on the second floor
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Legend alum Derrick White on the dunk that rocked the Nuggets: “Nobody stopped the ball”

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Honestly? Derrick White was almost as stunned as you were that not a single Denver Nugget attempted to get the heck. At least, not until it was too stinking late. “I was just pushing it and nobody stopped the ball,” White, the former Legend High, ex-Colorado Buffaloes star and San Antonio Spurs point guard explained
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