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Avalanche’s third-line, J.T. Compher thriving with Coyotes playoff series ahead

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Avalanche forward J.T. Compher skates to an opposing goaltender’s crease on a mission to create havoc on the forecheck, and even if it’s ugly, to put in the puck. “That’s how you score goals,” Compher said. “Getting to the net.” Colorado’s third-line center is more than just talk. Remember Saturday? In the Avs’ 4-3 overtime
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Avalanche’s Tyson Jost enters NHL restart with confidence: “I want to be in the lineup”

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Avalanche ahead Tyson Jost will restart the NHL season in Edmonton just a brief drive. However, his family was canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ll be about 15 minutes down the road from them, but I won’t see them for two and a half a year,” Jost said. “That’will be bizarre. It s bothersome. …
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Finnish forward Joonas Donskoi chose Avalanche in free agency last summer. He’s now having a career year.

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A bit more than a year later choosing the Avalanche, Finnish winger Joonas Donskoi can unequivocally say totally free service went well for him. Donskoi, who played in the Western Conference finals last year with the San Jose Sharks, is currently preparing for the play with a group many believe may win the Stanley Cup.
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Nathan MacKinnon back with preferred wingers as Avalanche begins training camp

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For the first time since Feb. 17, Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon had his two favored wingers on the flanks Monday in Day 1 of training camp to the NHL’s return-to-play, 24-team playoffs. This can be actually the Avs’ perfect line in operating toward winning the Stanley Cup. MacKinnon has skated with All-Stars Gabe Landeskog along
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5 questions about Avalanche training camp 2.0

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The Avalanche, like each of the 24 teams in the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs, can officially open training camp Monday. Colorado will do so in a fan-free bubble environment at the Pepsi Center and players will be tested daily for COVID-19. Here are five questions about the Avs as they prepare for their third consecutive
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Avalanche fan-free training camp to begin Monday at the Pepsi Center

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The Avalanche has declared its training camp with no fans for the upcoming 24-team Stanley Cup playoffs at Edmonton (Western Conference) and Toronto (Eastern Conference). Related Articles Chambers: Risk of dropping a game-changing celebrity to COVID-19 will hover over Stanley Cup playoffs NHL is back in business; Avs to report Edmonton for 24-team Stanley Cup
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Avs’ Pierre-Edouard Bellemare may not see his family for weeks. But he’s “ready to make some sacrifices to win that Cup”

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Pierre-Edouard Bellemare has set his 2 kids to bed nearly every night for four months since the NHL paused its time March 12 due to the pandemic. The Avalanche center today confronts the possibility of being in precisely the same room with his household for at least five weeks if the Avs get to the
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Kiszla: The Avs have legit shot to raise the Stanley Cup, if one big weakness doesn’t cause their downfall

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Maybe what America needs is your pleasure of a hockey fight. Don’t even understand about you. However, everywhere I look, out of baseball commissioner Rob Manfred into NBA crusader Kyrie Irving, somebody’s fighting mad about something (or what ). From shore to shore, in red states and blue skies, people ’ve peaceful marches in the
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Coronavirus and sports: What Colorado fans can expect from their new “normal”

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The joint ticks every box. A 55-inch TV is visible from almost every angle. A collection of game-worn hockey sweaters and baseball jerseys hangs with pride along one wall, with special dispensation for the No. 92 of Avalanche center Gabe Landeskog and the No. 31 worn by former University of Denver goalie Evan Cowley. If
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As NHL training facilities reopen Monday, Avalanche among teams choosing to wait

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Monday marked the start of Phase 2 at the NHL’s reopening program, however not all teams, such as the Avalanche, made to hold workouts or voluntary skates at practice facilities. Players have more than a month to prepare for Phase 3, that is official training teams which won’t begin before July 10 at the earliest.
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