Mile High Hockey Mar 17, 2023
Weekly Grades: Four games, four wins!
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado hit the road hard, sweeping their Canada trip in dominant fashion. We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week was all W’s, as the Avs found different ways to win each of their four games. Very nice! THE GAMES Saturday vs Arizona: 3-2 OTW Monday @ Montreal: 8-4 W Wednesday @ Toronto: 2-1 SOW Thursday @ Ottawa: 5-4 W PLAYER OF THE WEEK Mikko Rantanen: 3 Goals, 5 Asssists So much to love from Mikko this week, with eight points on the scoresheet and dented egos littering the ice behind him. He shrugged off...
Mile High Hockey Mar 7, 2023
Jared Bednar on Rantanen’s misconduct: ‘Can’t do it, he knows it’
Photo by Sam Hodde/NHLI via It’s Mile High Hockey Lab time, and we just released our 18th installment! March has been a tough month for the Colorado Avalanche so far. Losing is frustrating, and when you are one of the best players in the world, your competitive streak can manifest in ways that aren't all that beneficial. Mikko Rantanen succumbed to his passion in back-to-back games and earned himself an unsportsmanlike penalty against the Seattle Kraken. We discussed Mikko Rantanen’s misconduct and although she knows he can’t direct it at refs Jackie...
Mile High Hockey Feb 28, 2023
This Avalanche team has what it takes to repeat
Photo by Harry How/ It’s Mile High Hockey Lab time, and we just released our 16th installment! A few weeks ago, our panel of writers talked about the Colorado Avalanche aiming for third in the Central Division amidst an injury-riddled and rollercoaster start to the 2022-23 campaign. In the short time since they have greatly improved the outlook in Denver by winning seven of their last ten games and getting points in nine of the previous ten. We have seen the return of Colorado's scoring touch, amplified by the scoring success of Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen....
