Colorado Avalanche Rumors & News
Avs' Porter preferred Colorado despite growing up in Red Wings territory
Denver Post — Kevin Porter, who played his first game for the Avalanche on Thursday night, was born and raised in the Detroit area. In suburban Northfield, his family tended to be rabid fans of the Detroit Red Wings during the most heated days of their rivalry with the Avalanche, and Kevin ended up sticking around for a collegiate career at the University of Michigan.
14 hours agoDon’t bench Quincey
All Things Avs | Denver Post — While I think Joe Sacco is a very good coach and will stay that way for a long time, I just have to respectfully disagree with his decision lately to bench Kyle Quincey. Sacco said last night Quincey needs to get back to playing an assertive, aggressive game. Was he really that bad though, to warrant [...]
March 12, 2010Avalanche send down winger Stoa to Lake Erie
Denver Post — The Avalanche didn't practice today, but the team reduced its active roster when it sent winger Ryan Stoa back to the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League.
March 12, 2010Stoa sent back to Cleveland
All Things Avs | Denver Post — Ryan Stoa is a Lake Erie Monster again. Looks like Kevin Porter played well enough last night to stick around a while, with Stoa the odd man out. I thought Stoa did some good things in his latest stint with the big club. He’s a nice guy to have around, although you’d have to conclude that [...]
March 12, 2010Sacco: Quincey must be more assertive
Denver Post — Many considered Kyle Quincey the Avalanche's second-best player, after Craig Anderson, in the first couple of months of the season. Thursday night, Quincey was a healthy scratch for the second time in five games.
March 12, 2010Avs' Anderson earns seventh shutout
Denver Post — The building was less than two-thirds full, but a lack of buzz did not prevent the Avs from grinding out a much-needed two points Thursday night with a 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers at the Pepsi Center.
March 12, 2010Postgame Avs-Panthers – You know your men were working hard, they wanted the deuce” edition
All Things Avs | Denver Post — Can’t get much better than a KISS paraphrase song title, now can it. Caaaaan it???? That’s better. But seriously, a good deuce for the lads tonight at the buzz-challenged Pepsi Center. About half the game, I could hear, pretty clearly too, a lot of the things players were yelling to each other on the ice, all [...]
March 11, 2010Avs get much needed win, 3-0 over Florida
Denver Post — The building was about two-thirds full, the opponent was a mediocre team from the Eastern Conference the Avalanche doesn't get to see a lot.
March 11, 2010Workman Anderson leads Avs' shutout of Florida
Denver Post — A lack of buzz did not prevent the Avs from grinding out a much-needed two points Thursday night with a 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers at the Pepsi Center.
March 11, 2010Avs have 96.5-percent chance of making the playoffs?
All Things Avs | Denver Post — As everyone knows, I’m not a numbers guy. I’m bad at math, always have been, and just don’t understand things like percentages and quantitative analysis with numbers. Which is why I’m also the world’s worst gambler. I’m a total Cooler in casinos. So, while I can’t make out all of the data in the following set [...]
March 11, 2010Next game at Dallas Stars on Sun, Mar 14 3:00 pm EDT
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Friday night's Dallas Stars game highlights Dallas Morning News
- Kings top Stars in shootout, 2-1 Dallas Morning News
- Dallas Stars find defense, but fall in shootout Fort-Worth Star Telegram
- Flames have had Canucks number so far Inside the Flames | Calgary Herald There was no talk among the Flames following Saturday morning’s practice as to who might have emerged with the biggest bruise following that crazy shot-blocking outing against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. There also were no signs of soreness from the 30 blocked shots as the assistant coaching staff put their charges through a lively 60-minute session at Father David Bauer Arena (the Roughnecks, remember, had the Saddledome for a Saturday game). The assistant coaches had the whips since head coach Brent Sutter had a personal matter to attend to before meeting the team at the airport ...
- Flames have had Canucks number Inside the Flames | Calgary Herald There was no talk among the Flames following Saturday morning’s practice as to who might have emerged with the biggest bruise following that crazy shot-blocking outing against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. There also were no signs of soreness from the 30 blocked shots as the assistant coaching staff put their charges through a lively 60-minute session at Father David Bauer Arena (the Roughnecks, remember, had the Saddledome for a Saturday game). The assistant coaches had the whips since head coach Brent Sutter had a personal matter to attend to before meeting the team at the airport ...
- GameDay: Bieksa back as Canucks return from long, cold Olympic Odyssey Vancouver Sun Kevin Bieksa is back and so are the Vancouver Canucks, who tonight will play their first game on home ice since Jan. 27 when they entertain the Ottawa Senators.
- Whitney in for game against Leafs tonight Edmonton Journal Defenceman Ryan Whitney headed out for the morning skate then declared himself ready to play in tonight’s contest between the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
- Kiprusoff kicks aside off-form night at Olympics Calgary Herald Finnish star returns to stingy form for Flames
- WHL: Rockets burn Giants early but need a late blast to win Vancouver Sun So what's all this fuss about the Canucks and their piddling 14-games away from GM Place?
- Rockies’ lineup vs. Brewers Saturday All Things Rockies | Denver Post MARYVALE — Give the Rockies this. While opponents rarely bring a representative lineup to Tucson, the Rockies consistently show up on the road with quality players. The Rockeis could stand to make a U-turn. They have been outscored 30-7 during their three-game losing streak. A look at the lineups: Rockies (6-5) 2B Eric Young Jr. .143 CF Dexter [...]
- Buchholz inches his way back to the big leagues All Things Rockies | Denver Post TUCSON — The lonely road back to the big leagues is becoming more populated. Taylor Buchholz is starting to feel closer to the Rockies after a elbow-ligament surgery last summer. He threw breaking balls off a mound earlier this week for the first time since the operation. As I watched on, he repeated the process [...]
- At Hi Corbett Field Denver Post Hits: In his Cactus League debut, first baseman Jason Giambi made a diving catch and was subsequently smoked on the forearm by a pitch. Todd Helton will play Sunday. The schedule is mapped out for each of them to play every other day, and Helton won't be traveling to Phoenix. . . . Outfielder Carlos Gonzalez rapped a two-out RBI single, scoring Ian Stewart. Stewart, who doubled, has adapted well to his new, shorter swing, going 7-for-16 this spring. . . . Troy Tulowitzki, who aspires to steal 30 bases, swiped his first of the spring.
- Rockies strategy shift: Pitch to contact Denver Post In barely a month, the Rockies will arrive at Coors Field and begin playing baseball. Nothing out of the ordinary there except that, until the early years of this decade, they never had done that.
- Corpas battered again; Street makes progress Denver Post Issues with consistency and injury have forced the Rockies to look at contingency plans in their bullpen. On the same day that Huston Street showed progress, Rafael Betancourt remains in a race against the calendar, and Manuel Corpas was shelled by the Giants.
- Melo's final 12 puch Nuggets past Hornets Denver Post Down two points Friday at New Orleans, Melo scored 12 points in the final 12 minutes, and the Nuggets were indeed winners, 102-95, for their fifth straight victory during, if you will, the winning time of the regular season.