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A third Avalanche of injuries reports
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/ This isn’t a series anyone asked for but unfortunately, needed for this season. The third installment of an Avalanche of injuries for the Colorado Avalanche just might be the most positive update yet. It has been a tumultuous season and the headline of the season is injuries. Luckily, things are turning in the right direction. It helps when you get to remove a couple of names from the list, including Darren Helm and Kurtis MacDermid who both returned to action this week. Darren Helm is in tonight. Helm will return to center. “He feels way...
Mile High Hockey Mar 22, 2023
Recap: Avs lose to Penguins despite Georgiev’s outstanding performance
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via The Avalanche net-minder did all he could to keep his team in it, to no avail. The Colorado Avalanche have been hot lately, with much of their recent success against some of the western conference's worst teams. Tonight they faced a desperate Penguins squad that sat just one point out of an eastern wild-card spot, and we added another chapter to the Crosby vs. MacKinnon tale. The Game The first period may have been the fastest period of hockey ever played, but it was chalked full of chances. Penguins netminder Tristan Jarry should plan...
Mile High Hockey Mar 22, 2023
Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (6:00 p.m.)
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Can Colorado extend its win streak to seven games against the struggling Penguins? Coming off a sixth straight victory and a fresh new extension for Coach Jared Bednar, the Colorado Avalanche are riding high into Ball Arena to face a Pittsburgh Penguins team that has struggled to maintain its chances at a wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Despite the continued excellence of Sidney Crosby and a resurgent season from Evgeni Malkin, the Pens desperately need to spoil Colorado’s streak to stay afloat. But the...
Mile High Hockey Mar 22, 2023
Preview: Avs seek seven straight wins against Pittsburgh
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado will push to extend its current win streak against the struggling Penguins. Coming off a sixth straight victory and a fresh new extension for coach Jared Bednar, the Colorado Avalanche are riding high into Ball Arena to face a Pittsburgh Penguins team that has struggled to maintain its chances at a wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Despite the continued excellence of Sidney Crosby and a resurgent season from Evgeni Malkin, the Pens desperately need to spoil Colorado’s streak to stay afloat. But the...
Mile High Hockey Mar 21, 2023
Jared Bednar signed to an extension
Jared Bednar stares into the abyss at a press conference. | John A. Babiak Colorado’s coach will be here to stay. The head coach position of the Colorado Avalanche is off the market. The club announced Tuesday afternoon the extension of head coach Jared Bednar, who will remain at the helm behind the bench. It was announced as a new three-year deal for the man in charge. Signed, sealed, delivered ✍️#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/6VyaqQnJFl— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) March 21, 2023 Bednar’s extension comes rightfully so as he is coming off winning the...
Mile High Hockey Mar 21, 2023
Alexandar Georgiev is more than just a bonafide NHL starter
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports It’s Mile High Hockey Lab time, and we just released our 20th installment! Alexandar Georgiev came into this season without real experience as a starter in this league, a familiar narrative among acquired goalies by the Colorado Avalanche. Before his time in Colorado, Georgie hadn't logged 35 starts in five years with the Rangers. He is three victories away from securing his 35th win. Georgie’s best characteristic is that he seems to improve as the regular season progresses. Last night Alexandar logged his fifth shutout tying him...
Mile High Hockey Mar 21, 2023
Morning Flurries: Makar second star of the week, also out with injury
Photo by Michael Chisholm/NHLI via Your daily dose of Avalanche news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. All Avalanche Although he wasn’t able to participate in the tilt against the Chicago Blackhawks Cale Makar was named second star of the week for his efforts on the eastern Canadian road trip where he scored nine points. Makar is out day-to-day with what has been deemed a minor lower body injury. ⭐️⭐️ @Cmakar8 (1-8—9) co-led the NHL in points and assists, recording his third and fourth three-assist outings of the season – tops...
Mile High Hockey Mar 20, 2023
Recap: Blackhawks blanked by bombarding Avalanche
Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Denis Malgin is the star of the show. Look out down below (or above in this instance), the Colorado Avalanche is coming. With a confident 5-0 win over the unrecognizable Chicago Blackhawks, the Avs have now won six straight games. It comes off the back of an incredible road trip out East, returning back home for the first of three games, and with some solid help even without Cale Makar in the lineup. Support would come from elsewhere in the lineup in his absence. Overall, it would end up being a solid team win to continue rolling. The Avs...
Mile High Hockey Mar 20, 2023
Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks (7:00 p.m.)
Photo by Michael Reaves/ It’s Colorado Avalanche game day! Tonight the Colorado Avalanche welcome the rebooting and Patrick Kane-less Chicago Blackhawks. Surprisingly, the Avalanche were defeated the last time these two teams met in January, but the season series is a one-to-one split. Can the Avalanche impose their will on an inferior Hawks squad and claim the season series? Colorado Avalanche The talking point heading into last week was that the Colorado Avalanche would face the weakest schedule remaining among all other NHL teams. That isn’t up to them, but the...
Mile High Hockey Mar 20, 2023
Preview: Avalanche go for six in a row against Blackhawks
Photo by Michael Reaves/ Can Colorado continue to dominate over lesser opponents? Tonight the Colorado Avalanche welcome the rebooting and Patrick Kane-less Chicago Blackhawks. Surprisingly, the Avalanche were defeated the last time these two teams met in January, but the season series is a one-to-one split. Can the Avalanche impose their will on an inferior Hawks squad and claim the season series? Colorado Avalanche The talking point heading into last week was that the Colorado Avalanche would face the weakest schedule remaining among all other NHL teams. That isn't...
Mile High Hockey Mar 19, 2023
Looking at the run to the playoffs for the Western Conference
Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Who knows what lays ahead in a months time and how it affects the Avs. It was announced a few days ago the start of the 2023 NHL Playoffs would be on April 18. As we are just now less than one month away from postseason hockey, then comes the nerves, anxiety, stress, and fun experience the playoffs bring for all involved. Of course, the Colorado Avalanche came out of the playoffs on top of the world winning the Stanley Cup. However, with a tightly contested Western Conference this time around, it will not be easy. It never is. But, how...
Mile High Hockey Mar 18, 2023
Recap: Avalanche turn on afterburners and coast to easy victory over Red Wings
Brian Bradshaw Sevald-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Avalanche demolishes Detroit to finish Eastern road trip perfect. What better way to start off your Saturday than with the Colorado Avalanche humiliating the Detroit Red Wings on national television? Lately, games between these two teams have taken a big step back from the tightly contested battles of the 1990s and early 2000s. Before today the Avalanche were 9-0-0 against their former rivals in the last five seasons. The Avs made their tenth in a row over the Red Wings look easy today. Recap After a back-to-back that...
Mile High Hockey Mar 18, 2023
Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red Wings (11:00 a.m.)
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! Grab a coffee. You might need it, especially if you are still not used to these morning games like myself! Nonetheless, the Avs wrap up their four-game Eastern Canadian road trip back state-side against an old foe, the Red Wings. Can the Avs wrap up a perfect road trip and win their fifth straight game? Find out with your community peers here! Colorado Avalanche Projected Lineup: Evan Rodrigues — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri NichushkinDenis Malgin — JT Compher — Mikko RantanenAndrew Cogliano —...
Mile High Hockey Mar 18, 2023
Preview: The Avalanche rumble into the Motor City with intentions of going 4-0 on the road
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Red Wings play host to surging Avs at Little Caesars Arena in a matinee match-up. Colorado Avalanche Despite losing Artturi Lehkonen to a broken finger and hand surgery, and playing without still-on-the-mend Gabe Landeskog, the up, down, and up Avalanche side has defied the odds and won four straight since their last match in the comforts of Ball Arena. In doing so, they have stretched their point-earning streak to 5-0-2 in their last seven outings. With less than a month before the regular season comes to a hard close, the surging-again...
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...
