Avalanche Window for Another Title Could Be Closing

The Vegas Golden Knights put the 2023 postseason to rest, hoisting the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. The eyes have already turned to the 2023-24 campaign, with the Colorado Avalanche leading the pack as betting favorites to win next season’s championship.

O...

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Avalanche Aren’t Used to Elimination Games

Don’t be surprised if Colorado Avalanche fans don’t remember the last time the team was in this situation. Colorado hasn’t faced an elimination game for almost two seasons – and most Avs faithful don’t even want to recall the last time it happened.

The ups...

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4 Reasons Why the Avalanche Qualified for the 2023 NHL Playoffs

After several gruelling months and being overrun by numerous injuries to key players, the Colorado Avalanche have finally secured their spot in the 2023 NHL Playoffs.

It's been a trying season f...

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Avalanche’s Rantanen Delivers Historic Season

For years, Mikko Rantanen has been one of the most consistent offensive players for the Colorado Avalanche. That consistency is still there, but this season isn't quite the same.

The 26-year-old Finnish forward is turning in one of the all-time great seasons by an Avalanche player. His ...

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Avalanche Gameday Preview: San Jose Sharks

A back-to-back with the San Jose Sharks may not seem like much, but the pair of contests could decide home-ice advantage for the Colorado Avalanche, as well as ultimately decide the first-round matchup for the club. They are just two points behind the di...

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Avalanche’s Potential 2023 NHL Playoff Matchups Still Unclear

As the end of the 2022-23 NHL regular season (April 14) creeps ever closer, the Colorado Avalanche are still unsure about the identity of their first-round playoff opponent.

The Avalanche sit third in the...

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Avalanche Gaining Momentum Before 2023 NHL Playoffs

To say that the 2022-23 NHL campaign has been a trying one for the Colorado Avalanche would be quite the understatement.

The defending Stanley Cup champions have had to grapple with several key players bein...

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Avalanche’s MacKinnon & Rantanen Both Chasing 100 Points

With Connor McDavid breaking goal records and smashing point totals, the rest of the league's superstars are responding, playing some solid hockey and putting up big points. Of course, two of the league's superstars are on the Avalanche roster in Nath...

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Avalanche’s Rantanen on Verge of Special Season

A lot of the talk around the Colorado Avalanche has been focused on the multitude of injuries the team has had to endure through the first half of the season. However, one player that hasn’t missed a game is putting up a fantastic season in the middle of all that chatter about who hasn’t bee...

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Avalanche Need Landeskog on the Top Line When He Returns

Leave it to the Colorado Avalanche to silence the critics. After pretty much every analyst across Canada and the United States questioned the team's ability to make it into the postseason, the Avalanche came charging out from weak footing in the ...

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Avalanche Get Healthier, But Woes Continue

Things were pretty rosy for the Colorado Avalanche entering the 2022-23 season. They were coming off winning their third Stanley Cup, they just re-signed Nathan MacKinnon to a brand new contract extension, and had a roster that looked more than capable of a repeat.

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Avalanche Must Fix Attitude and Power Play Problems

Fans of the Colorado Avalanche have needed patience this season. The team has been hit with injuries, but the expectation was that they would improve when healthy and work their way back to where they belonged in the standings.

However,...

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Avalanche Must Rest Netminder Alexandar Georgiev

The Colorado Avalanche are currently on a four-game losing streak. Injuries continue to hold this team back, but poor play has also played a part in their recent run. One player facing some criticism has been netmi...

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Avalanche’s Easy January Schedule a Chance to Climb Standings

In case you missed it, the 2022-23 Colorado Avalanche have endured a trying start to their Stanley Cup defence, on and off the ice.

On the ice, the Avalanche boast a record of 19-14-3, good for fourth in the Ce...

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3 Takeaways from Avalanche’s 3-2 Loss to Golden Knights – 1/2/23

The Colorado Avalanche suffered their fourth defeat in a row when they were beaten 3-2 by the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena. A good showing in the first and third periods was not enough, with a co...

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4 Avalanche Predictions for 2023

The Colorado Avalanche will be finishing the first half of the 2022-23 season with a record of 19-12-3. Their 41 points are good enough for fourth in the Central Division and sixth in the Western Conference. It may seem like a lackluster performance for the defending Stanley Cup champi...

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Avalanche’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2023

Last season was a dream for the Colorado Avalanche, who rocked through the postseason on the way to a third Stanley Cup in franchise history. This season is off to more of a pedestrian start, and the Avalanche have some work to do if they’re going to thr...

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Avalanche’s Rantanen Emerging Into Superstar

Mikko Rantanen has stood in the shadows of Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog for the bulk of his career with the Colorado Avalanche. With both of them sidelined with surgeries and injuries, he’s starting to show the rest of the NHL what Avs fans have known for years — this guy doesn’t n...

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3 Takeaways From Avalanche’s 4-2 Loss to the Sabres – 12/15/22

The Colorado Avalanche welcomed the Buffalo Sabres to Ball Arena in Denver Thursday (Dec. 15) for the secondand final regular-season meeting between the two teams. The Avalanche got the better of the Sabres in a wild game two weeks ago in B...

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Flyers Gameday Preview: Colorado Avalanche – 12/13/22

Tonight’s contest is the third of a four-game road trip for the Philadelphia Flyers (9-13-7) as they take on the Colorado Avalanche (14-10-2). The Flyers are coming off Sunday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Arizona Coyotes and will be looking...

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