NATHAN MACKINNON RUMORS
Avs’ Nathan MacKinnon breaks Wayne Gretzky’s record
Colorado Avalanche rookie Nathan MacKinnon extended his point streak to 13 games and broke Wayne Gretzky’s record for the longest streak ever by an 18-year-old on Thursday night. MacKinnon set up Andre Benoit for the winning goal 4:28 into overtime, giving the Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. “Nobody really took me, and Benoit took the back door. [The...
Via Sports-Glory
2 days ago
|
Discuss
MacKinnon breaks Gretzky Record
Nathan MacKinnon had the puck in the final minute of overtime and each of the four opposing skaters stood passively and stared at the phenom.
The sensational rookie took full advantage of the attention, breaking one of Wayne Gretzky's records while helping his team win.
Andre Benoit, all alone, scored off an assist from MacKinnon with 31.4 seconds left in overtime to lift the...
Via Pro Sports Daily
2 days ago
|
Discuss
Nathan MacKinnon breaks a record set by Wayne Gretzky
Nathan MacKinnon breaks a record set by Wayne GretzkyNathan MacKinnon, to this point, has been more than the Colorado Avalanche could ever have dreamed of when they made him the first overall selection in the 2013 NHL draft.
MacKinnon sits in third place on the Avalanche roster in points (51 points: 22G, 29A), following only Matt Duchene (58 points: 20G, 38A) and Gabe Landeskog ...
Via isportsweb.com
2 days ago
|
Discuss
MacKinnon continues point streak as Avalanche defeats Blackhawks
With 20 games remaining in its NHL season, the Avalanche is only one point behind the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks. Rather than repeating that for effect, let's instead acknowledge that if most sane folks had been told last summer this would be the case in early March, they would have wondered what was going to happen to bring on the Blackhawks' monumental...
Via Pro Sports Daily
4 days ago
|
Discuss
Nathan MacKinnon glad to be winging it for the Avs
Is Nathan MacKinnon the lifelong center becoming comfortable as a full-time right winger? It sure seems so.
Although he played center in some of the games, the Avalanche rookie and leading Calder Trophy candidate entered Friday night's home game against Phoenix on a nine-game points streak (five goals, seven assists). Since losing forward Alex Tanguay for the rest of the season...
Via Pro Sports Daily
8 days ago
|
Discuss
Avalanche's MacKinnon leads race for Calder
The number of precocious newcomers to the NHL seems to increase annually, and that's made handicapping the Calder Trophy race for 2013-14 more difficult than predicting exactas.
But there's something about Nathan MacKinnon's makeup. Life in the League immediately became routine for the 18-year-old Colorado Avalanche rookie, who was taken No. 1 in a fertile 2013 NHL Draft...
Via Pro Sports Daily
10 days ago
|
Discuss
Colorado Avalanche: Post-Olympics preview
In less than a week, the Colorado Avalanche will be back on the ice in their first game after the Olympic break. While some of their key players have played for their countries during the break, the bulk of the Avs roster has had the break to themselves until they were able to return to practice today.
Entering the break, the Avalanche were sitting in 5th place in the Western Conference...
Via isportsweb.com
17 days ago
|
Discuss
Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon Becoming NHL Star, Calder Trophy Favorite
There were a lot of fans and experts who thought the Colorado Avalanche made a mistake by selecting Halifax Mooseheads center Nathan MacKinnon over Portland Winterhawks defenseman Seth Jones with the top pick in the 2013 NHL draft.
The Avalanche already had plenty of center depth with Ryan O’Reilly, Matt Duchene and Paul Stastny giving new head coach Patrick Roy a talented three...
Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon is rolling
Prized rookie starting to find the twine
One year ago it was Seth Jones who was the presumed first pick in the NHL Entry Draft, not Nathan MacKinnon. The Avalanche took MacKinnon and Jones slid to the Nashville Predators at the fourth slot. While Jones has shown promise in his rookie campaign, Avalanche brass Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy surely doesn’t regret their decision to snag...
Via isportsweb.com
January 23, 2014
|
Discuss
Colorado Avalanche take Nathan MacKinnon with first pick
No bluff here.
The Colorado Avalanche stuck with its word and selected prized center Nathan MacKinnon with the first pick in 2013 NHL Entry Draft on Sunday, putting to rest any suspicion the Avs would take defenseman Seth Jones. Jones ended up sliding to Nashville as the fourth pick.
Selecting MacKinnon solidifies a young core of forwards for the Avalanche. MacKinnon joins...
Via isportsweb.com
July 07, 2013
|
Discuss
BARKER BEAUTIES
THE AVALANCHE HOT 10
Follow us on Twitter
