It’s only November, but in Colorado’s backcountry, avalanche season is here. Pro skier Colter Hinchliffe shared sobering footage of a fellow backcountry user getting caught by an avalanche in the San Juans on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
For two decades, Jarome Iginla was one of the toughest players in the National Hockey League. Whether it was battling along the boards, dropping the gloves or delivering a timely goal, the former Colorado Avalanche forward built his reputation on a combination of toughness, talent and leadership.
The Colorado Avalanche have been up and down so far, but it is hard to complain after three straight wins including victories over the New Jersey Devils and Chicago Blackhawks.
The Colorado Avalanche got absolutely pummeled by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Nov. 3. “Sh*t. Not good," Scott Wedgewood said of Colorado's performance against the Blue Jackets per Avalanche beat reporter Evan Rawal.
When hockey fans look back on the Colorado Avalanche's first Stanley Cup championship in 1996, certain names immediately come to mind. Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Patrick Roy.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
It has been an up-and-down start for the Colorado Avalanche. The good news is that they rolled into Monday evening’s matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks, having posted back-to-back 5-2 victories over the New Jersey Devils and Calgary Flames.
The depth of the Colorado Avalanche has been a key weakness over the past week during their difficult skid of games as of late. The lack of production from the bottom half of their lineup has been exposed in their past handful of games, being a key factor in why the team has been playing inconsistently so far this season.
Nazem Kadri and Jaden Schwartz scored two goals apiece to lift the visiting Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 victory against the skidding Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.
The Colorado Avalanche continue to have to shuffle the roster around and change lines in order to accommodate injuries. Before the matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Avalanche made several roster adjustments.
The Colorado Avalanche have recalled some defensive depth ahead of their upcoming back-to-back contests. According to a team announcement, the Avalanche recalled defenseman Keaton Middleton from the AHL’s Colorado Eagles.
Last season, the Colorado Avalanche debuted the throwback Quebec Nordiques jerseys as an alternate jersey they would wear for some games. While great in design and the jersey looked clean, their performance in those jerseys wasn’t the best, finishing the season with a 2-3-2 record in them.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Colorado Avalanche have won three of their past four games to continue their climb up the Central Division standings. Strong play from forward Artturi Lehkonen continues to spark the surge.
The Colorado Avalanche are coming off recent home wins against the New Jersey Devils and the Calgary Flames by the same score of 5-2. Veteran goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood got the start in both games and put up great performances to help the team earn the victories.
Cale Makar didn't score a goal Saturday night against the Calgary Flames. He didn't need to. The Colorado Avalanche defenseman spent much of the evening doing what has made him one of the NHL's most electrifying players: creating scoring opportunities around him.
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals, Brock Nelson also scored before briefly leaving the game in the second period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Saturday night in Denver.
The Colorado Avalanche are making another change to the lineup ahead of the Halloween match against the Calgary Flames. A young forward is getting another opportunity to show off at the NHL level.
Noah Juulsen received playing time as a winger when Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar used seven defensemen early in the season, but now he'll get some significant run in his natural position.
The Colorado Avalanche have recalled forward Gavin Brindley from their AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles, the team announced. The move comes just over a week after Brindley was reassigned to the Eagles on October 22.
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar announced on Friday that defenseman Josh Manson is going to about miss eight weeks due to an ankle injury. The injury occurred late in the first period of Wednesday’s 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils after taking a weird hit.
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson left yesterday’s 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils with a lower-body injury. After the game, head coach Jared Bednar told the media (including Bailey Curtis of DNVR Sports) that Manson is “going to miss some time” recovering from the injury.
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar announced that defenseman Josh Manson is going to “miss some time” due to a lower-body injury. The injury occurred late in the first period of Wednesday’s 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils after taking a weird hit.
It’s only the end of October, but the first major avalanche burial of the season has officially taken place in Colorado, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).
The Colorado Avalanche have placed forward Georgii Merkulov on waivers, a move that signals the end of his brief and interrupted stay with the organization this season.
It hasn’t been the start the Colorado Avalanche were hoping for. The reigning Presidents’ Trophy winners are 5-4-1 through their first 10 games of the 2026-27 season, capped with two regulation losses to the Philadelphia Flyers and New Jersey Devils earlier this week.
In the same game that Pittsburgh Penguins icon Sidney Crosby advanced on another all-time list, further cementing his place as a legend of the game, a member of the Colorado Avalanche reached a career milestone of his own.