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Quiet Sunday for Avalanche
No practice today for the Avs, who resume practice Monday and next play at Vancouver on Wednesday. Adrian Dater will be on that three-game, western-Canadian trip. Look for a story in Monday’s paper about young defenseman Erik Johnson, who had one of his best games as an Av against St. Louis, his former team, on Saturday night. The story speaks to required skills that EJ actually...
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Hejduk scheduled to tie Foote in franchise games played
ST. LOUIS — No skate today for the Avalanche, which flew here immediately after last night’s 4-3 overtime victory over Carolina in Denver. No updates, really, other than the same guys who participated in last night’s warmups — including scratched defenseman Ryan Wilson — also just skated in warmups at Scottrade Center.
Assuming veteran winger Milan Hejduk...
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23 hours ago
Duchene update; O’Reilly cements victory in deserving, dramatic fashion
Remarkable performance by Ryan O’Reilly in a very entertaining hockey game tonight at the Pepsi Center, where the Avalanche wins 4-3 on O’Reilly’s blast with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime. I have an early flight to cover Saturday’s game at St. Louis, so I have to be quick here (I haven’t packed!).
Pretty sure I capture the spirit of the thing in...
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1 day ago
Medal of Honor recipient among those honored at Avalanche game Friday
Official White House Photo
The Avalanche is honoring members of the military at the Friday night game against Carolina, and one of them will be a young father now attending Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
His name is Salvatore Giunta. He’s 27 and has gone back to school after leaving the service last July. He and his wife, Jennifer, were married in October 2009 and...
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2 days ago
Avalanche locker room video: O.B., P.J. and Jiggy
This first clip is Avs defenseman Shane O’Brien having his usual post-practice chat with P.J. Bernnardis, who joined the team as a stick boy during the Tony Granato-coached era. As I’ve written previously, O’Brien, a k a O.B., is the new Lappy to the Colorado locker room. Always talking, joking, having fun just being at the rink. And he always has time to visit...
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3 days ago
Video of Matt Duchene skating today
Here is some video yours truly shot today of Matt Duchene at the Avs’ practice facility. Keep in mind, I ain’t no Martin Scorsese, but what do you want from me.
I have a brief story on how he looked up on the Post’s main site, but will let you see for yourself how he looked today. The first one of him is doing mostly figure-8s:
The other one is just more regular skating:
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4 days ago
Post-game Avs-Blackhawks: Wires crossed for me, but not Avs
AP/Jack Dempsey
No wireless at the Pepsi Center tonight, which created havoc with us media wretches. I had to go across the street to Brooklyn’s to write my story, but got caught up in a whirlwind of wireless trouble for a while there too.
Anyway, the game itself was a fun one to watch. Good back and forth, offensive hockey. The Blackhawks don’t get into that boring...
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4 days ago
Wilson a healthy scratch tonight
Looks like Ryan Wilson is the odd man out among the defense, to make room for Tyson Barrie’s NHL debut. He’ll be a healthy scratch for tonight’s game with Chicago, along with Matt Hunwick and Kevin Porter.
Coach Joe Sacco said he’s just looking for a “spark” from Barrie, presumably with the offensive part of the game and/or on the power play.
Barrie didn’t seem too...
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5 days ago
Ralph Nader has it wrong, fighting must remain in hockey
Ralph Nader put out an open letter to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman today. You can read it at www.leagueoffans.org.
I’ll be quick, because this issue doesn’t deserve much space. Ralph Nader has obviously never played hockey, nor studied the game. He’s comparing all the recent head injuries to fighting. Listen, if fighting was banned there would be MORE HEAD INJURIES...
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6 days ago
Duchene resumes skating
Doug Pensinger, Getty Images
A couple of quick hits, from today’s practice:
- Matt Duchene was back on skates today. Not with the team at practice, but on his own beforehand. I did not see him skate, but accounts are that it went well. He’s still officially listed as out “indefinitely”, but you have to believe we’re probably talking only 1-2 more weeks...
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6 days ago
Monday morning Avs chatter
nhl.com
I pretty much hate the world today, with the Patriots losing yesterday. Strangely, I found myself wanting my boyhood team to win that game yesterday as much or more than any when I was a real fan. That was in the top five, then, of all-time worst losses for me to endure. Number one will always be the Buckner game in 1986 which…well, let’s just move on.
Some Avs...
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6 days ago
Tyson Barrie settles in, waits for first practice with Avalanche
No Avalanche skate today. The club will resume practice Monday, when rookie defenseman Tyson Barrie will begin formal preparations for Tuesday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Pepsi Center. It’s all but certain Barrie will make his NHL debut against the Blackhawks, given that the Avs need an offensive spark and they aren’t going to have a fine young...
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7 days ago
Stunned Avalanche only gets a point against Canucks
Mike ChambersAvs forwards Ryan O'Reilly and TJ Galiardi, right, beat themselves up mentally after their 3-2 shootout loss to the Canucks. Goalie JS Giguere is to the left.
Tough shootout loss for the Avalanche, which gains a point for the first time in five games but falls 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks at the Pepsi Center. Ryan O’Reilly (missed shootout bid) and TJ Galiardi...
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7 days ago
Former Avs grinder Mark Rycroft pulling Denver-Springs hockey doubleheader
TV/radio analyst extraordinaire Mark Rycroft, the former DU star and NHLer, is having a good day. He’s in the Altitude studio booth right now working the Avalanche game. Tonight he will join funnyman Jay Stickney in the DU radio booth at the Colorado Springs World Arena, where the Pioneers complete a home-and-home series with the Tigers.
Rycroft also worked Friday’s...
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8 days ago
Update on Tyson Barrie joining Avalanche
Greetings from the Pepsi Center, where the Avalanche is hosting the Vancouver Canucks. Defenseman Tyson Barrie, who was recalled from the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League, will not make his NHL debut today. I’m told he recently boarded a flight in Cleveland. He will probably play Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks, given that he’s not being called...
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8 days ago
Avs recall Barrie, sent Elliott back down
nhl.com
Some surprising news this morning: the Avs have decided to recall defenseman Tyson Barrie from Lake Erie, and to make room for him then are sending Stefan Elliott back to the Monsters.
Though Elliott hasn’t been great of late, I’m still a bit surprised he would be sent down. But the fact is, Barrie has been kind of great of late in Lake Erie, making the AHL All...
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8 days ago
Hockey fundraiser at Ice Ranch
Avalanche fans, please consider attending a hockey fundraising event before Sunday’s Super Bowl. My friend Jeff Karas, who coaches teams at Littleton and the Colorado Select (girls), is battling Leukemia and a fundraiser to fight cancer in his honor is noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ice Ranch in Littleton/Highlands Ranch. The event is called “Ice Cancer 4Ever” and...
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8 days ago
Postgame Avs-Wild: Another home goose egg
John Leya, The Denver Post
I don’t really know much else to say tonight. Covered a lot of games of the Burgundy and Blue over the years, so I guess this was just another 1-0 loss, one of those nights you get stoned by the other goalie and that’s that.
Except, nobody who seriously follows the Avs is going to be deluded by their 37-21 shots advantage tonight. Sure, the...
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9 days ago
If Chris Stewart is really back on the tradling block, the Avs should try and get him back
nhl.com
I don’t often engage in speculation about trade rumors much anymore, at least not in “print.” I know fans love to read rumors and sites that run a lot of rumors get a fair share of clicks, but one thing you learn is that most rumors never come true and quality wins out in the end when it comes to reporting.
That said, let me put on my GM hat here and advocate...
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10 days ago
Avalanche gets the best of the Minnesota 88s
Please read Thursday’s paper and online editions for what I think is a really cool piece on childhood teammates Erik Johnson and Peter Mueller of the Avalanche. Did you know those Bloomington-raised boys met around age 5 and began playing hockey together at age 10, and won the Minnesota peewee A (ages 11-12) state championship together for Bloomington Jefferson in 2001? Bloomington...
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10 days ago
Postgame Avs-Oilers: Varly lays an egg in prove-it-to-me game
Tonight’s goaltending performance by Semyon Varlamov reminded me a lot of Peter Budaj’s years with the Avalanche. In a game the team really needed to win, the goaltender – Budaj then, Varlamov tonight – couldn’t make a big save when it counted. As a result, the Avs came out of a game just like in so many with Budaj – “tough luck” losers...
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11 days ago
AVALANCHE-OILERS LIVE CHAT
Join me for some live Avs-Oilers chat. Click on the thingy below:
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11 days ago
New “Hockey Talk” podcast: All Avalanche talk
I hope you awesome, splendiforous folks click on the podcast below. It’s a solid hour of nothing but Avalanche talk, which is what I know the vast majority of you want to listen to. I like to vary the podcast, talking with other people around the league on subjects other than the Avs, but I know where my bread is buttered.
So, Avalanche fanatics should click on the link below...
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12 days ago
Duchene not at practice
Matt Duchene is not at Avalanche practice today. I’ll have whatever update the team has on him afterward, but obviously it’s not a great sign. I’ll stick to my prediction of last night’s blog on him though: another couple weeks.
Gabriel Landeskog also is not at practice, having been in Ottawa over the weekend. He will be in the lineup against the Oilers tomorrow...
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13 days ago
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