As the Colorado Avalanche attempt to rebound from one of their worst losses in history, a sweep in the Western Conference Final at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights, it’s time to look back at the season as a whole.
Parker Kelly enjoyed a breakout regular season with the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, scoring 21 goals in 82 games — but he saved his biggest tally of the campaign for Monday night.
Parker Kelly scored the go-ahead goal with 8:28 left in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche pulled away for a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Monday in Saint Paul, Minn.
The Colorado Avalanche continue to spread the wealth these Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Monday, the Avalanche took a commanding 3-1 Western Conference second-round series lead over the Minnesota Wild with a 5-2 road victory.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
After an uncharacteristic rough patch, it looks like the Colorado Avalanche may have found their groove again. Though it took late heroics to get the job done, they beat the Los Angeles Kings on the road 4-2, next heading to Anaheim to take on a Ducks team that had won its previous five games.
Parker Kelly and Martin Necas each tallied a goal and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche topped Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Wednesday in Salt Lake City during the teams' return from the Olympic break.
The Colorado Avalanche have been one of the least busy teams in NHL Free Agency, but they’ve made one significant move: re-signing key depth forward Parker Kelly, the team announced on Tuesday.
The Colorado Avalanche announced Tuesday that forward Parker Kelly to a four-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2029-30 season.
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.
Colorado Avalanche forward Parker Kelly described himself as “the puck guy” before Colorado’s matchup against the Calgary Flames. Then, he became a superhero.
Parker Kelly scored twice to lead the red-hot Colorado Avalanche to a 4-2 road victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday. Ryan Lindgren and Valeri Nichushkin also scored for the Avalanche, who sit third in the Central Division despite being on a 7-0-1 tear.
Big things were expected of the Avalanche’s top six with two key players returning to the lines. Instead, the team had goals from its bottom six — Parker Kelly netted his first of the season and Nikolai Kovalenko got his third — in the 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.
Training camp has to be one of the unique NHL environments, at least for the Colorado Avalanche. At the lower level, kids play arcade games, and upstairs, fans can bump into their favorite player in the hallway.
Qualifying offers for restricted free agents were due on June 30, and there were a lot of players the Ottawa Senators had to make decisions on. Restricted free agents (RFA) who don’t receive a qualifying offer will become unrestricted free agents (UFA) on July 1.
As this space has touched on previously, the Ottawa Senators are open for business this offseason. With the NHL Entry Draft only three weeks away and free agency two days later, trade chatter is beginning in earnest.
These articles normally start off by pointing out where a player set career highs. Of all the Sens players this past season, I'm not sure any had more career highs than Parker Kelly.
One of the young depth pieces on the Ottawa Senators is going to be out of the lineup for a couple of games. On Friday, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Ottawa Senators forward Parker Kelly is suspended two games for an illegal hit to the head on Los Angeles Kings defenseman Andreas Englund.
When a new coach goes behind the bench, players get a new slate to work on. It’s up to those players to take full advantage of a fresh opportunity to solidify their standing within the lineup.