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Florida Panthers score late to erase Avalanche 3-goal comeback in 5-4 Avs loss

From one moment to the next, the outlook on the Avalanche’s season can deteriorate from apprehension to hopelessness, or just as easily it can swivel from existential dread to ecstatic amnesia. The defending champion Avs are testing their fans on almost a nightly basis, as they simultaneously test their own…

The Denver Post · Jan 11, 2023

Avalanche beat Islanders on Evan Rodrigues’ shootout goal against unflappable Ilya Sorokin

The Avalanche’s season series with the Islanders was a story of opposites.

The Denver Post · Dec 20, 2022

Artturi Lehkonen’s shorthanded redemption helps Avalanche to tense win over Flyers

What goes around doesn’t always come around in the divine art of puck luck, but redemption worked in eerily parallel ways for Artturi Lehkonen on Tuesday night.

The Denver Post · Dec 14, 2022

‘Soft with the puck’: Just how rare was Avalanche’s shutout loss to New Jersey?

NEWARK, N.J. — In the Avalanche’s least inspiring stretches early this season, the immediate temptation might be to label any lethargy as championship hangover. Colorado did, after all, have the shortest offseason recharge in the NHL.

The Denver Post · Oct 29, 2022

There’s a Gabriel Landeskog-sized hole on Avs roster for three months. Who steps up to fill it?

If Nathan MacKinnon represents the heart, then Gabriel Landeskog is the Avalanche’s soul and spine, the last link in a mighty chain that finally dragged Lord Stanley’s Cup to its rightful plinth a mile high.

The Denver Post · Oct 24, 2022

Avalanche allows 3 goals with fewer than 5 men on ice in overtime loss to Winnipeg Jets

DENVER — So maybe Colorado has some experimenting to do with its second, third and fourth lines. Maybe the penalty kill needs intense self-evaluation. Maybe the Avalanche lacks depth.

The Denver Post · Oct 20, 2022

Mark Kiszla: Tim Connelly walked away from Denver. Michael Malone is itching to beat his old basketball brother.

Until Tim Connelly scratched a seven-year itch and abruptly ended a beautiful relationship with Michael Malone to take the money in Minnesota, they were inseparable basketball brothers, a front-office exec and fiery coach joined at the hip in the quest to make the Nuggets a legit championship contender.

The Denver Post · Jul 7, 2022

Ryan O’Halloran: For Nathan MacKinnon, Jared Bednar, Joe Sakic, winning Stanley Cup caps long journey

TAMPA, Fla. — One by one, as if it was choreographed weeks ago, all 28 players and each member of the coaching, training and equipment staffs and front office took their turn with the Stanley Cup here late Sunday night.

The Denver Post · Jun 27, 2022

Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time

Behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon, the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history and first in more than two decades by beating the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 27, 2022

Colorado Avalanche beat Tampa Bay to clinch Stanley Cup

TAMPA, Fla. — The NHL’s worst team only five years ago, the Avalanche completed its journey to the top of the hockey world Sunday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in 21 years.

The Denver Post · Jun 27, 2022