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Avalanche outshoots Jets by 16, but Winnipeg whomps Colorado 5-0 behind Blake Wheeler’s hat trick

Special teams and goalkeeping often saved the Avalanche throughout the month of November. The penalty kill suddenly thrived after its slow start to the season, and Colorado’s league-leading power play was vicious enough to mask occasional 5-on-5 deficiencies.

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Avalanche stay hot, escaping Dallas on Mikko Rantanen’s shootout goal

Alexandar Georgiev broke out the same celebration.

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Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar lead charge for Avalanche in 4-0 win over Capitals

WASHINGTON — Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Darcy Kuemper know better than anyone else living in the nation’s capital what Nathan MacKinnon can do with a puck. They were witnesses to his brilliance for one season, the longest season of his career at that. The season he went coast-to-coast for a playoff…

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Hurricanes take Avalanche to overtime but fall, 3-2, on Lehkonen goal

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Colorado Avalanche made it two wins over the Carolina Hurricanes in less than a week Thursday, coming away with a 3-2 overtime victory at PNC Arena.

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Cale Makar scores wonky goal in Avalanche’s 4-1 win over 'really deep' Carolina Hurricanes

DENVER — Cale Makar’s 50th career goal defied physics.

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As Colorado honors Peter McNab, Avs dispatch Predators with 5 straight goals

DENVER -- The on-air talent who called countless hockey games alongside Peter McNab pointed out Thursday before an emotional broadcast and throughout the week that he would find this all to be just a bit much. He wouldn’t want the fuss. Keeping with his personality and passion, the best tribute…

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‘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.

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Alexandar Georgiev returns to MSG, tops Rangers in shootout

NEW YORK — Alexandar Georgiev spent his first five seasons in the NHL with the Rangers, the last two serving as backup to Igor Shesterkin, before getting traded to the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche at last summer’s NHL Draft. On Tuesday night, Georgiev returned to Madison Square Garden with…

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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

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.

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Artturi Lehkonen, Avs celebrate 'banner night' at Ball Arena with 5-2 win over Chicago

On banner night, Artturi Lehkonen decided to have one himself.

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Former Avalanche Jack Johnson took part in Stanley Cup banner ceremony and NHL fans loved it

What a classy move from the Avalanche.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Avs are defending their Stanley Cup championship by going younger and cheaper at goalie. Will it work?

Pavel Francouz is a bargain, and he knows it.

The Denver Post

Sean Keeler: All Hail Cale Makar, NHL MVP! Avalanche defender and Hart Trophy are destined to be together. Here’s why.

The great ones lead the scouting report. Cale Makar makes you rip the stupid thing up and start over from scratch.

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How can Avs repeat as Stanley Cup champs? NHL wonks say it depends on health, development of defenseman Bo Byram.

Hey, no pressure, Bo Byram.

The Guardian - US

NHL season preview: Leafs and Oilers dream big as Avs target repeat title

Another NHL season has arrived with no shortage of stories, trends and teams to watch. Can Colorado go back to back? Or will Toronto and Edmonton finally break through

The Denver Post

If Sampo Ranta wants to stick in NHL, Avs rookie knows it’s going to have to be about more than just his stick

If Sampo Ranta wants to stick, it’s going to have to be about more than just his stick.

Chicago Sun-Times

NHL bettors are saying tanks to the Blackhawks

Bet on it: Wise hockey gamblers smell a winner by betting the under on the Blackhawks’ points total

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Mark Kiszla: In quest for legit No. 2 center, Avs should consider trading Sam Girard

Nazem Kadri can buy a bigger house somewhere else in the NHL, but he’ll never have a better home than what he found here in Denver, where folks wrapped him in love.

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Mark Kiszla: Are slim shoulders of goalie Alexandar Georgiev sturdy enough to support dreams of Avalanche dynasty?

Winning the Stanley Cup was easy. For their next big trick, the Avs will set up Jenga blocks on the ice, then see how many pieces of a championship puzzle they dare remove without it all crashing down at their skates.

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Mark Kiszla: Champs today, gone tomorrow. Say goodbye to Darcy Kuemper. And prepare farewells for Nazem Kadri.

Their Stanley Cup runneth over with bags of money. The Avs are champs, and champs want to get paid. They were brothers in a championship quest. But money will rip them apart. Starting now.

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Avalanche trade for goalie Alexandar Georgiev likely signals end to Darcy Kuemper’s time in Colorado

The Avalanche will likely defend its Stanley Cup title next season with a new starter in net.

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Sean Keeler: Best part of Avalanche’s Stanley Cup win? How it brought Denver together.

She laughs about it now. Or as much as you can laugh when you’ve lost most of the feeling in your body from the chest down.

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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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Nathaniel Hackett eager to see energy and juice from Avs’ playoff games at Broncos’ games

"Bring that energy and bring that juice — that’s what we need," Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett said of the support Avs fans gave this season.

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