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Peter Budaj stopped 35 shots, Chris Stewart had two goals and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche ended a five-game trip with a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. Complete Story...
Wojtek Wolski had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche held on for a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night when a tying goal was disallowed in the final seconds.
Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who won for the sixth time in seven games by beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Thursday night.
Stephen Weiss recorded his second NHL hat trick and scored in the shootout to lift the Florida Panthers to a 6-5 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.
Matt Duchene had two goals and Craig Anderson made 33 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 on Monday night.
Mikko Koivu and Andrew Ebbett scored in the shootout, and Josh Harding stopped both of Colorado's shooters to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Avalanche 3-2 on Saturday night for a home-and-home sweep.
Chuck Kobasew had a hat trick and Andrew Brunette scored the winning goal on a power midway through the third period Friday, leading the Minnesota Wild past the Colorado Avalanche 5-3.
David Legwand scored at 3:07 of overtime to give Nashville a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night, the Predators' seventh straight victory.
David Jones scored twice, Paul Stastny had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche stopped a two-game skid with a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.
Christian Ehrhoff's second goal got Vancouver even in the third period, and Henrik Sedin then netted the go-ahead tally as the Canucks rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Friday night.
Ryan Potulny and Patrick O'Sullivan scored third-period goals and the Edmonton Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Ryan Wilson scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, Milan Hejduk got the game-winner and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Henrik Sedin had his first NHL hat trick and Roberto Luongo stopped 32 shots, helping the Vancouver Canucks snap a three-game skid with an 8-2 rout of the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.
Patrick Sharp scored in the third shootout round Wednesday night, lifting the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche — the third straight game between the teams decided in a tiebreaker.
Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton's four power-play goals and also had assists, and the Oilers handed the Colorado Avalanche their first home loss of the season, 5-3 on Sunday night.
Chris Stewart scored in the eighth round of the shootout, helping the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche remain unbeaten at home with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.
Feeling much better after a recent bout with swine flu, Peter Budaj made his long-awaited season debut.
Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler each had a goal and an assist, and Andrew Raycroft made 18 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Sunday night.
Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves, and Ryane Clowe and Jamie McGinn scored their first goals of the season to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Friday night.
Wojtek Wolski, Craig Anderson and the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche needed a little time to get up to speed against the Calgary Flames.
Craig Anderson stopped 25 shots for his second shutout of the season, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
The Colorado Avalanche confirm that backup goalie Peter Budaj has the swine flu.
Craig Anderson made a season-high 48 saves, Chris Stewart and T.J. Galiardi each had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche continued their surprising start with a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
Seeing Darcy Tucker injured on a check into the boards was bad enough. Colorado coach Joe Sacco tried to make sure things didn't get any worse, urging his team to rein in its emotions after seeing Tucker taken off the ice on a backboard.
Colorado Avalanche forward Darcy Tucker was taken off the ice on a backboard after he was checked into the boards by Carolina forward Tuomo Ruutu.
Patrick RoyHopefully, we'll get to see if he can do what Tony and Wayne could not do... coach a 'winning' team. I believe Patrick will coach a gritty team, teach toughness, and stress victories, unlike Tony's soft and underperforming teams during both weak stints as the Avs HC.
Adding grit, Avs sign Darcy TuckerThe Avalanche today added one of the grittier players in the NHL, signing forward Darcy Tucker to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.
Avs sign goalie Raycroft, lose TheodoreThe Avalanche today moved to shore up their goaltending position, in the wake of losing former starter Jose Theodore to the Washington Capitals, by signing former Toronto and Boston netminder Andrew Raycroft to a one-year, free agent contract.
Quenneville out as Avs coachThe Avalanche and coach Joel Quenneville have mutually agreed to sever ties, the team announced in a news release late this morning. The Avs will embark on a search for a new coach immediately.
This time around, there are no guarantees Sakic will returnJoe Sakic let Joel Quenneville know. The Avalanche's veteran center wanted to be on the ice for the final seconds of Colorado s embarrassing 8-2 loss to Detroit in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals Thursday night. Quenneville went along with it.
Avs face haul to top The Avalanche's injury and illness sieges, both in the regular season, then in another wave during the Western Conference semifinals against the Detroit Red Wings, were unprecedented and a bit spooky.
In this edition of the NHL Playoff Recap for Tuesday April 15th, the cream is starting to rise to the top as some teams try and pull away while other, underachieving teams start to pour it on.
Three games on the Agenda on this night in the NHL, however do not judge the quantity of games by the excitement they created.
Having taken care of the Eastern conference first round predictions yesterday, the following are my predictions for the Western conference as to who will move on to round two in the quest for the cup. Detroit Redwings Vs Nashville Predators : Detroit in 6
Not exactly a huge night for sports, but with the NBA out there a few things are worth watching tonight.
ESPN.com: Page 2 : Happy anniversary to Red Wings, AvalancheA simmering rivalry bubbled over in a game for the ages 10 years ago.
The future is still bright for AvalancheGoing into the final weekend, the Avalanche are still long shots to catch the Flames for the eighth and final spot, a position that most likely would earn them the right to be thrashed by the Red Wings in the first round.
Avalanche's Sakic records 1,500th point of careerJoe Sakic became the 11th player in NHL history to reach 1,500 points on an assist in the first period against Washington on Wednesday. Too bad they still lost the game. :|
Over the next 30 days, GarysBasem3nt.com will be analyzing all 30 NHL teams in preparation for the start of the 2006-07 hockey seasons. This is day twenty-two, the Colorado Avalanche.
Avalanche sees potential gold with easier schedule - Rocky Mountain News: Avalanche & NHLBrisebois back in Blake's absence - DenverPost.com - COLORADO AVALANCHE / NHLFunny Story - on December 26th, 2005 I was in Denver's Pepsi Center watching the Avalanche play the Coyotes. There was a crazy hobo looking guy sitting two rows behind us.
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