On Friday, the Colorado Avalanche announced a major change in the makeup of their front office. Josh Kroenke has assumed the title of Team President from Pierre Lacroix, Joe Sakic was named Executive Vice-President of Hockey Operations with Greg Sherman serving as General Manager. After the dismal season the Avalanche had, it was obvious that some ...
The start of the 2013 – 2014 season for the Colorado Avalanche will be one that marks a change. The severity of the change, however, might be the thing that determines Colorado’s success in future years as a franchise. This change has been set into motion by the firing of coach Joe Sacco who ...
The 2013 Colorado Avalanche season has mercifully come to an end. The season, as a whole, was definitely a disappointing one for the Avalanche, who had such high hopes at the start of the season. Finishing dead last in the Western Conference is not where this team should be, but there it is. Perhaps some ...
All true hockey fans have by now heard of Seth Jones. The young defenseman has rocketed up to the top of every major hockey scouting services’ rankings for the 2013 NHL entry draft. His skating ability and athleticism are positively electric, uncannily belying his tremendous size at 6’4″ 210 (and possibly not done growing). His ...
If you had to pick one part of this team that completely fell apart this year, it was the defense. The Avalanche defense looked so lost most of the year that it was never a question of if there would be a ridiculous defensive lapse, just when. The goaltending suffered as a result of this as ...
Milan Hejduk has worn only one jersey his entire NHL career. He has never known another NHL home crowd than those that have crowded the Pepsi Center and the old McNichols Arena. He has had so many wonderful memories as a member of the Colorado Avalanche, and he now comes into what may be the ...
The Colorado Avalanche used to be one of the proudest franchises in all of the NHL. People knew that when you stepped onto the ice against the Avalanche you were going to get a team that would leave everything out on the ice every single night. To say that this is no longer the case is ...
Play for pride No professional athlete or coach will ever purposefully tank for dry higher draft pick. If a coach condones tanking, there’s a very good chance he will not survive long enough to coach the player the team will eventually draft. Players will also never tank as they are playing for their professional lives each ...
Here lies the 2013 Colorado Avalanche. With Detroit’s victory over the Nashville Predators, Sunday night, Colorado became the first team in the NHL this season to officially be eliminated from playoff contention. This season was supposed to be one filled with potential. One that would make the Avalanche faithful once again proud to don the ...
Colorado Avalanche enforcer Patrick Bordeleau and me from the Avs Charity Brunch Some people say that the role of the true heavyweight enforcer is dead in today’s NHL. Don’t tell that to Patrick Bordeleau, who in just 37 games into a shortened season has established himself as one of, if not the premier heavyweight enforcer ...
