THW’s Goalie News: Brodeur’s Future, Grubauer Perfect, and More Stephen Ground | January 17, 2020 The New Jersey Devils just fired Ray Shero. But a franchise legend is stepping into an expanded role to relieve him. Also, today marks the anniversary of an incredible goaltending…
Grubauer Has 27 Saves, Avs Blank Sharks, 4-0 The Canadian Press | January 16, 2020 DENVER — Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche got goals from four different players in a 4-0 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. It was Grubauer’s third shutout since joining Colorado…
Diagnosing the Avalanche’s Recent Performance Shane Andrews | January 13, 2020 After such an incredible start to the season, the Colorado Avalanche have seemingly started to thaw lately, chalking up two wins in their last eight games (2-4-2 record), and three…
Avalanche All-Decade Team: Goaltenders J.D. Killian | January 1, 2020 As 2020 begins, it’s time to look back at the past decade for the Colorado Avalanche and remember players who left their mark. First up, goaltenders. The netminders feature the…
Avalanche’s First Quarter Grades J.D. Killian | November 27, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche faced adversity early in the season and yet found ways to overcome. Despite losing a rotating host of starting players, the team fought to stay near the…
Zucker Scores Winner in Third, Minnesota Beats Colorado 3-2 The Canadian Press | November 21, 2019 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jason Zucker scored midway through the third period and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 Thursday night. Mats Zuccarello and Jordan Greenway also scored for Minnesota, which has won consecutive games for the second t…
THW’s Goalie News: Andersen, Korpisalo, Grubauer & Sparks Greg Boysen | November 8, 2019 Thursday night was a rough night for National Hockey League goaltenders as 78 goals were scored in the 11 games played. Not every goaltender struggled as we had some good…
Hintz Scores Twice, Stars Beat Avalanche 2-1 The Canadian Press | November 1, 2019 DENVER — Roope Hintz scored twice, including a short-handed goal in the second period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Friday night. It was Hintz’s second two-goal game of the season. The Stars have gone 5-1 since a dismal 1-7-1…
Huberdeau Scores Early in OT, Panthers Rally to Beat Avs 4-3 The Canadian Press | October 31, 2019 DENVER — Jonathan Huberdeau scored 29 seconds into overtime after he tied the game late in regulation, and the Florida Panthers rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the injury-riddled Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Wednesday night. Huberdeau sent a backh…
Avalanche Can Keep Rolling Even with Rantanen Injured Ryan Szporer | October 29, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche probably don’t feel all that lucky these days, even if the stats say otherwise. Atop the NHL in terms of PDO, which effectively measures luck by combining…
Burakovsky Scores Late Goal, Avalanche Beat Bruins 4-2 The Canadian Press | October 11, 2019 DENVER — Andre Burakovsky scored the go-ahead goal with 7:06 remaining, Boston had two goals disallowed after video reviews, and the unbeaten Colorado Avalanche handed the Bruins their first loss of the season with a 4-2 victory on Thursday night. Gabr…
Avalanche’s Grubauer Has Much to Prove in Net Colleen Flynn | September 23, 2019 New faces, fresh contracts and solid draft picks are the most important moves the Colorado Avalanche made in the offseason. Now that training camp is over and preseason games have…