Collin Delia dominates the Avalanche in season debut
Despite dominating the shot count, the Colorado Avalanche struggled to score in a divisional loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Islanders capitalize on the power play in 4-1 victory over Avalanche
The Avalanche only scored on one of its five power play opportunities in the game.
Avalanche hire Allard as skills and performance development coach
Shawn Allard has been hired by head coach Jared Bednar as a "skills" assistant.
Coach Speak: 18 holes with Jared Bednar
Eighteen holes with the Colorado Avalanche head coach prior to puck drop revealed a lot about the current season.
Frei: Any other year, Jared Bednar wins the Jack Adams Award — in a romp
In the (many) years I have covered the NHL, I never ceased to be amazed at the absolute relative lack of respect the league shows…
Frei: Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of the Avalanche offseason
The Washington Capitals can claim the Stanley Cup — well, at least for a year — on Thursday night in Las Vegas, with a road win…
Jared Bednar one of three finalists for the Jack Adams Award
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar named a Jack Adams finalist following surprising season
Frei: It ain’t over for the Avs ’til … it’s over
Think of the Predators without Pekka Rinne and P.K. Subban. It is reasonable to ponder it as a bit of comparative whimsy, not as…
Bednar’s impressive feat increases the pressure on Malone, Joseph
Here in Denver, where the playoffs are the expectation and fans speak with their pocketbook, Bednar's head coaching peers have…
Frei: Remember when it wasn’t so monumental for Avs just to make playoffs? But this in its own way is more fun.
Absolutely, this in many ways is a lot more fun than the glory-years seasons because it was so unexpected and the single-season…
Frei: Obligations of stardom mean MacKinnon line has to lead this team down stretch
Nathan MacKinnon didn’t dodge it. In fact, he brought it up himself. With a playoff spot at stake, the Avalanche’s MacKinnon-…
Altitude’s Kyle Keefe: Bednar, MacKinnon should be finalists for Adams, Hart trophies
Center Nathan MacKinnon and coach Jared Bednar should be in discussion for big-time honors when the season ends.
Varlamov has thrived in MacKinnon’s shadow
Nathan MacKinnon is getting all the spotlight -- and deservingly so -- but goaltender Semyon Varlamov has quietly been a huge part…
Frei: The MacKinnon-for-Hart Trophy talk becoming more legit every day
It has become this simple: If the Avalanche makes the playoffs, pulling off the turnaround of epic proportions after the 48-point…
Frei: Nathan MacKinnon has the best of intentions … but it’s a bad, bad idea
It's praiseworthy, even impressive humility. Nathan MacKinnon doesn't think he's above this. Well, he is now. And all his…
Frei: Going into final month, Avalanche effectively controls its own destiny. That’s a major “W.”
The Avs are going into the final 17 games in control of their own playoff spot destiny. That's about all you can ask.
Frei: Is Duncan Siemens becoming more than an “organization” guy?
One of the more interesting moments in the Avalanche's potentially crucial win came when Siemens, cotton stuffed in what likely…
Frei: With MacKinnon out, Kerfoot continues to show his (Ivy League) worth
Alexander Kerfoot didn't have a point in the Avalanche's first five games minus Nathan MacKinnon, but now has a goal in each of…
Frei: As MacKinnon skates closer to return, Avs at least have stayed in the hunt
The injured Nathan MacKinnon, who skated with the Avalanche at practice in a red/orange non-contact jersey Tuesday at Family…
Frei: After win over Sharks, this is even more clear: The longer Bernier owns crease, the better off Avalanche will be
The longer Jonathan Bernier can hold down the Avalanche crease, on merit rather than injury-caused default, the better Colorado's…
Frei: Don’t let MacKinnon’s longer-than-expected absence knock Avs off course
The start of Nathan MacKinnon's two-to-four week absence from the lineup comes amid a testing stretch of the Colorado schedule so…
Frei: All Aboard! The Avalanche bandwagon is gaining momentum
Banished since the amazing 112-point season under Patrick Roy in 2013-14 -- an accomplishment diminished by the first-round…
Playoffs? Avs’ star wants to win the Stanley Cup
Nathan MacKinnon knows they have to get in the playoffs first, but the MVP candidate thinks the Avs have a legitimate shot at the…
Frei: Avalanche’s Matt Nieto still thanking grandpa for that first stick in Long Beach
When Matt Nieto was a kid in hockey-crazed Long Beach — OK, the hockey-crazed part isn’t true — his grandfather bought him a mini-…
Frei: Jonathan Bernier talks about answering the call in the Avalanche net
With Semyon Varlamov again out at least through the All-Star break, the challenge is for Jonathan Bernier, 29, to not only be the…