4 h. ago Leafs’ Mitch Marner made a fine impression on Avs’ Devon Toews with Team Canada

Devon Toews became a big fan of Mitch Marner at the 4 Nations Face-Off. And it wasn’t just because Marner set up Connor McDavid for the winning goal in overtime in the final against the United States. All that Toews — in Toronto with the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday for the team’s lone visit of […]

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5 h. ago Leafs’ Joseph Woll gets call in goal for high stakes game versus Colorado Avalanche

A big reason Craig Berube is the sixth coach in Maple Leafs history to win at least 40 games in a season can be traced to the crease. Toronto’s goaltending is at its strongest in years with a maturing Joseph Woll and veteran Anthony Stolarz — the latter a Stanley Cup winner with Florida as […]

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3 d. ago L’Avalanche l’emporte à l’occasion du retour de Rantanen au Colorado

L’attaquant et ses coéquipiers des Stars de Dallas se sont inclinés 4 à 3 en prolongation.

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4 d. ago «Je leur ai dit que je serais flexible» : l’Avalanche n’a pas voulu écouter Rantanen

Échangé à deux reprises en l’espace de six semaines, Mikko Rantanen assure qu’il était prêt à rester avec l'Avalanche du Colorado.

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8 d. ago Nathan MacKinnon hits 1K NHL points, 100th player in league history to do so

The 29-year-old from Cole Harbour, NS., who already has a Stanley Cup on his resume, logged two assists for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

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9 d. ago Nathan MacKinnon, Steven Stamkos, Tom Wilson named NHL’s three stars of the week

NEW YORK — Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Nashville Predators centre Steven Stamkos and Washington Capitals right-wing Tom Wilson were named the NHL’s three stars of the week. MacKinnon topped the NHL with nine points (four goals, five assists), posting multiple points in each of his three appearances to lift the Avalanche into third place […]

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1 week ago LEAFS TAKEAWAYS: Two trade debuts, Mitch Marner contract and a late letdown in Denver

The Maple Leafs should be very good with their two trade deadline additions, but the also bulked-up Colorado Avalanche was definitely better on home ice Saturday night.  With five unanswered goals, including NHL leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon’s 100th point, the Avs downed the Leafs 7-4, inflated by two empty-net markers.  Nevertheless, 6-foot-5 defenceman Brandon Carlo […]

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1 week ago New guys make their mark, but Avalanche buries Leafs with late push

Craig Berube didn’t see his new Maple Leafs’ names on the score sheet, but their fingerprints were all over a solid 50-minute effort at Denver in Toronto’s first post-trade deadline game. Saturday night didn’t end well — the 7-4 loss to the Colorado Avalanche dropped the Leafs further behind the Atlantic Division-leading Florida Panthers. Despite […]

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1 week ago LEAFS NOTES: New teammates fly to Colorado and go right into the fire

The new Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche flew cross country, then jumped right into the lineups for Saturday’s game in Denver. Toronto coach Craig Berube told media at Ball Arena two hours before faceoff that Scott Laughton would centre Bobby McMann and Max Domi, the latter shifting from the middle to right wing, while defenceman […]

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1 week ago Coveted superstar Rantanen finds comfortable landing with Dallas Stars post

When Mikko Rantanen showed up at Rogers Place Saturday morning, with his third different logoed equipment bag in the last six weeks — Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes and now Dallas Stars — he felt right at home, joining “the Finnish mafia” as Matt Duchene joked, and they handed him his comfortable No. 96 jersey. Without […]

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1 week ago Overnight deals set the table for NHL’s afternoon trade deadline

The NHL trade winds increased overnight and into the morning as Friday’s 3 p.m. EST deadline approached, with all eyes on Carolina’s Mikko Rantanen and Boston’s Brad Marchand. Centre Brock Nelson, who was on the radar of a few teams including the Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets, eventually was sent to the Colorado Avalanche, as […]

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2 w. ago Rangers trade Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche have made another splash ahead of the NHL trade deadline by acquiring defenceman Ryan Lindgren and winger Jimmy Vesey from the New York Rangers.  They sent a second- and a fourth-round pick, young forward Juuso Parssinen and veteran defenceman Calvin de Haan to New York for a pair of pending unrestricted free […]

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3 w. ago Valeri Nichushkin will return to Avalanche lineup for the 1st time in nearly 2 months

Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury. The Russian forward will try to spark a sputtering Avalanche offense that’s scored two goals in back-to-back losses since coming back from the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. The […]

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3 w. ago À TVA Sports: l'Avalanche voudra sortir de sa torpeur face aux Devils

Depuis le retour de la pause de la Confrontation des 4 nations, l'Avalanche du Colorado n'a toujours pas connu la victoire.

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3 w. ago 6 troubling trends for Edmonton Oilers through 6 February games

When the NHL stopped play to stage the 4 Nations Face-Off, it seemed that the 2-week break had come just in time for the Edmonton Oilers. The team had faced a brutal travel schedule while a bug ravaged the dressing room. By the time they dropped a 5-4 decision in regulation to Colorado Avalanche on […]

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4 w. ago SIMMONS: Jordan Binnington vs. Connor Hellebuyck a great mismatch in goal

It isn’t Jordan Binnington’s fault that he isn’t Connor Hellebuyck. There can only be one best goaltender in the world at any moment and, at this moment in time, Hellebuyck has that unofficial belt around his waist. Somehow on Thursday night, Team Canada will have to do what the Colorado Avalanche and Nathan MacKinnon did […]

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