After starting the season by winning 12 of their first 13 games, the Colorado Avalanche found themselves on top of the world. Losing four of their last six games had brought them back to earth a little, but they bounced [...]
It seems that Colorado Avalanche coach Patrick Roy has picked a fight with another NHL coach. He certainly didn’t wait too long to make a name for himself in his rookie year behind the bench. His opening game resulted in [...]
In the summer of 2012, as the Montreal Canadiens were making sweeping changes in terms of general manager and head coach after a disastrous 2011-12 season, many Canadiens fans were hoping that Patrick Roy, a man who helped lead the [...]
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov is one of the big reasons why his team is off to a 10-1-0 start in the early going. Head coach Patrick Roy will now be without his top netminder after Varlamov turned himself into [...]
A lot of people, including myself, were curious regarding the Colorado Avalanche selecting Nathan MacKinnon first overall. Nothing against MacKinnon, but with the Av’s surplus of depth at center, and stud defensive-prospect Seth Jones also available, it was believed Jones was [...]
Matt Duchene has to realize it’s a long season in the NHL, but he has to be playing like a seasoned veteran every game if the Colorado Avalanche are to have success. Duchene has given credible evidence by his early [...]
The biggest surprise so far this season has been the Colorado Avalanche, who have jumped out to a 5-0 record with their ten points tied for the NHL lead with the San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs. After selecting [...]
Typically, when a team finishes a season in dead last, with their only real victory of the year coming in the form of a first overall pick in the NHL Draft, they usually just flutter around the following season while [...]
The Colorado Avalanche made some big changes in the offseason, with one of the most noteworthy being the hire of Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy as head coach. Early into the 2013-14 season, the Avalanche look like a team [...]
The Colorado Avalanche confused more than a few people when they selected Nathan MacKinnon no. 1 overall in the draft over the summer. It brought about multiple questions. Outside of the obvious passing on Seth Jones, a future star at a position of need, it [...]