Tag: jared bednar
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Avalanche fall for fourth time in six games, ‘no positives’ in first home regulation loss to Predators
Jared Bednar hasn’t had many reasons to be angry with his team this season. The Avalanche gave him some good ones on Friday night. A sloppy effort from start to finish by the home team led to the Avalanche dropping their first game in regulation at Ball Arena by a score of 7-3 to the…
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Jared Bednar proves why he’s still going strong behind Avalanche bench with Landeskog, Olympics decision | Evan’s take
The next time Gabriel Landeskog plays hockey, he might be donning the Tre Kronor. If that’s the case, the Colorado Avalanche are perfectly OK with it. Ahead of Colorado’s win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar reiterated his squad will be without Landeskog for “weeks” after suffering an upper-body injury on…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Josh Manson’s fists of stones pack such a big wallop for Avs
With fists of fury, Avs defenseman Josh Manson got the rough-and-tumble part of the Gordie Howe hat trick out of the way early. From his first jump over the boards, he took the ice, itching for a fight. Why? “To spark us,” said Manson, explaining his not-so-subtle motive for starting (and finishing) an old-time hockey fight…
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Avalanche, Cale Makar remind Wild who runs the Central Division | Evan’s take
SAINT PAUL – This doesn’t look like a Colorado Avalanche team that needs any extra motivation, but Jesper Wallstedt may have made a rookie mistake in giving them some. “It kind of says that we’re a better team than them,” Wallstedt said after the Wild beat the Avalanche 3-2 in a shootout in November. “We…
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No nights off: Gabriel Landeskog’s availability a pleasant surprise to everyone, even himself | Evan’s take
If Gabriel Landeskog had needed a night off at any point over the last two months, no one would have batted an eye. If anything, most likely expected it. And yet, here we are: the captain of the Colorado Avalanche has played in all 32 games this season after having missed three full seasons. That’s…
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Avalanche fall 6-3 to Islanders, lose first game in regulation in over a month | 5 takeaways
You can’t win ’em all, although the Colorado Avalanche have tried their hardest to do that this season. The Avalanche played sloppy against the New York Islanders on Thursday night on their way to a 6-3 loss at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. It was their first regulation loss since Oct. 25 in Boston and…
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Scott Wedgewood’s 22-save shutout against Blackhawks makes Avalanche history
CHICAGO – The Wood is good in net for the Colorado Avalanche. Very good. One night after Mackenzie Blackwood posted a 35-save shutout against the Nashville Predators, Scott Wedgewood matched his goaltending partner, stopping all 22 shots against the Chicago Blackhawks to lead the Avalanche to a 1-0 victory on Sunday. The performance marked the…
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Avalanche’s Sam Malinski taking lessons learned from last year to avoid mid-season dip | Evan’s Take
CHICAGO – Sam Malinski might be underselling things when his thoughts about his first 21 games are, “I feel good.” According to every single metric available to NHL fans and followers, the more truthful answer from Malinski would probably be, “I feel incredible.” Let’s run through where he sits among the 175 defensemen who have…
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Mark Kiszla: Why no Denver athlete in last 40 years has worn the ‘C’ as well as Gabe Landeskog
It’s back! And the secret to the Avalanche regaining its championship mojo can be found in Special Sauce No. 92. Want to know why the Avs tower like Pikes Peak over everyone in the NHL’s power rankings? Start with the we’re-in-it-to-win-it vibe established by captain Gabe Landeskog. “I don’t want to say I told you…
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Which Colorado Avalanche and Denver Pioneer players must become stars in 2025-26? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: The puck’s about to drop. Which Denver Pioneer and Colorado Avalanche players must step forward in 2025-26? Evan Rawal, Avalanche reporter Answer: Avalanche forward Brock Nelson It didn’t work with Alex Newhook. It didn’t work with J.T. Compher. It definitely didn’t work with Ryan Johansen, and Casey Mittelstadt’s game fell apart. Is Brock…