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Sports Central January 10, 2004 Mike Chen |
Avalanche Of Depth Halfway through the season, the Avalanche is a successful team, but it hasn't been because they've been scoring seven goals a night. |
Sports Central October 14, 2003 Josie Lemieux |
Avs and Sens: Oh, the Possibilities When you live a bad experience, you are supposed to learn from it. Just ask the Colorado Avalanche players, who stumbled before the Minnesota Wild in the first-round of the Stanley Cup finals last season. |
Sports Central April 24, 2004 Josie Lemieux |
Will the Sharks Eat the Avs Alive? For this series, advantages and inconveniences are spread almost equally between the two teams. |
Sports Central April 23, 2014 Mike Chen |
Can Teams Replicate the Avalanche's Success? With Colorado exploding out of the gate in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, there's a good chance that their feel-good story is being watched by plenty of others outside of the Rocky Mountains. |
Sports Central May 5, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
From Bottom to Top Welcome to the "new NHL," where anything can happen -- and it does. |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2001 E.M. Swift |
Sensational showdown It's been a long time since the two best teams in hockey met in the Stanley Cup finals, but that's what the showdown between the New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche represents... |
Sports Central May 29, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
A Whirlwind NHL Playoff Season The further the playoffs have progressed, the more of a guessing game it's become. It's refreshing for veteran hockey fans and exciting for those just tuning in ... or is it? |
Sports Illustrated April 9, 2002 Daniel G. Habib |
One-man Show Thanks to goalie Jose Theodore's heroics, surprising Montreal looks playoff-bound... |
Sports Illustrated February 27, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Another Bold Stroke For the third straight year Pierre Lacroix put Colorado in position to win the Cup, this time by trading for Rob Blake... |
Sports Illustrated November 20, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Fool proof An aging goaltender reminds critics he's far from done... |
Salon.com June 4, 2002 King Kaufman |
The Red Wings in 5 Except for the chance that any team with a good goalie has, the Carolina Hurricanes have no chance in the Stanley Cup Finals. Nice uniforms, though. |
Sports Illustrated April 11, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Theodore shows he has Hart Jose Theodore carried the Habs all year and is the main reason they made the playoffs. You have to look beyond the stats at the real contribution... |
Sports Central September 21, 2010 Mike Chen |
Five Storylines For 2010-11 NHL Season NHL training camps have just gotten underway. Here are the top five storylines heading into the 2010-11 NHL season. |
AskMen.com Mark Simmons |
The Financial Gains Of Free Agents Few can come up with bottom-line explanations to justify the figures that are being thrown at athletes. It is nice to see that at least hockey management is looking at sports in terms of dollars and sense... |
Sports Illustrated March 1, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Piece of Blake for Colorado Colorado owes it to itself and to its fans to take a full-blown shot at the Cup right now, and this deal helps them do it. Whether they sign Blake or not, this was an excellent move... |
Sports Central January 26, 2015 Mike Chen |
NHL's Wild West Sees Unpredictable Finish Now that the NHL is entering the second half of the season, it's time to really knuckle down and prepare for the playoff races. |
Sports Central March 19, 2014 Mike Chen |
Contenders Face Early Exits in New NHL Playoff Format NHL general managers in the Eastern Conference who look at the potential playoff matchups are glad that they don't have to deal with the first-round dilemma facing teams on the other side of the continent. |
Sports Central November 17, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
Patrick Roy, How I Miss Thee Thank you, Patrick Roy, for making me a hockey fan. |
Sports Central April 8, 2013 Andrew Jones |
NHL 2013 Contenders and Pretenders It's hard to believe the NHL playoffs begin in only a few weeks. The shortened season leaves a lot more questions than a typical season. |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Flawed Pens have too many holes Mario Lemieux has gotten the club to buckle down defensively a bit more lately (with good success) and the Penguins have won some big games so I won't "count them out." I'd be very surprised if they make the finals though... |
Sports Central March 14, 2006 Mike Chen |
NHL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers This year's NHL trade deadline featured plenty of movement, but not a lot of substance. |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Second opinion With a wild first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the books, we look ahead... |
Sports Illustrated October 17, 2000 Michael Farber |
Inside the NHL It's not just that Patrick Roy has a record number of wins, it's how he won 'em... |
Sports Illustrated December 24, 2002 Daniel G. Habib |
Inside the NHL Inexperienced Tony Granato takes over the Avalanche intent on bringing fun and fire back to Denver |
Sports Illustrated June 6, 2001 Michael Farber |
Devils due Look for New Jersey to wrap up the series Thursday... |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Lasting impressions Musings, memories from an epic Stanley Cup finals... |
Sports Illustrated November 8, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Rocky Mountain sigh What is going on with the Colorado Avalanche right now? I mean, they have a team full of stars and great young players, but they haven't put up the numbers everyone expects. What's going on? |
Sports Central April 10, 2007 Chad Kettner |
2007 NHL Playoffs Preview After a long season filled with ups and downs, hockey fans can finally buckle up for the most exciting time of the year, the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here are some predictions. |
Sports Illustrated May 24, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Stanley Cup Breakdown |
Sports Central February 27, 2008 Jeff DiNunzio |
Here Yesterday, Gone Today The 2008 NHL trade deadline was filled with big-name movement, all in preparation for the final playoff stretch. Here's a review some of the wisest deadline transactions. |
Sports Central February 24, 2009 Mike Chen |
NHL Trade Deadline Needs Here's a list of what NHL teams will be targeting come trade deadline time. |
Sports Central March 30, 2010 Mike Chen |
The Wide-Open West Every team in the NHL Western Conference has a significant weakness, making this year's first round a wide-open field with the potential for upsets no matter who's playing who. Here's look at the Achilles' Heel for each team. |
Sports Central July 1, 2006 Jeff DiNunzio |
NHL Games Far From Only Excitement One might suspect that the culmination of the 2005-2006 NHL season would be eagerly anticipated, if not a welcomed relief. However, this season was filled with pure, electric excitement. |
Sports Central October 23, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
The NHL is Back This is the year hockey will shine again in the world of sports, and here are the reasons why. |
Sports Illustrated March 14, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings This is a weekly analysis of teams based on their performance over the last seven days.... |
Sports Central April 20, 2009 Mike Chen |
The Washington Capitals' Tough Lesson The Capitals started the playoffs with Stanley Cup dreams. After a few days and two games, the Washington players are looking at themselves and wondering what's happened to their team. |
Sports Central May 11, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
Top Suprises of the NHL Playoffs Whether it be young players making a name for themselves or Game 7s, there have been a lot of things surprising about the NHL playoffs so far. Here is a look at some of them. |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2002 Michael Farber |
Pressure Point In trying to live up to his hero's status in Montreal, league MVP Jose Theodore is off to a poor start. |
Sports Illustrated May 14, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
In Ray's image It didn't take long for Bourque to make his mark on Avs |
Sports Central July 10, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
The Swagger Factor Some thoughts about the Washington Nationals, the Colorado Avalanche, and what it takes to earn "swagger." |
Sports Illustrated April 25, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Inside the NHL A passel of rookies did big things during the first round of the playoffs |
Sports Central October 7, 2003 Vishal Patel |
NHL Season Preview: Seeing Red The days are getting shorter, it's getting nippier outside, and baseball isn't the only sport on TV anymore. The start of the NHL season is less than a week away. |
Sports Central November 1, 2003 Vishal Patel |
What Happened to That Goalie? Put an eye on the stat-sheet for goaltenders after the first two weeks of the NHL season and none of the big names from a year ago are there. Not even the names you've been used to hearing the past couple years. |
Sports Central May 4, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
The "Price" is Wrong Just when you thought the Montreal Canadiens' dreadful season couldn't get any worse, Carey Price had to open his mouth. |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Expansion horizons How's everyone liking this goal-scoring race? Ten guys have more than 30 goals already and a big night here or there -- say, Bure's four-bagger, or a hat trick by Kovy or Bondra -- swings the whole thing... |
Sports Central October 7, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey Cynic's Guide to the West A preview of the 2006-07 NHL season and the Campbell Conference, explaining why every single team has virtually no chance of winning the Stanley Cup and why they're all pathetic messes. |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Winners and (vaguely related) losers As it comes into focus, we survey the NHL free agent landscape... |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2001 Rick Reilly |
Canada's Goose Is Cooked It happened five times last week. Vancouver Canucks fans roundly booed The Star-Spangled Banner before two home playoff games against the Colorado Avalanche, and Edmonton Oilers fans booed it before three home games against the Dallas Stars... |