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After winning the gold medal at the Milan Olympics, the USA men’s and women’s hockey teams were invited to attend the State of the Union. President Donald Trump’s controversial comments about inviting the women went viral just before they declined the invitation. But the men are still going, with 20 of the 25 players attending […]

Samuel Girard’s long history with the Colorado Avalanche makes his trade to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brett Kulak feel like a much bigger loss for the organization than it actually is. Girard has been a mainstay on Colorado’s blueline for the last nine seasons, including a Stanley Cup run with the team in the 2022-23 […]

The NHL returns to play on Wednesday night. As the Olympic trade freeze has ended, teams have until March 6 at 3 p.m. ET to make moves in preparation for the future. The first post-freeze NHL trade has been made between the New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues. Now, a more significant trade has […]

The USA men’s hockey team has now won three gold medals in the Olympics after Sunday’s triumph over Canada. All three teams had a member of the Christian family on the squad. In 1960, brothers Roger and Bill Christian teamed up to win gold. 20 years later in Lake Placid, Bill’s son, Dave Christian, helped […]

On Sunday morning, Team USA hockey won its first gold medal in the better part of five decades with a thrilling win over the Canadian National Team at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. It was a tightly contested game throughout, with Team USA ultimately getting the better of Team Canada with an overtime […]

Czechia defeated Denmark 3-2 on Tuesday, advancing to the Olympics quarterfinal to face Canada. It will be the second matchup between Czechia and Canada during the tournament, with the Canadians winning the first matchup 5-0. Czechia star Martin Necas dropped a confident joke about their chances in the quarterfinals at the Olympics. “We let them […]

Team Canada is off and running as it looks to defend back-to-back gold medals secured the last two times NHL players participated in the Winter Olympics — in 2014 in Sochi and 2010 in Vancouver. The best-on-best title defense is off to a good start, as Canada crushed Czechia 5-0 in a Group A preliminary […]

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Wednesday, earning another victory in a season filled with them. Nathan MacKinnon continued his career season, achieving yet another career milestone in the win against the San Jose Sharks, according to Daily Faceoff. “Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon records 700th assist of NHL career,” Daily Faceoff wrote. […]

The Colorado Avalanche will have the best record in the NHL heading into the Olympic break. Eight different players from the Avs will be representing a total of five different nations at the Olympics. One of them was Gabriel Landeskog, whose injury at the start of January put his status in the air. Now, it […]

The 2026 iteration of the NHL Stadium Series might be one of the best outdoor hockey games ever played. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins treated the sold out crowd at Raymond James Stadium to a tilt for the ages on Sunday night, with the Bolts overcoming a four-goal deficit to win 6-5 in […]

The Colorado Avalanche are the best team in hockey, and it might not be close. Colorado made easy work of the Detroit Red Wings on the road in their last game, defeating one of the Atlantic Division’s best by a score of 5-0. This sort of dominance has made Colorado an easy favorite to win […]

The Nashville Predators are assessing their roster value ahead of the March 6 NHL Trade Deadline, according to reports from Pro Hockey Rumors. Elliotte Friedman shared in his latest 32 Thoughts podcast that the Predators are currently gauging the market for forwards Michael Bunting and Michael McCarron. If Bunting is moved, it would be the […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been the NHL’s dominant team as the regular season nears the Olympic break. during the majority of the first four months of the season, the Avs played so well that they only had two regulation losses. They have slowed down a bit in the last three weeks, but this is clearly […]

The Colorado Avalanche saw Gabriel Landeskog go down with an injury after running into the goal-pipe on January 4. Landeskog recently returned to the ice, in the hopes that the captain could return to the team soon. Now, head coach Jared Bednar has given an update on the forward and hinted at his Olympic participation. […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been without Gabriel Landeskog since he suffered an upper-body injury in the first week of January — but the captain just took a big step toward his injury return. The Stanley Cup champion was on the ice in Toronto on Tuesday morning, as first reported by The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun. It’s […]

It has been a remarkable season for the Colorado Avalanche. The squad has gone nuclear behind its cast of superstars, who have also reached historical milestones, such as the latest by Nathan MacKinnon. Nevertheless, a major part of the team’s success has been young breakout players, and one of those just got a nice contract […]

For the first time in the 22-year history of National Hockey League outdoor games, the festivities will take over Raymond James Stadium in the Sunshine State this Sunday. Exactly 30 days after the New York Rangers shellacked the Florida Panthers in Miami, the surging Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins will do battle in the […]

The Colorado Avalanche have fallen off their historic pace in recent weeks, with a 4-4-2 record in January. Gabriel Landeskog suffered an injury on January 4 that has impacted their offense significantly. Jared Bednar provided an update on the Avalanche captain, centered around his ability for the Olympics. “Getting better. He’s doing more and more […]

The Colorado Avalanche continue to win. On Monday, they took a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals. It has already been a season of milestones for the team, including Brent Burns moving up in the Iron Man rankings. In the victory over the Caps, it was Nathan MacKinnon who hit a milestone. Nathan MacKinnon has […]

The Colorado Avalanche are the team to beat in the NHL at this time. They entered play on Monday with five regulation losses on the entire season. Colorado is on quite a run, and they continued their winning ways on Monday when they defeated the Washington Capitals. One player who did not suit up was […]

One of the most highly-anticipated trades of the 2025-26 NHL season got over the finish line on Sunday, with Rasmus Andersson being shipped to the first place he was ever linked to — the Vegas Golden Knights. The Swedish defenseman has been a heart and soul player for the Calgary Flames since being selected by […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been rampaging their way through the NHL this season and they have the best record in the league by a wide margin. Head coach Jared Bednar’s team got some good news as goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood is coming off the Injured List and will be in net in Friday night’s against the […]

When the Buffalo Sabres fired general manager Kevyn Adams in the middle of December, sitting 14-14-4 and at the bottom of the NHL’s Eastern Conference, it looked like yet another postseason-less spring awaited in Western New York. But fast forward four weeks — and a ridiculous 13 wins in 14 games — and the Sabres […]

The Colorado Avalanche are on pace for a historic season in 2025-26. With a 135-point pace at the halfway point of the season, they should be pushing for the second Stanley Cup of the Nathan MacKinnon era. The NHL trade deadline is two months away, but insider Elliotte Friedman reminds everyone that the Avalanche have […]

The New York Rangers are near the bottom of the Eastern Conference with two months to go before the NHL trade deadline. While there is time to go, injuries to Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox make their uphill climb even harder. That could mean the Rangers trade Artemi Panarin at the March deadline. These are […]

Colorado Avalanche fans expected the worst when they saw captain Gabriel Landeskog carried off the ice by trainers and teammates with an injury. After missing nearly three full seasons with a knee injury, the last thing anyone wanted to see was another injury. However, there were sighs of relief when it turned out to be […]

What on earth has happened to the reigning President’s Trophy winners in 2025-26? After championing last year’s regular season for the first time ever on the back of Hart Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck, the Winnipeg Jets authored a miraculous Game 7 comeback against the St. Louis Blues before bowing out to the Dallas Stars in […]

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is likely to miss significant time after crashing into the goal post during the second period of the team’s 2-1 loss to the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar was able to provide some detail after Landeskog needed help getting to the Colorado dressing room following […]

The Calgary Flames have won five of their last seven games to keep them in the playoff race. Still, the team is three points out of a playoff spot, but four teams stand between them and the last wild card position. This has led to rumors of Flames players being moved, including Nazem Kadri. If […]

Very little has gone wrong for the Colorado Avalanche this season. With just two regulation losses in 40 games coming into Sunday’s action, they are far and away the Stanley Cup favorites. But an injury to captain Gabriel Landeskog could change things for the Avalanche. The veteran crashed into the net during Sunday’s game against […]

The Colorado Avalanche just won their tenth straight game, defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on the road on Saturday. Over the summer, the Avalanche signed Brent Burns to the roster. While Burns did not register a point in the victory, he did make some NHL history, registering his 965th consecutive game, the third most of […]

The Winter Classic has become a staple on the National Hockey League calendar since the first outdoor game took place all the way back in 2008. And for the first time in history — a full 18 years after the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres in Orchard Park, NY — the event will be heading […]

The Colorado Avalanche won their 13th consecutive home game on Tuesday night, improving to 27-2-7 on the 2025-26 season — and Scott Wedgewood was the catalyst. The 33-year-old made 32 saves in a 1-0 shutout victory over the Utah Mammoth at Ball Arena, in both teams’ final game before the three-day holiday break that begins […]

The Colorado Avalanche extended their win streak to six by beating the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night. While the Avalanche have been hard to beat this season, teams around the NHL are likely saying they don’t need any more good luck. However, on Tuesday night, a strange quirk in Scott Wedgewood’s goalie equipment paced the […]

For the first time since the 2025-26 National Hockey League campaign kicked off almost three months ago, it’s going to be a relatively quiet week. The NHL will shut down entirely for three days beginning on Wednesday, with no games on the slate for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Boxing Day. Along with zero contests, […]

Colorado Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon did nothing to disprove the theory that he’s probably the best player in the NHL right now, leading a furious third period comeback that culminated in a 5-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday night. MacKinnon registered two goals and an assist — all in […]

Who had Quinn Hughes being traded to the State of Hockey on their bingo card in 2025-26? After six NHL teams made legitimate offers for the former Vancouver Canucks superstar, it was Bill Guerin who swooped in with an incredulous offer. The Minnesota Wild GM parted with the equivalent of four first-round picks, sending Zeev […]

The Colorado Avalanche are getting a major boost back into their lineup for Tuesday night’s tilt against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena, as head coach Jared Bednar has announced that goaltender Scott Wedgewood is ready to return to the crease. Wedgewood hasn’t played since last Tuesday when he suffered an injury against the Vancouver […]

It’s not very often a franchise-altering player gets traded in the middle of a National Hockey League season — that is, it wasn’t very often until Mikko Rantanen was shockingly sent from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes in January of 2025. That was a bit of an outlier, until he was moved again, […]