Adam Foote News

Veteran defenseman Adam Foote and New York Islanders newcomer Matt Moulson will be among the guests Monday on NHL Live! TSN commentator Bob McKenzie will also join co-hosts Deb Placey and E.J Hradek between 12-2 p.m. on NHL Network and NHL.com. NHL Live! is also broadcast on XM Radio.

The Edmonton Oilers went back to basics after losing five straight on the road and three in a row overall.

There's something about playing the Avalanche that makes the Blackhawks go the distance.

Joe Sacco, a rookie NHL head coach, has guided the Avalanche to the Western Conference's best record .

Feeling much better after a recent bout with swine flu, Peter Budaj made his long-awaited season debut.

The old sports saw goes something like this: When your top guys are out, the lower-tier guys need to overachieve a little more to make up the difference.

Goalie Andrew Raycroft found there's nothing better than a shutout to erase the memory of a bad outing the previous game.

"I know how 'Footy' took in 'Duch,' and 'Tucks' took in O'Reilly, but it's pretty funny how the guys talk about how Paulie took me in, when we're only two years apart." -- T.J. Galiardi CALGARY -- Quite the big-hearted chaps, those Colorado Avalanche veterans.

All Craig Anderson ever wanted was an opportunity to show that he was capable of handling the No.

Wojtek Wolski, Craig Anderson and the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche needed a little time to get up to speed against the Calgary Flames.

The Avalanche closed out a stretch of seven road games in 14 days with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night at the Xcel Energy Center.

Denver Post sports writer Adrian Dater posts his Avs Mailbag on Mondays during the 2009-10 NHL season.

When Matt Hendricks injured himself in the first period against Detroit, he joined a long list of injured Avalanche players.

Paul Stastny scored the winning goal for the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche in a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Friday.

Seeing Darcy Tucker injured on a check into the boards was bad enough. Colorado coach Joe Sacco tried to make sure things didn't get any worse, urging his team to rein in its emotions after seeing Tucker taken off the ice on a backboard.

Avs goalie Peter Budaj, who was the opening-day netminder the past two seasons, will be making his first start this season against the Hurricanes at the Pepsi Center.

Rookie Matt Duchene doesn't rattle easily on the ice. Take him to a horror film, though, and the 18-year-old Colorado Avalanche forward is quivering in his seat.

All night against Colorado, Brian Gionta and others were getting tugged and held and restrained.

One of Chuck's favorite people next to Jack Thompson and Adam Foote of the Colorado Avalanche is Michael Pachter.

Marek Svatos and Milan Hejduk scored shootout goals to give the Colorado Avalanche a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.