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Patrick Roy, General Manager and Head Coach, Quebec Remparts Hey, as Pierre Lacroix might explain if he were explaining, which he's not, better late than never.

Mike Ribeiro resorted to some trickery in the final shootout attempt, skating in backward and then flipping a shot into the net off Peter Budaj to lift the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

Two out of three, in this case, is bad. The Avalanche will miss the playoffs for the second time in three years when its season ends next Sunday against St.

Peter Budaj, 26, is looking at an uncertain future after his contract expires after this season.

Edmonton Oiler Ethan Moreau slips the puck by Colorado Avalanche's Peter Budaj during their NHL hockey game in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday, Mar.

Edmonton Oilers center Sam Gagner celebrates a goal and skates by Colorado Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj , from Slovakia, Brett Clark, right, and Daniel Tjarnqvist, from Sweden, in the first period of an NHL ...

The same faith that won Tony Granato a second chance as coach of the Avalanche could cause him to lose his job for a second time.

The Colorado Avalanche snapped a six-game losing streak - with a lot of help from the Chicago Blackhawks.

The sinking, barely-playoff-eligible ship that is the Avalanche heads into today's game at Chicago glad to at least see its former skipper, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville, on the brink of leading his team to ...

After the Avalanche announced defenseman Jordan Leopold had been traded back to Calgary this morning, his former teammates noted he was landing in the middle of a playoff race with the Flames.

Are there any rumblings from Avalanche players who want to be traded to a contending team? -- Adam, Farmington, N.M. Adam - If there are, they haven't bent my ear about it.

OUTSIDE INFLUENCE Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson didn't think his team accomplished much this week while practicing on an outdoor rink in front of a large crowd of enthusiastic school children.

Sidelined for nearly four months, Martin Brodeur returned to the ice with another incredible performance, logging his 99th career shutout in a 4-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Playoff time was always the most fun for Adam Foote and the Avalanche players of the past.

Colorado goalie Peter Budaj makes a save against Atlanta left wing Ilya Kovalchuk during the Avalanche-Thrashers game Tuesday night in Atlanta.

Paul Stastny's return to the Avalanche lineup can't come soon enough, so his "probable" status for tonight's game against the Thrashers is the Avs' best news in a while.

Washington goalie Jose Theodore faces the Avalanche for the first time since leaving Colorado for Washington as a free agent in one of just three games on the docket Friday night.

With the NHL trade deadline rapidly approaching, there will be more and more deals that involve players exchanged for future draft picks, which has always left me wondering: What is a draft pick worth, anyway? ...

Denver Post sports writer Adrian Dater posts his Avs Mailbag on Mondays during the 2008-09 NHL season.

Since the all-star break, we've been getting regular reminders that these are not your father's Canadiens.