Patrick Roy News

Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy brought a championship to Denver before John Elway won it all as Broncos quarterback.

Hiring Roy was an inspired idea. Kudos to Avs president Josh Kroenke for a bold stroke to change the culture of a slumbering franchise.

During the second period of Game 4 between the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers Thursday night, goalie Tuukka Rask let in an odorous goal to New York's Carl Hagelin.

The Colorado Avalanche answered one question on Thursday: yes, Patrick Roy will be their next head coach .

Dater has covered the Colorado Avalanche before they were even called the Avalanche, starting with the team's move from Quebec to Denver in 1995.

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The quirky-as-hell former goalie is coming back to the NHL to coach his former team, the Colorado Avalanche .

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Reports had been surfacing in the past few days that the Avs were close to naming the former Vezina Trophy winner their new bench boss.

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the organization has reached an agreement in principle with Patrick Roy to become the franchise's Head Coach/Vice President of Hockey Operations.

"This is a very exciting day for our fans and a significant moment in our organization's history," said Avalanche President Josh Kroenke.

PHT's Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what's happening and what we'll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

With the Canucks having severed ties with Alain Vigneault, there are now three NHL head-coaching opportunities available: Vancouver, Dallas and Colorado.

Great players make bad coaches. That's the saying in pro sports, and those who say it have plenty to back it up.

Patrick Roy, left, is rumoured to be the favourite candidate to succeed fired Joe Sacco as Colorado Avalanche head coach.

Martin Brodeur will join the Hockey Night in Canada panel as an analyst for Game 4 between the Pittsbugh Penguins and Ottawa Senators on Wednesday.

Patrick Roy is set to become the next head coach of the Colorado Avalanche according to a report by Adrian Dater of the Denver Post , citing Roy's brother Stephane as his source.

The Colorado Avalanche are looking for a new head coach and not surprisingly former head coach Marc Crawford is said to be interested in returning to the club according to Andy Strickland of TrueHockey.com . Crawford served as the bench boss with the Avalanche from 1994-1998 which included a Stanley Cup Championship during the 1995-96 campaign.

The Denver Post's Adrian Dater and Mike Chambers post analysis, notes, video, chats and more on this blog focusing on the Colorado Avalanche.

Josh Kroenke, left, was named President of Colorado Avalanche as JoeSakic, right, was named Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Avalanche, May 10, 2013.