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Goalie Craig Anderson's goals-against average has increased to 2.52 after a couple of rough games on the Avalanche's recent road trip.

Craig Anderson and the Avalanche have cooled after a hot start to the season. If you're the Count of Monte Cristo, you wait years to exact revenge, plotting your every move until the time is just right to put your plan into action.

Goal- tenders are definitely receiving more contact from opposing skaters than in recent seasons, with some wondering if it's time to reintroduce rules to protect them more.

Ryan Wilson scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, Milan Hejduk got the game-winner and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Tuesday night.

The Flames haven't lost a game in regulation since Oct. 31 and are 5-0-1 since. Although a troubling lack of effort has followed their early goals in the first period, it's tough to find fault in a 5-2 win over the Maple Leafs in Toronto a night after falling 2-1 to the Sabres in a shootout in Buffalo over the weekend.

No management member of a pro sports team is ever going to admit to being surprised at how well its team has played.

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

The season is already a month old and so much has been happening in the league. Teams that were expected to be basement dwellers are living in the penthouse, elite teams are struggling, injuries galore to superstars, elite players aren't meeting expectations, while others are making a name for themselves, and some players maybe thinking way too ...

Avalanche rookie center Matt Duchene was on the ice for the morning skate today and afterward said he would be in the lineup for tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Pepsi Center.

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

Calgary is now riding a three-game winning streak and has looked good during it.

The Avalanche have been the surprise of the league thus far this season, losing just one game in regulation.

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

Ryan Wilson's debut in the National Hockey League was a success Thursday. The Windsor native was on the ice for the Colorado Avalan-che's winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the Canadiens in Montreal's home opener.

Heading into the season, Colorado had a complete log jam at the defense position.

With the return to the Avalanche lineup Monday of right wing David Jones, somebody had to sit.

Toronto coach Ron Wilson's next move to try and wake up the winless Maple Leafs is to give his players the day off.

On the walls of the Agganis Arena are pictures of past players from the Boston University hockey team in the school's athletic hall of fame.

Andrew Ladd scored on a high shot in the ninth round of the shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night in their home opener.

Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson, who sat out Tuesday's practice with a groin muscle issue that also was causing him to limp slightly off the ice, participated in the team's morning skate today at the Sommet Center.