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The Colorado Avalanche had a massively disappointing 2013 campaign. They started slow, were slow in the middle of the season, and ended slow.

The Colorado Avalanche announced some key changes to their front office on Friday afternoon by naming Josh Kroenke team president and Joe Sakic vice president of hockey operations.

Paul Stastny is currently playing under now former Colorado Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco at the IIHF World Championships, as the captain of Team USA.

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.

The shortened 2013 season is one that the Colorado Avalanche are going to be eager to forget.

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.

Devin Setoguchi scored the game-winner in the second period, as the Minnesota Wild clinched their first postseason berth since 2008 with a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday at Pepsi Center.

The Colorado Avalanche have won the 2013 NHL Draft lottery. The Avalanche had the second-best odds coming into Monday night's draft lottery at 18.8 percent.

The Colorado Avalanche have fired coach Joe Sacco a day after the team missed the playoffs for the third straight season.

Can a silver lining skate? Well, in this case, the answer is yes - and very fast.

The Colorado Avalanche entered Saturday night's action with a chance to spoil the playoff hopes of the Minnesota Wild , but were unable to get more than one goal.

A quick turnaround will conclude a condensed 48-game NHL season for the Avalanche on Saturday, and at least one team will treat it like Game 7 of a playoff series.

Among the three Avalanche players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents during the offseason, fourth-line left wing and heavyweight enforcer Patrick Bordeleau figures to have the best chance to re-sign with the club.

In January, Jesse Spector had a one-word prediction for Columbus: "Yikes." Yikes, indeed-but not for the surprising Blue Jackets.

If Avalanche management is smart - OK, knock off the jokes, please - it will sign Matt Duchene to a long-term extension as quickly as it can this summer.

The bargain basement Avalanche pull out a gutsy win against the playoff bound St.

It's not just about Seth Jones, you know. If the Avalanche can get any one of the top three picks in the NHL draft, it'll get a player who can probably step right in next season.

Avalanche center Ryan O'Reilly says he believes his recent scoring drought has let down the team.

The Colorado Avalanche have watched a once-promising season go horribly wrong, as injuries and poor performances have doomed the team since the season's halfway point.