Colorado Avalanche News

As rival NHL franchises attempt to get their houses in order - especially in Colorado and Dallas where not making the playoffs met with management changes - it's now entering week three since Vancouver was swept aside in its Western Conference quarter-final series.

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

I just want to take a quick moment to send thoughts and prayers out to those affected by the tornado today in Oklahoma.

The lights are strung and the banners are hung. The Pepsi Center is ready for the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday and runs through Thursday.

USA's Paul Stastny, right, and Craig Smith could get a look at the 2014 U.S. Olympic team with their performances at the world championships.

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.

We had our first multiple-overtime game last night! Colin Greening was the hero for Ottawa.

Nathan MacKinnon is making his case to go first overall in the upcoming draft with a strong showing at the Memorial Cup.

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

The lights are strung and the banners are hung. The Pepsi Center is ready for the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday and runs through Thursday.

The Colorado Avalanche shook up their front office on Friday, relieving team president Pierre Lacroix of his duties and promoting Hall of Famer Joe Sakic to executive vice president of hockey operations.

Paul Stastny, right, had two goals and two assists Thursday to give Team USA a spot in the hockey world championships semifinals with an 8-3 victory over Russia.

Paul Stastny of the Colorado Avalanche had two goals and two assists, and Nashville's Craig Smith added five assists to help the United States rout Russia 8-3 on Thursday in the world hockey quarterfinals.

Two games tonight. Both will be on NBC Sports, TSN, and RDS. The second round has been a pretty hardcore letdown compared to the end of the first, but we get our first Game 2 of the conference semis tonight as well as a new series between: Both teams required seven games to defeat their first round opponents.

Teenager Logan Piz's request was simply to spend the day with the Stanley Cup trophy.

There are a lot of reasons why the Colorado Avalanche weren't very good this season.

A young cancer patient and hockey fan celebrated a lifelong wish that finally came true; he toured the Denver metro area with the Stanley Cup.

The Detroit Red Wings have tormented Quenneville in the playoffs everywhere his NHL coaching career has taken him, going 5-0 against his clubs in the postseason.

The lights are strung and the banners are hung. The Pepsi Center is ready for the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday and runs through Thursday.

Just when you think the Stanley Cup Playoffs could not be any more entertaining, the best players in the world perform to perfection again.