Colorado Avalanche News

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.

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.

Minnesota Wild players Martin Skoula, Kim Johnsson and Derek Boogard react as time runs out in the Colorado Avalanche's 2-1 victory over the Wild in Game 6 of the teams' NHL first-round playoff series in Denver on Saturday, April 19, 2008.

At the beginning of the season, nearly everyone expected the Avalanche to finish in the 7th-10th range in the West.

The Colorado Avalanche had exactly three positives to their miserable 2013 regular season.

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.

The Colorado Avalanche had a pretty rough season in 2013, finishing at the bottom of the Western Conference.