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| Blues welcome Avs to St. Louis |
NHL Hockey |
02/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Blues will aim for their third straight victory tonight, when they welcome the Colorado Avalanche for a matchup at Scottrade Center. The Blues have notched back-to-back victories directly on the heels of a seven-game losing streak that ended when St. Louis won in Toronto on Tuesday. St. Louis posted another victory on Friday night at home, as it defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. Former Duck Andy McDonald scored the game-winner in the shootout as the Blues |
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| Powerful Red Wings soar into Boston |
NHL Hockey |
02/02/2008 |
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| d over Nashville, the Red Wings nearest competition in the Central Division. The Red Wings are also 14 points ahead of Ottawa in the race for the Presidents' Cup. Detroit notched its sixth straight victory on Friday night, as it stifled the visiting Colorado Avalanche, 2-0. Henrik Zetterberg scored with 2:20 left in regulation to break a scoreless tie and Dominik Hasek made 11 of his 15 saves in the third period to record his fourth shutout of the season and 80th of his career. Kris Draper added an empty-net goal |
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| Hasek's 80th shutout leads Wings past Avs |
NHL Hockey |
02/02/2008 |
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| k) - Henrik Zetterberg scored with 2:20 left in regulation to break a scoreless tie and Dominik Hasek made 11 of his 15 saves in the third period to record his fourth shutout of the season and 80th of his career, as the Detroit Red Wings blanked the Colorado Avalanche, 2-0, at Joe Louis Arena. Kris Draper added an empty-net goal and Pavel Datsyuk registered two helpers to give him assists in five consecutive games, as the Red Wings recorded their sixth straight win. "There was not much action in the first and sec |
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| Avs activate D Sauer |
NHL Hockey |
01/31/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche activated defenseman Kurt Sauer from injured reserve on Thursday. Sauer suffered a neck injury on November 30th during a 3-2 loss in San Jose. The 27-year-old, stay-at-home defenseman, has posted one goal and six points in 24 games this season, and is tied with Paul Stastny for the team lead in plus-minus, at plus-11. In a related move, the club reassigned defenseman Johnny Boychuk to Lake Erie of the American Hockey League. The rookie collected no points in f |
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| Svatos helps Avalanche down Blackhawks |
NHL Hockey |
01/31/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Marek Svatos posted two goals and an assist to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, as both teams resumed play after the All-Star break at Pepsi Center. Tyler Arnason registered a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who snapped a two-game skid. Milan Hejduk had a goal and an assist, and Wojtek Wolski collected two assists. Eleven different players recorded a point in the game. Jose Theodore, who was making his 11th straight start, allowed one goa |
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| Avs welcome Blackhawks to Pepsi Center |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche will both play their first games after the All-Star break tonight, when the teams meet at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Both the Blackhawks and Avalanche lost back-to-back games heading into the All-Star break. Chicago played last Thursday against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets and were handed a shutout. Backstopped by Pascal Leclaire, who made 30 saves, the Blue Jackets blanked the Blackhawks, 1-0, at the United Center. Nikolai Khabibulin allowe |
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| Crawford to testify that Bertuzzi was ordered off ice before Moore hit |
NHL Hockey |
01/25/2008 |
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TORONTO (AP) - Former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford will testify that he yelled at Todd Bertuzzi to get off the ice before the attack on Colorado Avalanche player Steve Moore, an Ontario court heard Friday. The statement by lawyer Alan D'Silva, who represents the Canucks and their owners, shocked a pretrial hearing in Moore's multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Bertuzzi and Orca Bay Hockey. ``That's the first time I heard that,'' said Master Ronald Dash, the judicial officer who presided over the h |
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| Wild visit Avs for Northwest showdown |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two teams in the thick of a tight Northwest Division will clash tonight, as the Minnesota Wild visit the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. Calgary leads the division with 58 points, one more than second-place Minnesota and Vancouver. Colorado is just two points off the pace for the lead. The Wild played the second test of a three-game road trip on Tuesday and fell to 1-1-0 on the swing after a 2-1 setback in Calgary. Brian Rolston scored the lone goal and Josh Harding made 35 saves for t |
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| Columbus Blue Jackets |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
01/23/2008 |
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| Acquired right wing Mark Rycroft from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Darcy Campbell and center Philippe Dupuis. Assigned Rycroft to Syracuse (AHL); activated center Andrew Murray off injured reserve; placed center Sergei Fedorov on injured reserve. |
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| Ellis and Preds blank Avs |
NHL Hockey |
01/23/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Dan Ellis stopped 38 shots to record the fourth shutout of his career, as the Nashville Predators blanked the Colorado Avalanche, 4-0, at the Pepsi Center. Martin Erat scored two goals for the Predators, who have won three straight and registered at least a point in seven of their last eight games. Shea Weber had a goal and an assist, while Ryan Suter collected two helpers. "Anytime you get early shots on you, you get the feel for the puck and get confidence," said Ellis. "Our defen |
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