Avalanche Prospect Nate Clurman - goal scorer. | Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images The Hockey East conference has started play, so multiple Colorado Avalanche prospects were in action on Black Friday. Also, virus updates in the NHL. With the NHL, teams and players trying to figure out how and when the season will begin, hockey in another form has returned to the … [Read more...] about Morning Flurries: Cawlidge Hawkey Season
Three Colorado Avalanche prospects on Team Canada in quarantine ahead of 2021 World Juniors
DENVER, CO - JULY 13: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram (45) skates during a training session at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on July 13, 2020. | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The team had to shut down camp after an outbreak of COVID-19. Colorado Avalanche prospects Bowen Byram, Alex Newhook, and Justin Barron are in … [Read more...] about Three Colorado Avalanche prospects on Team Canada in quarantine ahead of 2021 World Juniors
MHH Roundtable: Looking forward to 2021
Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images No new NHL season yet, but there are a few interesting distractions The holidays are upon us, and 2021 is finally on the horizon. With the new year will hopefully come the NHL season. In the meantime, news of new sweaters and World Junior Championship preparations fill the time. The Quebec Nordiques-inspired Reverse Retro … [Read more...] about MHH Roundtable: Looking forward to 2021
Morning Flurries: Kendall Coyne-Schofield joins Chicago’s developmental staff
Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports Kendall Coyne-Schofield continues making history by becoming one of the NHL’s first female development coach On Monday, the Chicago Blackhawks organization announced that Kendall Coyne-Schofield, former U.S. women’s national team captain, has been hired as a player development coach and youth hockey growth specialist. The organization also … [Read more...] about Morning Flurries: Kendall Coyne-Schofield joins Chicago’s developmental staff
Bowen Byram and Kirby Dach have taken over as the leaders for Team Canada
Colorado Avalanche fans have yet another young defensive prospect to get excited about There are still a lot of questions as to where Colorado Avalanche prospect Bowen Byram is going to play his next season. Still only 19 years old, the former fourth overall selection has proven he’s too good for the WHL, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s ready for the NHL. Avs GM Joe … [Read more...] about Bowen Byram and Kirby Dach have taken over as the leaders for Team Canada
Morning Flurries: Hockey Continues to Fight Cancer
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Regardless of the 2020 offseason, hockey continues to fight cancer The NHL offseason has truly reached its lowest point as of now. There has been almost no relevant news for the Avs or NHL in general recently. Hopefully we will receive some more straightforward news soon about the 2021 season, locations, and much more. One of the few things … [Read more...] about Morning Flurries: Hockey Continues to Fight Cancer
What’s the latest in the NHL’s return-to-play hopes?
Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports No one is sure if we’ll see NHL players back on the ice any time soon If the NHL takes the ice on January 1st for their 2020-21 season, there will be players — through no fault of their own — who haven’t set foot in a rink for competitive game play since early- to mid-March. That, of course, is the league’s best-case goal for the … [Read more...] about What’s the latest in the NHL’s return-to-play hopes?
Morning Flurries: ECHL shutdowns, and Braden Holtby and his turtles
John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports It’s reaching the point in the bizarre, chaotic 2020 NHL offseason where nothing makes sense anymore, everything is upside-down, and simultaneously everything and nothing is happening all at once. The NHL has yet to fully formulate a plan to re-start the league for the 2020-21 season; they’re still operating on the assumption that … [Read more...] about Morning Flurries: ECHL shutdowns, and Braden Holtby and his turtles
Examining Colorado’s options for the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft
Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports What can we expect from the Avalanche? The short answer is who knows… Let’s talk expansion draft. That pesky little devil that comes around once in a blue moon, serving as a mechanism to allow new teams entry into the league. While many critics of expansion become sick at even the mention of those two words, it’s a reality of an … [Read more...] about Examining Colorado’s options for the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft