Topic: Colorado Avalanche

Luongo and Booth injured as Canucks thrash Avalanche

(Reuters) - Vancouver thrashed the Colorado Avalanche 6-0 thanks to a Daniel Sedin hat-trick on Tuesday, but the victory came at a cost with goaltender Roberto Luongo and winger David Booth suffering injuries.Booth was helped off the ice in the first period ...

Avalanche snap Red Wings' streak

(Reuters) - Colorado's TJ Galiardi scored the game-winner in the third period to snap Detroit's seven-game winning streak as the Avalanche handed the high-flying Red Wings a rare 4-2 defeat on Sunday.Galiardi fired in a short-handed score at 9:22 in the final ...

Avalanche end Detroit's win streak with 4-2 triumph

(Reuters) - TJ Galiardi's game-winning goal in the third period snapped Detroit's seven-game winning streak as the Colorado Avalanche handed the high-flying Red Wings a rare 4-2 defeat.Galiardi fired in a short-handed score at 9:22 in the final period to break a ...

Stars win wild game over Avalanche on Eriksson OT goal

(Reuters) - Dallas winger Loui Eriksson scored his second goal of the game in overtime to send the Stars to a wild 7-6 win over the Colorado Avalanche at the American Airlines Center on Friday.Both teams squandered two-goal leads and the score ...

Avalanche acquire netminder Varlamov and sign Hejda

DENVER (Reuters) - The Colorado Avalanche have acquired Russian goaltender Semyon Varlamov from the Washington Capitals and signed free-agent defenseman Jan Hejda to a four-year contract, the National Hockey League (NHL) team said on Friday.Washington will receive Colorado's first-round pick in the ...

Swedish star Forsberg to have number retired

Retired Swedish star Peter Forsberg will have his number 21 jersey retired by the Colorado Avalanche before their National Hockey League season opener against Detroit on October 8.The club announced plans on Thursday to lift Forsberg's jersey to the rafters of their ...
Paul Kariya, a Canadian of Japanese heritage whose 15-year National Hockey League career was dogged by concussions, announced his retirement on Wednesday through his agent, Don Baizley.Kariya was forced to miss the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan, where he was expected ...

Avalanche sign forward Jones to one-year deal

DENVER (Reuters) - The Colorado Avalanche signed forward David Jones to a one year contract, locking up one of their top goal scorers through the 2011-12 NHL season, the team said on Wednesday.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but local ...

Maples Leafs acquire Liles from Avalanche for draft pick

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired puck-moving defenseman John-Michael Liles from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a second round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, the two teams said on Friday.Liles, who has been with the Avalanche for ...

Melting snowpack raises avalanche fears in Colorado

DENVER (Reuters) - A rapid thaw of Colorado's record winter snowpack has the potential to trigger destructive avalanches and debris flows on a scale not seen in decades, state forecasters warned on Friday.Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Center, said unusually ...
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