The NHL has had two seasons shortened and another canceled because of labor disputes. Last season was paused in March because of a pandemic and eventually ended in late September. This season, the NHL will try to navigate another shortened season amid a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic. If the league can pull it off, a 56-game regular season will start Wednesday and end May 8, […]

Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. NHL analyst Mike Milbury is out at NBC after 14 years with the network. The news came on Monday as NBC unveiled its game and studio commentary lineup for the 2021 NHL season, and Milbury was conspicuously absent. “We are grateful to Mike for all of his contributions to our coverage for 14 […]

The NHL season will have a (temporarily) different look in 2021. There will be a shorter season (56 games), realignment designed to limit travel amid the coronavirus pandemic and solely intra-divisional play. The highlights are a regional setup that includes a North Division of all of the Canadian teams and a Stanley Cup Final matchup that can be the East vs. […]

Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. The NHL drops the puck on the 2021 season on Jan. 13, and things are going to look different. It’s not just the abridged 56-game season length and temporary divisional realignment. The league also instituted several new rules. There’s one big on-ice change, which could simplify one of hockey’s most controversial rules and […]

Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to questions in the Avs Mailbag every other week during the regular season.  Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for the Avs Mailbag. Will we see an improvement in special teams this season? Why was the power play middle of the road last season, (ranked 15th if I remember correctly), especially during the […]

Avalanche top-prospect Bo Byram could be eligible to make his NHL debut Jan. 15 against the St. Louis Blues at Ball Arena, although that might be his first day with the team following a seven-day quarantine. Avs coach Jared Bednar on Wednesday said Byram, 19, is scheduled to arrive in Colorado on Friday, which would be Day 1 of his […]

During NHL Network’s pregame show, Team USA’s Trevor Zegras offered some bold thoughts during his interview with reporter Jill Savage. “What’s going to be the difference? What’s going to give you that slight edge to take this one?” Savage asked him ahead of the USA-Canada gold-medal game. “I honestly don’t think (Canada’s) been tested with a real team yet and I think […]

Buckle up kids, the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship is about to be pure fire. Monday brings the semifinals and the cream of the crop has risen to the top with four of the “Big Five” powerhouses set to battle it out for a spot in the gold-medal game. Both semis are also rematches of 2020 medal-round meetings and two sides will surely be […]

In what is scheduled as an Avalanche home game, the team will play the Vegas Golden Knights in an outdoor game Feb. 20 in Lake Tahoe, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Friday morning. The game will be televised by NBC and part of a two-game event hosted by Edgewood Tahoe Resort, also featuring a Feb. 21 game between the Philadelphia Flyers […]