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5 Coaches on the Hot Seat
Posted on 29 Nov 2011 by Corey Krakower.
I believe it was Scotty Bowman who once said something along the lines of “there are 2 kinds of coaches; those that have been fired and those that will be fired.” In today’s NHL, with as much parity as there is, expectations are high in every city to make the playoffs every year. Every game is so important that a bad 5 to 10 game stretch can get a coach fired nowadays. Yesterday, Bruce Bo...
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Collapse Continues as Avs Move Backward
Posted on 18 Feb 2011 by Donovan Wilson.
(Denver, Colorado) — They are in mid-stretch in the race for a playoff spot… and the Avs are plummeting to the basement of the Western Conference – laboring night in and night out since the month of December in which they had their best run of the season winning six games in nine days. After leading the league in offense for much of the first part of the season, the Avs have trended...
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Coyotes Hand Avs Another Embarrassing Loss
Posted on 27 Jan 2011 by Adam Lanning.
In their last game before the NHL All-Star Game, the Colorado Avalanche hosted the Phoenix Coyotes in Denver, Colorado. This would be the second of four meeting between the two teams, as the Coyotes won the first meeting 2-0. The Avs, coming off a close win against the St. Louis Blues, were looking to win the last game of their five-game home stand. The Coyotes, coming off a loss the night befo...
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Bruins Blast Avs
Posted on 22 Jan 2011 by Adam Lanning.
After an embarrassing loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night, the Colorado Avalanche were going to have to do their best to bounce back and return to their winning ways. This afternoon, they hosted the Boston Bruins for their second of six matinee games for the year. Everything seemed to be going well for the Avs, as Paul Stastny recorded his 100th NHL goal to give the Avs an early l...
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Avs vs. Canucks: Sparks Poised to Fly Tonight
Posted on 18 Jan 2011 by Donovan Wilson.
(Denver, Colorado) — Look for the Colorado Avalanche to spring a surprise on the league number one rated team Tuesday night. The Avs have struggled of late—winning four of 12 games. But look at this team’s last game and their new style of play… and you will see that they have finally made the adjustment to a more balanced, two-way, team. Coach Joe Sacco’s team is now trending in...
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Avs Hold Off Red Wings
Posted on 11 Jan 2011 by Adam Lanning.
Monday night, the Colorado Avalanche were able to do something that they haven’t been able to do in quite some time; win a game in regulation. If anyone remembers the last time the Avs played the Detroit Red Wings, it was a game in which the Avs controlled every aspect of the game, expect for the penalty-kill. Although it was entertaining to see the Avs dominate a puck-controlling team, it wa...
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Jack Adams Award should already be engraved “Dave Tippett/Phoenix Coyotes”
Posted on 12 Apr 2010 by Matt Shott.
When the 2009-10 preseason began the Phoenix Coyotes were missing an important piece to their organization, their head coach. Their coach for the previous four seasons, Wayne Gretzky, was the greatest hockey player to ever play the game and the holder of some of the most unbreakable records in NHL history. But Gretzky's success on the ice never seemed to transfer to any form of success behind t...









