When asked to represent Avalanche fans for Pick My NHL Team, I was hit with magnanimous feelings of excitement, then honor, and then finally, responsibility. The chance to convert a brand new hockey fan into an “Avaholic” doesn’t happen often. And since I was pitted up against 29 quality NHL team bloggers, I just trusted [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2009’
The Candle Burns Brighter
If you follow the Avalanche closely, you may have heard that long-time Denver Post reporter Adrian Dater recently deleted his Twitter account. His actions not only caused more than 1,200 followers to lose a valuable resource for daily Avalanche news and notes, they also reflected negatively on traditional media journalists. On top of that, this has also frustrated some of his other newpaper comrades. On the topic of quitting Twitter, I have no comment. Dater is free to do [...]
KBPI Guild vs. Sydney Pirates
Last season, The Avalanche Guild sponsored an After-Hours game between The KBPI Guild and the Sydney Pirates, an adult hockey team that traveled to Colorado all the way from Australia. The team from down under spent two weeks in Colorado to experience Rocky Mountain hockey. As we do with all of our supporters and followers, [...]
Introducing the PadsTracker
The Avalanche Guild is proud to launch the newest feature on our 2.0 website, the Avalanche PadsTracker! For those of you familiar with The Goalie Guild, you know that the PadsTracker is one of our main features and services we provide our growing goaltending community. And starting today, we are excited to be offering the same service, but for all of us die-hard Avalanche [...]
New Third Jerseys Unveiled
:: OFFICIAL AVALANCHE PRESS RELEASE :: DENVER – Colorado Avalanche defenseman Kyle Quincey and center Paul Stastny today unveiled the team’s new third jersey, which will debut this Saturday, Nov. 14, against the Vancouver Canucks at Pepsi Center (8:00 p.m.). The Avalanche will wear the third sweater on 12 occasions throughout the 2009-10 season. The third [...]
After Hours Game #4 Recap
Prior to the Avalanche’s 5-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, Nov. 8, two adult hockey teams comprised of friends and employees from Dry Dock Brewing company hit the ice for the fourth After-Hours game of the season. Owned and operated by Kevin DeLange, who also captains a hockey team in the Rocky Mountain Hockey League (RMHL), Dry Dock [...]
Hot Rods N’ Hockey Recap
On Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche and Bandimere Speedway held their third-annual Hot Rods N’ Hockey car show outside the main entrance of Pepsi Center. The free event was open to the public and ran through the day leading up to the Avs home game against the Edmonton Oilers. Check out our video recap below, which includes information on this [...]
Avalanche Weekly #5 Preview
Tonight’s Avalanche Weekly radio show (6p MDT on AM 1510) will feature another hour of in-depth Avalanche analysis and discussion with your host Justin Goldman, our producer Dan Bettlach and our special weekly guest Mike Haynes from Altitude TV. Although the Avalanche came back down to earth with a sputtering 2-2 road trip out west, the [...]
