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 fans!
The 2009-10 Colorado Avalanche Training Camp closed yesterday (Tuesday) and I was fortunate enough to soak in a few more drills with Peter Budaj and Tyler Weiman.
Personally, today was a very cool experience. I noticed that on Sunday, none of the nets were equipped with Edge ProTech skate blade protectors. I’m pretty sure a ton [...]
A prospect can improve at an incredibly fast rate when someone that mastered the position at the NHL level is constantly providing that prospect with feedback. Especially with a position like goaltending, one that relies on non-stop progression and refinement, having a goalie consultant that understands the nature of the game (especially in 2009) and [...]
Although Peter Budaj was pretty rusty through the first day of Avalanche Training Camp this morning, he still looked quite sleek in his new Bauer X:60 setup. Good job by BudajFan31 from www.GoaliePost.com for noticing that Budaj’s blocker is actually an XR skinned with X:60 graphics.
It was also the first time we noticed Jocelyn Thibault [...]
Avalanche Rookie Training Camp kicked off this morning with plenty of enthusiasm, energy and excitement between the 26 players and four goalies. Even though Rookie Camp was scheduled to run from 9:00a – 9:50a, about halfway through the 50-minute session, a number of Avalanche veterans started showing up – and we honestly had no idea why. The team’s regular Training Camp doesn’t open until [...]
*We are proud to introduce Zach Nichols to our writing staff. His insight of the Avalanche organization will be a tremendous resource for our readers and followers. Zach is a recent graduate of Mesa State College, a former player on their ACHA hockey team and The Hockey Guild’s official tournament scorekeeper.
September is finally here and that means hockey season is just around the corner. In fact, rookie [...]
Here is the second scouting chart we completed during the Avalanche Prospects Camp back in mid-July!
Brandon Maxwell was drafted by the Avalanche less than a month before the camp, so this was his first taste of a pro camp atmosphere. Ask any fan in attendance and you will see that this kid has TONS of promise, [...]