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May 02, 2025

Wild Game 7 celebration video

May 02, 2025/ Chris Nichols

Watch the Minnesota Wild celebrate off the ice after taking their series against the Colorado Avalanche in overtime Game 7.

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May 02, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Minnesota Wild, Colorado Avalanche
April 30, 2025

Stastny alludes to staying with Avalanche

April 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"This year, for me, was a fresh start. It was a new team, with new coaches, new management. It was almost like a tryout."

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April 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Paul Stastny, Colorado Avalanche
April 30, 2025

Yeo reflects on MacKinnon, Parise

April 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"Speed. And I'll use the word mojo right now; he's got a little bit of that going, especially at home."

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April 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild, Zach Parise, Mike Yeo
April 29, 2025

Gretzky: MacKinnon 'plays the game properly'

April 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"He works hard every shift, he doesn't cheat the game."

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April 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Wayne Gretzky, Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
April 23, 2025

Twitter reaction: Cooke's seven-game suspension

April 23, 2025/ Chris Nichols

Social media weighs in following Matt Cooke's latest suspension from the NHL.

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April 23, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Matt Cooke, Minnesota Wild, Colorado Avalanche, Tyson Barrie
April 22, 2025

Lecavalier 'not surprised' by Cooke's actions

April 22, 2025/ Chris Nichols

“I know when I come head-to-head with somebody and he tries to go wide on me, I don’t stick out my knee."

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April 22, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild, Colorado Avalanche, Vincent Lecavalier, Matt Cooke, Tyson Barrie
April 22, 2025

Torres feels for Cooke's disciplinary plight

April 22, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"But with the media getting involved and especially social media, they make him out to be a serial killer."

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April 22, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Minnesota Wild, Colorado Avalanche, San Jose Sharks, Raffi Torres, Matt Cooke, Tyson Barrie
April 22, 2025

Wild players like Kuemper's swagger

April 22, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"When he's playing well he's got a cockiness to him. Hopefully we see a lot of that from now on."

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April 22, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Darcy Kuemper, Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild, Colorado Avalanche
April 20, 2025

Roy gives Avalanche players creative freedom

April 20, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"As a good coach, he would never take that away from us. It's been huge that he's done that."

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April 20, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Colorado Avalanche, Patrick Roy, Gabriel Landeskog
April 19, 2025

Avalanche of excitement for MacKinnon

April 19, 2025/ Chris Nichols

Nathan. Freaking. MacKinnon. Social media - your move.

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April 19, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon
April 18, 2025

'Good chance' Avs can re-sign Stastny

April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"I think Paul has the Avs in his heart and I think he's going to want to be in this town."

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April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Paul Stastny, Colorado Avalanche, Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy
April 18, 2025

Suter is 'best D-man in the league'

April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"He seems like he’s just doing it effortless. That might be farm boy strong from him working on the farm all summer in Wisconsin, which I know he does.”

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April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Erik Johnson, Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild, Colorado Avalanche
April 18, 2025

Giguere happy for Bryzgalov's chance with Wild

April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"This gives Bryz a chance to show everybody again that he can be a No. 1 goalie.”

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April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
J.S. Giguere, Colorado Avalanche, Ilya Bryzgalov, Minnesota Wild
April 18, 2025

Cameraman reflects on Roy-Boudreau showdown

April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"Something happened and a switch just flipped, and he all of a sudden turned around, walked back yelling. He was so fired up..."

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April 18, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Colorado Avalanche, Patrick Roy
April 17, 2025

Sakic wants Avalanche to stay resilient

April 17, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"You're going to have adverse times in the playoffs. The biggest thing is to stick to your game, stick to what you know and stay resilient."

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April 17, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche
April 16, 2025

MacKinnon excited for NHL playoff debut

April 16, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"We're a very young team, but at the same time, we have some vets who have won some Cups, so we have a nice mix here."

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April 16, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon, Ryan O'Reilly, P.A. Parenteau
April 13, 2025

Divergent personalities for Avalanche's core four

April 13, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"He loves to talk, he loves to be in every conversation and it's not a lot of times where he's wrong about something."

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April 13, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Colorado Avalanche, Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan O'Reilly, Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon
April 12, 2025

Will Avalanche make a free agency splash?

April 12, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"The future does look bright; we have a really exciting young core of players."

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April 12, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Colorado Avalanche
April 10, 2025

Avalanche's MacKinnon loves battles in the corner

April 10, 2025/ Chris Nichols
Avalanche's MacKinnon loves battles in the corner

"The best part about playing center, for me, is playing down low."

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April 10, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon
April 09, 2025

Canucks' Linden sought Neely's advice

April 09, 2025/ Chris Nichols

“The biggest thing I shared with him is to make sure you listen and surround yourself with good people."

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April 09, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Vancouver Canucks, Trevor Linden, Cam Neely, Boston Bruins, Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche
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