Category: Avalanche

  • First Game of the (Pre) Season

    Tomorrow night, I get my first live NHL action of the season. I also get my first taste of the American Airlines Center, when the the Dallas Stars take on the Colorado Avalanche. I’m hoping for a Tyler Weiman night, but will settle for Budaj (listen to me. jeez). If anyone is going to the…

  • New Avs Jerseys: A Tapeleg Says What?

    The Avalanche decided to shock me with their new RBK EDGE Jerseys. Here is the dark one: And the white: So, as promised, sort of, they didn’t change much… EXCEPT THE SLEEVES!!!! WTF?!?!? While the white is the least offensive of the two, it still isn’t attractive. The ends of the sleeves are And I…

  • Avalanche to Show New Duds on September 12th

    The NHL Tournament of Logos has the blog of choice for me to keep track of the NHL new jersey rollout (while the AHL is pure me). So I shouldn’t be surprised that they knew that the date the Avalanche would be showing the new jersey before I did. Just the way it goes. But,…

  • Avs Logo Wins, Looks Forward To Vacation

    The NHL Tournament of Logos blog has been running a bracket based competition between the 30 NHL logos. Today, they announced that the Colorado Avalanche logo beat out the Minnesota Wild logo in the second round. Unfortunately, they next round will pit the mighty A against either the Oilers or the Blackhawks. Whomever wins (it’s…

  • The Fall of Jose Theodore.

    T.C. Denault has a great article about the Avalanche high priced backup netminder at Habsworld.net. From the article: It seemed at the moment on June 20th, 2002 as if the Roy malaise had finally lifted. Here was our new superstar, the guy who was going to carry the team to greatness, who had just become…