Category: Avalanche

  • Avs vs. Blues Preseason: Minor League Tryout

    Hockey. Is. Back. Well, sort of. While we have all been pining for the NHL to return to our TVs and arenas, the people lucky enough to be near CHL teams have been watching hockey, as their season has already started. The rest of us have been doing unspeakable things to watch hockey this week.…

  • Colorado Avalanche Vitaly Kolesnik Game Worn jersey

    The season of 2005-06 was a strange on for anyone watching the NHL. Coming out of the lockout, fans saw their favorite players walk away to other teams for more money, new rules were in place, a new national broadcaster was getting their feet wet and their faces flattened, and everything else was fraught with…

  • Dog Days of Summer

    Last summer seemed like the longest off-season ever. For me, it dragged and dragged, and I couldn’t wait for October to come. This summer has a different feel to it, with the impending approach of training camp and the start of the season feeling like a bulldozer riding up my ankles. I’m looking forward to…

  • The Perfect Third Jersey Comment

    This was so spot on, I thought it deserved it’s own post. Mark from Alaska wrote this comment about the Avs 3rd jersey: They look like a replica of an old fashioned sweater using new technology/fabrics. I don’t buy into the fact that a sleek fabric makes a player better or faster. Constant gut-checks, love…

  • Avalanche Unveil 3rd Jersey… Which I Won’t Be Buying

    The Colorado Avalanche finally showed off their latest abomination to the hockey world powered by Reebok 3rd jersey to the world, and while it has elements of the original 3rd, it really isn’t any match. (the picture is from Icethetics, who got it somewhere else) Great, the Avs will be playing in a Snuggie. Look,…