From the Avs playoff run to the NHL Stadium Series, all of 2020’s most-read Colorado Avalanche stories – The Denver Post

Here’s a look back at The Denver Post’s top 10 most popular Colorado Avalanche stories of 2020 as identified by our readers.

10. Pierre Lacroix, former Avalanche GM who built 2 Stanley Cup winning teams, has died at the age of 72

Published on December 13, 2020. The architect of the two Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup championship teams has died. According to media reports from Quebec, Pierre Lacroix died on Sunday as a result of COVID-19. He was 72.

Lacroix – the former general manager of the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche – assembled squads that earned NHL fame when current Avs GM Joe Sakic won the Stanley Cup twice as a player.

9. Avalanche trainer Jared Bednar has exercise rant; Star rookie Cale Makar leaves early

Published on July 18, 2020. Jared Bednar was livelier than ever in his four years as Avalanche head coach on Day 5 of Camp 2.0 at the Pepsi Center.

Bednar stopped an end-to-end 5v5 and unleashed an obscene tirade highlighting his concerns over reviewing the limited practices ahead of the Avs kicking off August 2nd in the playoffs with 24 teams and something about “(expletive “Golf” when things are not going well in Edmonton, the hub of the Western Conference.

8. Avalanche’s Cale Makar reacts to Nathan MacKinnon’s fight after Coyotes’ cheap shot

Published on August 18, 2020. Nineteen seconds into the third period of Game 4 against the Coyotes, Makar picked up an open puck on his blue line, hit top speed, slipped Arizona defender Alex Goligoski with silly stick work and backhanded the puck over goalkeeper Antti’s right pad Raanta.

Minutes later, on the Avs 6-1, Nathan Mackinnon slammed Coyotes striker Christian Fischer on the ice in a skirmish that was ignited by Arizona striker Lawson Crouse, who checked Makar face first into the boards.

7. Altitude waives exclusive rights to Avalanche and Nuggets playoff games

Published on August 11, 2020. Altitude announced in August that it was waiving its exclusive broadcast rights to the first-round playoff games from Avalanche and Nuggets, so all games will be available locally on national platforms.

6. NHL Announces Updated Avalanche-Dallas Stars Playoff Series Schedule

Published on August 28, 2020. The NHL suspended gaming for two days in August to protest racial injustice. And the fans were excited about the revised playoff schedule for the second round.

5. Comcast, NBC Sports App violated the Blackout Rules Broadcasting an Avalanche Seeding Game

Published on August 3, 2020. Comcast broke blackout rules when it hosted the Avalanche’s first betting game on its NHL Center Ice platform on Sunday. The game against the St. Louis Blues was also shown on the NBC Sports app, which was also blocked.

4. Traffic jams, long lines stain NHL Stadium Series game at Falcon Stadium: “It was every major mistake I feared”

Published on February 16, 2020. “It’s not that people were stupid and left late, it’s that this place has absolutely no idea how to deal with a crowd and an event of this size,” says one fan.

3. Dallas Stars “cheat” on Faceoffs, Avalanche trainer says

Published on January 15, 2020. “You cheat better than we do,” said Bednar. “We don’t have the feeling that the linesmen (Tuesday) worked well enough to hold (the respective teams) accountable in order to create a level playing field in the allusions.”

2. Air Force (updated) statement to The Denver Post regarding NHL Stadium Series issues

Published on February 16, 2020. The statement was emailed to The Denver Post after a request was made regarding Saturday’s traffic jams, long lines at concessions / bathrooms, parking issues, and other issues related to the NHL Stadium Series event at Falcon Stadium to express.

1. NBC will darken avalanche area when return to game begins on Sunday

Published on July 31, 2020. “We’re exclusive to all three of these games,” said Kenny Miller, executive vice president of Altitude, in a text message. “NBCSN will darken the avalanche area.”