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DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche opened the Western Conference Final without superstar defenseman Cale Makar on Wednesday night, and the difference was noticeable in a 4-2 Game 1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena. Colorado pushed late with third-period goals from Valeri Nichushkin and captain Gabriel Landeskog, but Vegas controlled much of […]
The Colorado Avalanche were left disappointed in Game One with a depleting 4-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena. The post Avalanche disappointed in series-opening loss to Golden Knights appeared first on Hockey Mountain High .
The Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights are ready to get the Western Conference Final started tonight at Ball Arena in Downtown Denver! The Golden Knights represent the Pacific Division after series victories over the Utah Mammoth and Anaheim Ducks. The Avalanche have lost just one game so far these playoffs after sweeping the LA […]
The Western Conference Final will get underway in Game One between the Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. The post Game Thread: Golden Knights get going against the Avalanche appeared first on Hockey Mountain High .
The Vegas Golden Knights press conference with interim coach John Tortorella and general manager Kelly McCrimmon reminds me of the Worldwide Privacy Tour episode of South Park. “We want privacy! We want privacy!” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker put into the mouths of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. It was the phrase in the…
The Edmonton Oilers would like to interview Bruce Cassidy for their vacant head coaching job, but as of today Vegas hasn’t given them permission. GM Kelly McCrimmon read a statement yesterday that said, “Teams have asked for permission to speak with Bruce Cassidy and we have been consistent that our focus currently is on the…
The Edmonton Oilers have backed themselves into a corner in their hunt for a new head coach, and in order to get their No. 1 guy, they need a division rival to play ball. There’s no indication that there’s any sense of urgency for the Vegas Golden Knights to give the Oilers permission to speak…
It's Bruce Cassidy's 61st birthday today. But he's no closer to being gifted a new job in the NHL. It was leaked last week that the Vegas Golden Knights denied the Edmonton Oilers permission to speak with their fired head coach (who is still under contract) for Edmonton's vacancy behind the bench. Now it's being confirmed by insider Andy Strickland on the Cam & Strick podcast that the Golden Knights also denied the Los Angeles Kings permission to talk to Cassidy. Is Vegas being pet...
The Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights are ready to get the Western Conference Final started tonight at Ball Arena in Downtown Denver! The Golden Knights represent the Pacific Division after series victories over the Utah Mammoth and Anaheim Ducks. The Avalanche have lost just one game so far these playoffs after sweeping the LA […]
The Western Conference Final will get underway in Game One between the Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. The post Western Conference Final gets underway for Colorado vs. Vegas appeared first on Hockey Mountain High .
*Conference Finals kick off tonight out west, with the first of the games between the Vegas Golden Knights (boo) and the Colorado Avalanche (yay!), and here are ten storylines you’re going to want to keep an eye on as the Finals begin. [ NHL.com ] *Related, how’s about a preview of this Western Conference Final? [ Sportsnet ] *And how’s about a preview of the Eastern Conference Final too, before it gets underway tomorrow? [ Sportsnet ] *And THEN, how’s about a preview of both of...
COLORADO AVALANCHE vs VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS WHEN: 8 p.m. ET WHERE: Ball Arena – Denver, CO SEASON SERIES: Colorado won 2-1 ON THE TUBE: ESPN PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Wedgewood (7-1 .878 / 2.20 0SO) Golden Knights: Hart (8-4 .912 / 2.37 0SO) PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Vegas IIHF World Championship (Tuesday) Florida Panthers foiward Sandis Vilmanis registered four shots on in Latvia’s 3-1 loss to Austria in Zuric...
The Conference Finals are now set in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Canadiens beat the Sabres in a thrilling Game 7 on Monday night in Buffalo to join the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final, meanwhile, over in the Western Conference Final, it’ll be the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche facing off against the Vegas Golden Knights. Every team takes a different path to contention and pivots at key points to remain there. The Philadelphia Flyers arrived i...
The National Hockey League’s Coaches Association has released a statement in defence of Bruce Cassidy, calling the Vegas Golden Knights’ potentially denying him speaking to other NHL teams “unprecedented.” The statement comes a week after news broke that the Oilers had been trying to receive permission to speak with Cassidy and that the Golden Knights…
We’re more than a week out from the news leaking that the Oilers were denied permission to speak to former Golden Knights head coach, Bruce Cassidy, and all I can think about is how long Stan Bowman plans to wait. With Vegas dragging their feet on giving Edmonton permission to speak to the guy they…
The Colorado Avalanche will be taking the fight to the final Western Conference opponent in these playoffs: the Golden Knights. The post A fight to the finish: Avs and Golden Knights series preview appeared first on Hockey Mountain High .
We’ve looked at the forwards and the defense; now, we’ll examine the final and, as some may argue, the most critical position for both the Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights: goaltending. The tandem effort of Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood powered the Avalanche to the top of the NHL for the near entirety of […]
Frank Seravalli believes that as long as the Vegas Golden Knights keep paying Bruce Cassidy’s contract, they can deny the Edmonton Oilers and other teams permission to talk to their former head coach. On Frankly Hockey on Monday, Seravalli talked about the hottest coaching candidate right now, who still hasn’t been granted permission to interview…
The ruthlessness of the Vegas Golden Knights front office is unmatched in the NHL. Trading goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for an unknown prospect, while agent Allan Walsh cried foul on Twitter. Their latest move of infamy is firing former head coach Bruce Cassidy, who took them to their first Stanley Cup win in 2023, and is preventing him from speaking to other teams . They're petty and exercise their power (overtly) when possible. Today, as free-agency inches nearer and...
While the Western Conference Final against the Vegas Golden Knights awaits, there are still some concerns for the Avalanche. The post Injury concerns could throw Colorado off-course in playoffs appeared first on Hockey Mountain High .
The Colorado Avalanche have successfully reached the conference final for the first time since the 2022 cup season and will host the Las Vegas Golden Knights for game one on Wednesday evening at Ball Arena. We should get a feel for the matchup before the much-anticipated series begins, and with the benefit of time and […]
There is zero obligation for anyone to like the Vegas Golden Knights or John Tortorella when it comes to one's hockey allegiances. I get that Tortorella's antics often rub people the wrong way, and there are a lot of hockey fans who simply don't like how the Golden Knights conduct business in general. They seem to enjoy embracing the villain role when it comes to a lot of what they do, and maybe that's because they aren't afraid to push the envelope in a lot of situations. With the Golden Knig...
The Vegas Golden Knights are on to the Western Conference Final under John Tortorella. But one wonders, depending on how much farther they go, if he'll be able to keep the job on a full-time basis after the season. He's only got a deal that runs through the end of this campaign. He took over the team after they fired Bruce Cassidy with just eight games left in the regular season. This week, Torts earned himself a $100,000 fine, and more importantly, cost the Golden Knights a second...
A controversial decision from Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella resulted in a forfeit of their 2026 second-round draft pick, and the coach was fined $100,000. The Golden Knights will forfeit a second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft due to "flagrant violations" of the NHL’s playoff media regulations following Game 6 against the…
We did it, the Colorado Avalanche have advanced to the Western Conference finals for the second time since 2002! As we wait for the first game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, May 20th to begin that pivotal next round, let’s put a bow on the five-game second round defeat of the Minnesota Wild. […]