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Written by Stuart Mason on 26 April 2014
The National Hockey League has announced its updated starting time information for today’s games.
Game 5 of the series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Columbus Blue Jackets has been set for 7:00 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh. The game will be shown on the NBC Sports Network and CBC.
Game 5 for the series matchup involving the Colorado Avalanche and the Minnesota Wild has been set to start at 9:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. MT tonight in Denver. The game will be seen on the NBC Sports Network and TSN.
Game 5 of the series between the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks has been scheduled to start at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT tonight in San Jose. The game will be shown on CNBC and CBC.
Tags: CBC, CNBC, Colorado Avalanche., Columbus Blue Jackets., Denver., Los Angeles Kings., Minnesota Wild., NBC Sports Network., Pittsburgh Penguins., Pittsburgh., San Jose Sharks., San Jose., TSN
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Written by Dee Dee West on 18 January 2014
Semyon Varlamov, the 25-year-old goaltender of the Colorado Avalanche, recorded 33 saves and stopped both shootout attempts he faced in a 2-1 win Thursday night over the New Jersey Devils.
The Russian goalie has helped lead the Avalanche to their 30th win of the season, which matches the 2000-2001 team as the fastest club in franchise history to reach 30 victories in 47 games.
Varlamov, who started his NHL career with the Washington Capitals organization in 2006, has not lost a game in regulation since December 10, posting a 10-0-5 record since that 2013 date.

Semyon Varlamov during his days with Washington (photo by Gabe McCabe va wikipedia commons)
Tags: Colorado Avalanche., New Jersey Devils., NHL., Semyon Varlamov., Washington Capitals.
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Written by Dee Dee West on 13 May 2013

(courtesy Colorado Avalanche)
The Colorado Avalanche has shaken up its front office, with Pierre Lacroix resigning as team president after 18 years on the job and two Stanley Cup titles.
Lacroix will stay on as an adviser.
Lacroix was pivotal in relocating the team from Quebec to Denver. He was the main architect of the 1996 and 2001 Stanley Cup Championship teams.
Replacing Lacroix will be Josh Kroenke.
Former Avalanche team captain Joe Sakic is also being promoted to executive vice president of hockey operations.
Tags: Colorado Avalanche., Denver., Joe Sakic., Josh Kroenke., Pierre Lacroix., Quebec., Stanley Cup.
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Written by Stuart Mason on 29 April 2013

Joe Sacco (courtesy Colorado Avalanche)
Black Monday usually happens the day after the final NHL regular-season games.
It’s the day when owners and general managers fire their coaches after a disappointing season.
Joe Sacco was fired on Sunday after the Colorado Avalanche lost to the Minnesota Wild 3-1 in their final game.
The Avs missed the playoffs for the third straight season.
Colorado, usually a playoff contender, never was able to get going in the 48-game season and finished last in the Western Conference at 16-25-7 for 39 points.
Sacco, in four seasons, had a record of 130-134-30. He leaves with one year on his contract.
A former NHL Right winger, Sacco played from 1990-2003 with Toronto, Anaheim, New York Islanders, Washington and Philadelphia.
Tags: Anaheim., Avs., Black Monday., Colorado Avalanche., Joe Sacco., Minnesota Wild., New York Islanders., NHL., Philadelphia., Toronto., Washington., Western Conference.
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Written by Lamont Burroughs on 05 March 2013
POSTGAME AUDIO FROM COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS DRESSING ROOM
51,914 Ryan Johansen CBJ Center On the team finally playing a complete game to win
51,915 Ryan Johansen CBJ Center Colorado shot totals were down to 19 nice puck possession by CBJ
51,916 Ryan Johansen CBJ Center On Artem Arnisimov getting hurt them coming back late to win game
51,923 Artem Arnisimov CBJ Center Finally a win and the young players from the AHL played well
POSTGAME AUDI FROM COLORADO AVALANCHE DRESSING ROOM
51,905) Rick O’Reilly Colorado Center Goaltender Semyon Varlamov kept game close
51,906 Rick O’Reilly Colorado Center First game back and he got more shifts as game progressed
51,910 Joe Sacco Colorado coach On the play of Rick O’Reilly in first game back with team
51,912 Joe Sacco Colorado coach Semyon Varlamov gave the team a chance with his goaltending
COLUMBUS, O. — The Columbus Blue Jackets are getting better with each game. They suffered several one-goal losses.
The players have said that they have to play a complete game tow in those one-goal losses into wins.

Artem Anisimov celebrates game-winning goal
On Sunday, they played that complete game in an overtime win over the Colorado Avalanche, 2-1. They played toe-to-toe with the more talented Avs. And won the game on a goal from a player who limped to the dressing room in the first period with a leg injury.
Artem Anisimov blocked a shot and had to go to the dressing room. He was in so much pain that head coach Todd Richards was told by the medical staff that his return was unlikely.
Out of nowhere, Anisimov came back for the opening faceoff of the second period.
His return was a blessing in disguise as he scored the game-winning goal at 2:26 of overtime before 13,778 at Nationwide Arena.
The Blue Jackets were on 4-on-3 power play, when Anisimov snapped a wrister which beat Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov to the near post.

Blue Jacket' Jared Boll (40) and Colorado's Patrick Bordeleau mix it up
The win allowed the Jackets to post a three-game posts streak of 1-0-2.

Tim Erixon (20) played a solid game
The ageless Vinny Prospal scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season early in the third period to tie the game at 1-1.
The Avs had gone ahead at 12:35 of the second period on P.A. Parenteau goal.
CBJ goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had 18 saves against a Colorado team which saw itself defensing its territory all night as the Jackets put up 34 shots on goal.
THREE STARS OF THE GAME
* Artem Anisimov, CBJ Center: Tough player, keeps on ticking.
* Tim Erixon, CBJ Defenseman: Received plenty of ice time, 23:38 and provide the assist on Anisimov’s goal.
* Ryan Johansen, CBJ Center: Played a big role with 19:07 of ice time and won 12 of 18 faceoffs.
PHOTOS BY JASON MOWRY; COURTESY ColumbusWired.net
Tags: Artem Anisimov., Avs., CBJ., Colorado Avalanche., Columbus Blue Jackets., Nationwide Arena., P.A. Parenteau., Ryan Johansen., Semyon Varlamov., Sergei Bobrovsky., Tim Erixon., Todd Richards., Vinny Prospal.
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