Former Avalanche and General Assignment Reporter
Mike Chambers
Mike Chambers was the Avalanche beat writer for The Denver Post. A Colorado native, he wrote his first story for the paper as a freelancer in 1994 and joined the staff in 2000 as a general-assignment writer mostly covering the University of Denver hockey team. Mike graduated from Cherry Creek High School and has a journalism degree from the University of Northern Colorado.
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Avalanche rookie defenseman Bo Byram leaves team for personal reasons
Minutes from warmup at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Tuesday, the Avalanche announced that rookie defenseman Bo Byram has left the team for personal reasons and would not play against...

Avalanche winning streak climbs to five games, each from a comeback: 5 takeaways from the 4-3 triumph over Seattle
For the first time in club history, the Avalanche has a five-game winning streak in which each victory was the result of a comeback. Three of them came from multi-goal...

Avalanche rallies past Seattle Kraken to claim fifth consecutive victory
The slow-starting Avalanche used another comeback to win its fifth consecutive game and extend its club-record home winning streak to 12 games on Monday at Ball Arena.

Avalanche is on a 17-3-1 tear, despite poor penalty killing. A new PK plan on tap
Minus top-line winger Gabe Landeskog, who was placed on the NHL's COVID protocol absence list after his second positive test, the Avalanche on Monday will look for its fifth consecutive...

Epic hockey at Ball Arena: Avalanche, Maple Leafs treat crowd of 17,334 to spectacular showing
It was only an NHL regular-season game. But anyone who watched the Avalanche rally to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime inside Ball Arena on Saturday might agree...

Avalanche rallies to top Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime
Colorado improved to 4-0 coming off its COVID shutdown that led to seven games being postponed

Chambers: Could Cale Makar match Ray Bourque’s Hall of Fame career? The numbers say yes
Cale Makar is 23 years old, but if the highlight-reel Avalanche defenseman can play until he's 40, his career might end as heralded as Ray Bourque's.

Chambers: Bo Byram had a difficult 2021. The Avalanche rookie deserves a vibrant new year
A vibrant young hockey career will again be tested again on Sunday and, hopefully, the rest of the season, and regardless of what NHL team you root for, any sane...

DU hockey’s Ryan Barrow grateful for fifth year, helping lead NCAA’s highest-scoring team
In response to the NCAA's COVID-relief package that allowed players a fifth year of eligibility, University of Denver hockey coach David Carle and his staff declined to go all in....

Avalanche has two more games postponed, both against the Dallas Stars
Less than 10 minutes after Avalanche players Darcy Kuemper and J.T. Compher on Monday said they were prepared to come off a nine-day COVID shutdown and begin a home-and-away set...