Terry Frei

Avalanche playing competitive but not winning hockey heading into rematch against Sharks

January 23, 2017 at 1:47 p.m.

In the old NHL, a barn-to-barn, back-to-back, two-game set meant the two teams traveled on the same train and sometimes renewed on-ice enmity in the dining car -- or buried...

Avalanche falls to Sharks in O.T. as Spencer Martin makes NHL debut in net

January 22, 2017 at 2:53 a.m.

Defenseman David Schlemko's goal at 1:16 of O.T. lifted the San Jose Sharks to the 3-2 win over Colorado Saturday night at the SAP Center, stretching Colorado's latest losing streak...

Avalanche podcast: How is Jared Bednar holding up?

January 25, 2017 at 9:02 p.m.

How is Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar hanging in there? The Denver Post's Mike Chambers and Terry Frei discuss the human angle of coach Bednar's dream-job-turned-nightmare.

Frei: With Duchene and Landeskog, it must be a great deal … or no deal

January 23, 2017 at 2:23 p.m.

For the past few weeks (or, actually, for longer than that), we've hashed out the Avalanche realities in columns, analyses and stories.

Avalanche coach Jared Bednar holding up through nightmarish season

January 22, 2017 at 2:10 p.m.

The Avalanche has the fewest points in the NHL and had lost 14 of its past 16 games going into Saturday night's late game against the Sharks, and the tension...

Spencer Martin will get his first start — and first appearance, period — for Avalanche against San Jose

January 21, 2017 at 7:47 p.m.

When the Avalanche Wednesday recalled goalie Spencer Martin for the fourth time this season in the wake of Semyon Varlamov's latest problem with groin muscle issues, coach Jared Bednar said...

Broken glass forces long delay in Avalanche’s loss to Ducks in Anaheim

January 20, 2017 at 5:26 p.m.

Calvin Pickard, who had 22 saves in the first period alone and 34 for the game, was the major reason the Avalanche didn鈥檛 get blown out in a bizarre 2-1...

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie misses first game of the season

January 20, 2017 at 5:26 p.m.

For the first time in 2016-17, Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie missed a game Thursday night. The Avalanche said he had a lower body injury and was day-to-day.

Deb Ploetz, left, has a moment with her husband, Greg Ploetz, while he lays in bed holding their dog, 鈥滲utter,鈥� in 2014 at a Denver-area specialized facility designed to care for patients with dementia and related diseases.

Widow of former Texas Longhorn Greg Ploetz sues NCAA

January 21, 2017 at 1:13 a.m.

Attorneys for the widow of former University of Texas football player Greg Ploetz, who was found to have Stage 4 Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death...

Nathan MacKinnon confirms he was briefly benched 鈥� and Avs center says he got the point

January 17, 2017 at 8:57 a.m.

Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon missed several shifts in the first half of the second period against Nashville Saturday at the Pepsi Center, and he acknowledged after practice Sunday that he...

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