Ian Laperriere News

Colorado defenseman Ruslan Salei and wing Darcy Tucker, top, deliver a hit on Minnesota's Pierre-Marc Bouchard during the Wild's 3-1 win on Nov.

After a shootout victory in Los Angeles on Saturday, the Avalanche still was 13th in the 15-team Western Conference.

Now that the Phoenix Coyotes have halted a six-game losing streak, the team will try to post back-to-back victories when they host the Colorado Avalanche in this afternoon's matchup at Jobing.com Arena.

Laperriere gets goal and assist : Colorado RW Ian Laperriere scored a goal at 8:11 of the third for a 3-1 lead over the Blues on Wednesday.

Daniel Tjarnqvist scored his first goal in almost two years and had an assist Wednesday night to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 win over St.

The NHL moved swiftly to punish the Kings' John Zeiler, by suspending him for three games today for his hit on Colorado Avalanche defenseman Adam Foote during Saturday's game.

Selanne and Chris Kunitz scored first-period goals with the man advantage and Selanne added an insurance goal in the third to help the Ducks win on home ice for the second time in six games.

The Colorado Avalanche extended their winning streak in shootouts to eight with two goals, even after losing two players to aggressive checks against the boards.

Marek Svatos and Milan Hejduk scored in the first two rounds of a shootout, giving the Colorado Avalanche a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings and extending their streak of shootout victories to eight ...

Sporting fresh jersey burns on his face from a fight in Calgary a couple of nights earlier, Colorado Avalanche veteran Ian Laperriere admits there seems to be a lack of honour among many NHL tough guys these ...

It wasn't by design, but the timing of Paul Stastny's contract extension seems appropriate.

He Said It "I don't think we had a good game." Peter Budaj , Avalanche goalie, who stopped 47 of 50 shots.

Say it ain't so, Joe. Laid low by an aching back, Colorado captain Joe Sakic is doing his suffering in Denver and will sit out tonight's game at the Saddledome, which potentially means fans in Calgary are ...

Goaltending was the biggest question mark heading into the season for the Colorado Avalanche.

The Predators and Colorado Avalanche are tied 0-0 after the first period. Both teams had three power plays, but neither could produce a goal.

He Said It "It's a good lesson for us. Not every game's going to be easy. It's a tough league.

In a game against the Edmonton Oilers last week, Colorado Avalanche winger Ian Laperriere collected what we all now refer to as a oethe Gordie Howe hat tricka - a goal, assist and fight in a single game.

Spying the approaching, encroaching pack of media mongrels frantically sniffing around for a bone, the working-class hero, first man off the ice on this Tuesday morning, actually winks before theatrically ...

Rene Bourque and Mike Cammalleri both tallied a goal and an assist while Miikka Kiprusoff stopped all 22 shots he faced, as the Calgary Flames blanked the Colorado Avalanche, 3-0, at Saddledome.

Sabres at Avalanche * When: 7 p.m. Saturday. * Where: Pepsi Center. * TV/radio: Altitude; KCKK-AM . * Leading scorers Coach: Lindy Ruff Coach: Tony Granato * Injuries: Buffalo - C Tim Connolly , C Paul Gaustad ...