2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season

2016–17 Colorado Avalanche
Division	TBD Central
Conference	TBD Western
2016–17 record	9–13–1
Home record	4–8–1
Road record	5–5–0
Goals for	49
Goals against	69
Team information
General Manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Francois Beauchemin Matt Duchene Nathan MacKinnon
Arena	Pepsi Center
Minor league affiliations	San Antonio Rampage (AHL) Colorado Eagles (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Rene Bourque (8)
Assists	Nathan MacKinnon Erik Johnson (10)
Points	Nathan MacKinnon (15)
Penalties in minutes	Cody McLeod (33)
Plus/minus	Patrick Wiercioch (+1)
Wins	Semyon Varlamov (5)
Goals against average	Calvin Pickard (2.44)
<2015–16   The 2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season is the 38th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 21st season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.[1] Off-season On August 11, 2016, Patrick Roy resigned from his head coach and vice president of hockey operations positions with the team.[2] On August 25, the Avalanche hired Jared Bednar from the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters as Roy's replacement. He had led the Monsters to winning the AHL championship in the previous season.[3] Standings Divisional standings Central Division Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Chicago Blackhawks 25 16 6 3 14 72 63 +9 35 2 St. Louis Blues 24 14 7 3 13 67 67 0 31 3 Minnesota Wild 23 11 8 4 11 64 50 +14 26 4 Nashville Predators 22 11 8 3 11 65 57 +8 25 5 Dallas Stars 25 9 10 6 9 63 85 −22 24 6 Winnipeg Jets 26 11 13 2 10 69 78 −9 24 7 Colorado Avalanche 22 9 12 1 9 49 66 −17 19 Updated to game(s) played on December 2, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Conference standings Top 3 (Central Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Chicago Blackhawks 25 16 6 3 14 72 63 +9 35 2 St. Louis Blues 24 14 7 3 13 67 67 0 31 3 Minnesota Wild 23 11 8 4 11 64 50 +14 26 Source: National Hockey League Top 3 (Pacific Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 San Jose Sharks 25 15 9 1 15 60 51 +9 31 2 Anaheim Ducks 24 12 8 4 12 62 56 +6 28 3 Edmonton Oilers 25 13 10 2 12 76 66 +10 28 Source: National Hockey League Western Conference Wild Card Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 PA Los Angeles Kings 24 13 10 1 12 62 61 +1 27 2 PA Calgary Flames 27 12 13 2 10 63 79 −16 26 3 CE Nashville Predators 22 11 8 3 11 65 57 +8 25 4 CE Dallas Stars 25 9 10 6 9 63 85 −22 24 5 CE Winnipeg Jets 26 11 13 2 10 69 78 −9 24 6 PA Vancouver Canucks 24 10 12 2 8 55 73 −18 22 7 CE Colorado Avalanche 22 9 12 1 9 49 66 −17 19 8 PA Arizona Coyotes 22 8 11 3 6 54 69 −15 19 Updated to game(s) played on December 2, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Schedule and results Pre-season Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)[4] # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 27 Colorado 4–1 Minnesota Smith 16,920 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 28 Dallas 2–4 Colorado Simpson — 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 30 Los Angeles 1–3 Colorado Varlamov — 3–0–0 Recap 4 October 4 Minnesota 0–2 Colorado Varlamov — 4–0–0 Recap 5 October 5 Colorado 1–0 Dallas Pickard 14,120 5–0–0 Recap 6^[a] October 8 Colorado 2–1 Los Angeles OT — — 6–0–0 Recap Notes: ^a Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Regular season Game Log[5] October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 15 Dallas 5–6 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 17 Colorado 4–3 Pittsburgh OT Pickard 18,431 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 18 Colorado 0–3 Washington Varlamov 18,506 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 20 Colorado 4–0 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 22 Colorado 2–5 Florida Varlamov 14,326 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 28 Winnipeg 1–0 Colorado Varlamov 16,135 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 29 Colorado 3–2 Arizona Pickard 13,533 4–3–0 8 Recap November: 5–8–1 (Home: 3–5–1 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 1 Nashville 5–1 Colorado Varlamov 12,142 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 November 3 Colorado 0–4 Chicago Varlamov 21,580 4–5–0 8 Recap 10 November 5 Minnesota 0–1 Colorado Pickard 16,256 5–5–0 10 Recap 11 November 6 Colorado 1–5 St. Louis Varlamov 17,220 5–6–0 10 Recap 12 November 8 Arizona 4–2 Colorado Pickard 13,858 5–7–0 10 Recap 13 November 11 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado OT Varlamov 16,517 6–7–0 12 Recap 14 November 13 Boston 2–0 Colorado Varlamov 15,808 6–8–0 12 Recap 15 November 15 Los Angeles 1–4 Colorado Varlamov 14,805 7–8–0 14 Recap 16 November 17 Colorado 2–3 Dallas Varlamov 18,237 7–9–0 14 Recap 17 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Pickard 19,238 8–9–0 16 Recap 18 November 21 Colorado 3–2 Columbus OT Varlamov 10,063 9–9–0 18 Recap 19 November 23 Edmonton 6–3 Colorado Varlamov 15,185 9–10–0 18 Recap 20 November 26 Vancouver 3–2 Colorado SO Pickard 15,511 9–10–1 19 Recap 21 November 29 Nashville 5–4 Colorado Pickard 12,082 9–11–1 19 Recap December: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Columbus 3–2 Colorado Varlamov 12,141 9–12–1 19 Recap 23 December 3 Dallas 3–0 Colorado Varlamov 16,725 9–13–1 19 Recap 24 December 6 Colorado – Nashville –– 25 December 8 Colorado – Boston –– 26 December 10 Colorado – Montreal –– 27 December 11 Colorado – Toronto –– 28 December 14 Philadelphia – Colorado –– 29 December 16 Florida – Colorado –– 30 December 18 Colorado – Winnipeg –– 31 December 20 Colorado – Minnesota –– 32 December 22 Toronto – Colorado –– 33 December 23 Colorado – Chicago –– 34 December 27 Calgary – Colorado –– 35 December 29 Colorado – Dallas –– 36 December 31 NY Rangers – Colorado –– January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Colorado – Vancouver –– 38 January 4 Colorado – Calgary –– 39 January 6 NY Islanders – Colorado –– 40 January 12 Anaheim – Colorado –– 41 January 14 Nashville – Colorado –– 42 January 17 Chicago – Colorado –– 43 January 19 Colorado – Anaheim –– 44 January 21 Colorado – San Jose –– 45 January 23 San Jose – Colorado –– 46 January 25 Vancouver – Colorado –– 47 January 31 Colorado – Anaheim –– February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 1 Colorado – Los Angeles –– 49 February 4 Winnipeg – Colorado –– 50 February 7 Montreal – Colorado –– 51 February 9 Pittsburgh – Colorado –– 52 February 11 Colorado – NY Rangers –– 53 February 12 Colorado – NY Islanders –– 54 February 14 Colorado – New Jersey –– 55 February 16 Colorado – Buffalo –– 56 February 17 Colorado – Carolina –– 57 February 19 Tampa Bay – Colorado –– 58 February 21 Los Angeles – Colorado –– 59 February 23 Colorado – Nashville –– 60 February 25 Buffalo – Colorado –– 61 February 28 Colorado – Philadelphia –– March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Colorado – Ottawa –– 63 March 4 Colorado – Winnipeg –– 64 March 5 St. Louis – Colorado –– 65 March 7 Carolina – Colorado –– 66 March 9 New Jersey – Colorado –– 67 March 11 Ottawa – Colorado –– 68 March 13 Colorado – Arizona –– 69 March 15 Detroit – Colorado –– 70 March 18 Colorado – Detroit –– 71 March 19 Colorado – Chicago –– 72 March 21 St. Louis – Colorado –– 73 March 23 Edmonton – Colorado –– 74 March 25 Colorado – Edmonton –– 75 March 27 Colorado – Calgary –– 76 March 29 Washington – Colorado –– 77 March 31 St. Louis – Colorado –– April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Colorado – Minnesota –– 79 April 4 Chicago – Colorado –– 80 April 6 Minnesota – Colorado –– 81 April 8 Colorado – Dallas –– 82 April 9 Colorado – St. Louis –– Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Player stats Skaters Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon 22 5 10 15 –3 0 Duchene, MattMatt Duchene 18 7 7 14 –3 2 Barrie, TysonTyson Barrie 22 2 9 11 –10 8 Johnson, ErikErik Johnson 22 1 10 11 –2 4 Bourque, ReneRene Bourque 20 8 2 10 –4 15 Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen 17 3 7 10 –3 6 Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog 15 4 4 8 –1 9 Grigorenko, MikhailMikhail Grigorenko 21 3 5 8 –2 8 Wiercioch, PatrickPatrick Wiercioch 20 2 6 8 +2 13 Soderberg, CarlCarl Soderberg 22 3 4 7 –1 14 Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin 18 0 7 7 –5 8 Iginla, JaromeJarome Iginla 22 3 2 5 +1 31 Comeau, BlakeBlake Comeau 18 3 2 5 –2 20 Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin 22 0 5 5 +1 8 Colborne, JoeJoe Colborne 20 3 1 4 –6 8 Martinsen, AndreasAndreas Martinsen 22 1 2 3 –3 18 Zadorov, NikitaNikita Zadorov 21 0 3 3 –7 22 Henley, SamuelSamuel Henley 1 1 0 1 +1 2 Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas 7 0 1 1 –1 6 Greer, A. J.A. J. Greer 5 0 1 1 –2 4 Mitchell, JohnJohn Mitchell 17 0 0 0 +1 12 McLeod, CodyCody McLeod 14 0 0 0 –2 33 Bourque, GabrielGabriel Bourque 6 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, BenBen Smith^‡ 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Goaltenders Regular season Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Pickard, CalvinCalvin Pickard 8 7 442:05 4 2 1 18 2.44 224 .920 1 0 0 0 Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov 15 15 875:01 5 10 0 45 3.09 473 .905 1 0 0 0 ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only. ^‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record Roster Updated December 3, 2016.[6] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 4 Barrie, TysonTyson Barrie D R 25 2009 Victoria, British Columbia 32 Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin (A) D L 36 2015 Sorel, Quebec 17 Bourque, ReneRene Bourque RW L 34 2016 Lac La Biche, Alberta 8 Colborne, JoeJoe Colborne C L 26 2016 Calgary, Alberta 14 Comeau, BlakeBlake Comeau LW R 30 2015 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan 9 Duchene, MattMatt Duchene (A) C L 25 2009 Haliburton, Ontario 44 Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas D L 25 2016 Vanier, Ontario 25 Grigorenko, MikhailMikhail Grigorenko C L 22 2015 Khabarovsk, Russia 22 Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi C R 23 2016 Rossmoor, California 12 Iginla, JaromeJarome Iginla RW R 39 2014 Edmonton, Alberta 6 Johnson, ErikErik Johnson  D R 28 2011 Bloomington, Minnesota 92 Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog (C)  LW L 24 2011 Stockholm, Sweden 29 MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon (A) C R 21 2013 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia 27 Martinsen, AndreasAndreas Martinsen LW L 26 2015 Bærum, Norway 55 McLeod, CodyCody McLeod LW L 32 2007 Binscarth, Manitoba 7 Mitchell, JohnJohn Mitchell C L 31 2012 Oakville, Ontario 31 Pickard, CalvinCalvin Pickard G L 24 2010 Winnipeg, Manitoba 96 Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen RW L 20 2015 Nousiainen, Finland 34 Soderberg, CarlCarl Soderberg C L 31 2015 Malmö, Sweden 51 Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin D L 33 2016 Izhevsk, Soviet Union 1 Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov G L 28 2011 Kuybyshev, Soviet Union 28 Wiercioch, PatrickPatrick Wiercioch D L 26 2016 Burnaby, British Columbia 16 Zadorov, NikitaNikita Zadorov D L 21 2015 Moscow, Russia Transactions The Colorado Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 NHL season. Trades Date Details Ref June 25, 2016 To New York Rangers Nick Holden To Colorado Avalanche 4th-round pick in 2017 [7] November 28, 2016 To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Stanton To Colorado Avalanche Cody Goloubef [8] Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Patrick Wiercioch Ottawa Senators 1 year, $800,000 [9] July 1, 2016 Joe Colborne Calgary Flames 2 years, $5 million [10] July 1, 2016 Fedor Tyutin Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $2 million [11] July 1, 2016 Turner Elson Stockton Heat 1 year, $575,000 [11] July 1, 2016 Jim O'Brien Albany Devils 1 year, $600,000 [11] July 1, 2016 Reid Petryk San Antonio Rampage 1 year [11] July 1, 2016 Mike Sislo New Jersey Devils 1 year, $600,000 [11] July 1, 2016 Jeremy Smith Providence Bruins 1 year [11] July 1, 2016 Ryan Stanton Hershey Bears 1 year, $600,000 [11] July 1, 2016 Trent Vogelhuber Lake Erie Monsters 2 years, $1.225 million [11] July 1, 2016 Joe Whitney Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 year, $600,000 [11] August 16, 2016 Ben Smith Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $675,000 [12] October 10, 2016 Gabriel Bourque Nashville Predators 1 year, $800,000 [13] October 10, 2016 Rene Bourque Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $650,000 [13] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 2, 2016 Nate Guenin Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000 [14] July 1, 2016 Mikkel Boedker San Jose Sharks 4 years, $16 million [15] July 1, 2016 Borna Rendulic Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $575,000 [16] July 1, 2016 Andrew Bodnarchuk Dallas Stars 2 years, $1.45 million [17] July 1, 2016 Shawn Matthias Winnipeg Jets 2 years, $4.25 million [18] July 1, 2016 Zach Redmond Montreal Canadiens 2 years, $1.225 million [19] July 2, 2016 Andrew Agozzino St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000 [20] July 28, 2016 Brandon Gormley New Jersey Devils 1 year, $650,000 [21] October 13, 2016 Jack Skille Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $700,000 [22] Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref Ben Smith Toronto Maple Leafs October 24, 2016 [23] Lost via retirement Date Player Ref Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 24, 2016 Andreas Martinsen 1 year, $640,000 [24] July 1, 2016 A. J. Greer 3 years, entry-level contract [25] July 5, 2016 Calvin Pickard 2 years, $2 million [26] July 8, 2016 Nathan MacKinnon 7 years, $44.1 million contract extension [27] July 20, 2016 Mikhail Grigorenko 1 year, $1.3 million [28] July 31, 2016 Tyson Barrie 4 years, $22 million [29] Draft picks Below are the Colorado Avalanche' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 10 Tyson Jost C Canada Penticton Vees (BCHL) 2 40^[a] Cameron Morrison LW Canada Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 3 71 Josh Anderson D Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL) 5 131 Adam Werner G Sweden Farjestad BK (SHL) 6 161 Nathan Clurman D United States Culver Eagles (US-IN HS) 7 191 Travis Barron LW Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL) Draft notes[30] ^[a] The Colorado Avalanche’s second-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Buffalo's second-round pick in 2015 to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015, Colorado's sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[31] San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Brad Stuart to Colorado in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[32] The Colorado Avalanche's fourth-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 21, 2016 that sent Shawn Matthias to Colorado in exchange for Colin Smith and this pick.[33] References National Hockey League (2013). 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