Jared Bednar won’t go very long without thinking about his hockey team or his various outdoor-related passions. It certainly shouldn’t be surprising when he finds a way to tie the two together. The Colorado Avalanche reached the midseason point on a turbulent 2024-25 campaign Tuesday night.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center reported the first avalanche fatality of the 2024-25 season Tuesday, Jan. 7, amid a wave of avalanche accidents that have occurred since the snowy holiday period.

The Minnesota Wild will be without their best player for the seventh game in a row when they face off against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild head into a matchup with the Colorado Avalanche as winners of four games in a row. Minnesota has gone 26-11-4 overall with a 9-4-2 record in Central Division games. The Wild have a +16 scoring differential, with 125 total goals scored and 109 allowed.

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - On Tuesday, a backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche on Red Mountain #3, north of Durango. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center said that the skier was caught and buried in the avalanche. The skier was caught on the northwest-facing slope at around 11,300 feet.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center said a “very large avalanche” was triggered remotely by skiers on Mount Trelease Tuesday.

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Connor Bedard is on a hot streak, even if the Blackhawks haven’t been too hot lately. Bedard continued his roll on Wednesday night with a goal and an assist, and this time it

The Avalanche kick off their first road trip of 2025 with a Central Division matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks. This is the second of four meetings between the teams, as the Blackhawks won 5-2 in Denver on October 28, and they’ll play in Denver on March 10 and in Chicago on April 2.