If trust is a two-way street, Valeri Nichushkin needs to stop kicking Stanley Cups to the curb. “We trust him. And that’s the management, the coaches — everybody trusts him,” Avalanche defenseman Erik ...

Valeri Nichushkin strived to take his on-ice game to another level this season. Same with his life away from the rink, his ...

The storyline commanding the most attention in the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars' playoff series is forward Mikko Rantanen ... Colorado winger Valeri Nichushkin began his NHL career in ...

The Colorado Avalanche visit the Dallas Stars in the opener of a best-of-7, first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Saturday.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Mikko Rantanen was at ease Friday when talking about the excitement of starting the playoffs, which the standout forward experienced with the Colorado Avalanche each of the ...

Rantanen was picked 10th overall by Colorado in the 2015 draft and was three weeks shy of his 19th birthday when he made his NHL debut later that year. He scored 705 points in 652 regular-season ...