The Avalanche’s season and dominant playoff presence came to a devastating end Tuesday night following game four of the western conference finals as the Golden Knights rallied together four back-to-back wins to bring Colorado’s blistering presence to an unexpected end.
The Avalanche, setting the all-time record for fewest regulation losses throughout the first forty games, led the western conference, and recently set the franchise record most goals scored in a single playoff game, just couldn’t pull it through this series.
Cale Makar, a key role on the squad played just two out of the four games throughout the western conference finals. Playing through a lingering upper body injury many fans speculate on whether or not he will start this upcoming season. Nichushkin another key role was absent during game four with an apparent lower body injury sustained during game three.
The Av’s were expected to put up a worthwhile matchup against the Knights which makes this loss even more devastating. What was thought to be their fourth finals appearance turned into questions about the future of the team and the future of Jared Bednars role as head coach for the organization. In the presser following Tuesday’s game when asked about the team’s abrupt end, Coach Bednar responded with: “I don’t know…It takes a little bit of time to do that…I can’t really answer that.”
Through it all however, die-hard Denver sports fans remain faithful moving into the offseason.
With the release of the 2026-2027 NFL schedules, The Broncos first pre-season game is set in Falcons territory at the Mercedez-Benz stadium August 14th, while the regular season kickoff takes place in a highly anticipated matchup in enemy territory, (Monday Night Football) September 14th at Arrowhead Stadium against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Broncos hold a franchise record of 59-73 against the Chiefs and will hopefully look to close the all-time deficit.
The 20-36 Colorado Rockies were pummeled Tuesday night in a 6-15 outing against the Dodgers, marking their second loss in a three-game series against the Dodgers. Although they began this season miles better than last year’s 8-42 start, the dark ages for Rockies fans persist as they remain the worst team in the MLB.
