2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season

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	Canada !	Barrie, TysonTyson Barrie	2.0 !D	R	25	2009	Victoria, British Columbia
32	Canada !	Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin (A)	2.0 !D	L	36	2015	Sorel, Quebec
17	Canada !	Bourque, ReneRene Bourque	7.0 !RW	L	34	2016	Lac La Biche, Alberta
8	Canada !	Colborne, JoeJoe Colborne	4.0 !C	L	26	2016	Calgary, Alberta
14	Canada !	Comeau, BlakeBlake Comeau	6.0 !LW	R	30	2015	Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
9	Canada !	Duchene, MattMatt Duchene (A)	4.0 !C	L	25	2009	Haliburton, Ontario
44	Canada !	Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas	2.0 !D	L	25	2016	Vanier, Ontario
25	Russia !	Grigorenko, MikhailMikhail Grigorenko	4.0 !C	L	22	2015	Khabarovsk, Russia
22	United States !	Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi	4.0 !C	R	23	2016	Rossmoor, California
12	Canada !	Iginla, JaromeJarome Iginla	7.0 !RW	R	39	2014	Edmonton, Alberta
6	United States !	Johnson, ErikErik Johnson	2.0 !D	R	28	2011	Bloomington, Minnesota
92	Sweden !	Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog (C)	6.0 !LW	L	24	2011	Stockholm, Sweden
29	Canada !	MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon (A)	4.0 !C	R	21	2013	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
27	Norway !	Martinsen, AndreasAndreas Martinsen	6.0 !LW	L	26	2015	Bærum, Norway
55	Canada !	McLeod, CodyCody McLeod	6.0 !LW	L	32	2007	Binscarth, Manitoba
7	Canada !	Mitchell, JohnJohn Mitchell	4.0 !C	L	31	2012	Oakville, Ontario
31	Canada !	Pickard, CalvinCalvin Pickard	1.0 !G	L	24	2010	Winnipeg, Manitoba
96	Finland !	Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen	7.0 !RW	L	20	2015	Nousiainen, Finland
34	Sweden !	Soderberg, CarlCarl Soderberg	4.0 !C	L	31	2015	Malmö, Sweden
51	Russia !	Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin	2.0 !D	L	33	2016	Izhevsk, Soviet Union
1	Russia !	Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov	1.0 !G	L	28	2011	Kuybyshev, Soviet Union
28	Canada !	Wiercioch, PatrickPatrick Wiercioch	2.0 !D	L	26	2016	Burnaby, British Columbia
16	Russia !	Zadorov, NikitaNikita Zadorov	2.0 !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 (2016-06-25)	To New York Rangers Nick Holden	To Colorado Avalanche 4th-round pick in 2017	^[7]
November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)	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 (2016-07-01)	Patrick Wiercioch	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $800,000	^[9]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Joe Colborne	Calgary Flames	2 years, $5 million	^[10]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Fedor Tyutin	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $2 million	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Turner Elson	Stockton Heat	1 year, $575,000	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jim O'Brien	Albany Devils	1 year, $600,000	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Reid Petryk	San Antonio Rampage	1 year	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Mike Sislo	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $600,000	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jeremy Smith	Providence Bruins	1 year	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Ryan Stanton	Hershey Bears	1 year, $600,000	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Trent Vogelhuber	Lake Erie Monsters	2 years, $1.225 million	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Joe Whitney	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1 year, $600,000	^[11]
August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)	Ben Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $675,000	^[12]
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)	Gabriel Bourque	Nashville Predators	1 year, $800,000	^[13]
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)	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 (2016-07-02)	Nate Guenin	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000	^[14]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Mikkel Boedker	San Jose Sharks	4 years, $16 million	^[15]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Borna Rendulic	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $575,000	^[16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Dallas Stars	2 years, $1.45 million	^[17]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Shawn Matthias	Winnipeg Jets	2 years, $4.25 million	^[18]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Zach Redmond	Montreal Canadiens	2 years, $1.225 million	^[19]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Andrew Agozzino	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $600,000	^[20]
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)	Brandon Gormley	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $650,000	^[21]
October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)	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 (2016-10-24)	^[23]

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	Andreas Martinsen	1 year, $640,000	^[24]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	A. J. Greer	3 years, entry-level contract	^[25]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Calvin Pickard	2 years, $2 million	^[26]
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)	Nathan MacKinnon	7 years, $44.1 million contract extension	^[27]
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)	Mikhail Grigorenko	1 year, $1.3 million	^[28]
July 31, 2016 (2016-07-31)	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]

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Colorado Avalanche

Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1995 Based in Denver, Colorado

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	NHL expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner: Kroenke Sports Enterprises Stan Kroenke, chairman General manager: Joe Sakic Head coach: Jared Bednar Team captain: Gabriel Landeskog Current roster

Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Affiliates	AHL San Antonio Rampage ECHL Colorado Eagles

General managers	Lacroix Giguere Sherman Sakic

Head coaches	Crawford Hartley Granato Quenneville Sacco Roy Bednar

Media	Altitude KKFN

Stanley Cup Finals	1996 2001

Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park)

Colorado Avalanche seasons

Pre-1995	Quebec Nordiques

1990s	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2016–17 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Heritage Classic Centennial Classic Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

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