Avalanche Ink Podcast

Denver Post reporter Mike Chambers talks with former Colorado Avalanche great Milan Hejduk and Marty Richardson, executive director of Dawg Nation, about Colorado's surprising playoff season, NHL award finalists Nathan MacKinnon and Jared Bednar and next month's Dawg Bowl at Edge Ice Arena in Littleton.

Colorado Avalanche great Milan Hejduk joins The Denver Post's Mike Chambers to discuss his upcoming jersey retirement ceremony and the current state of the team. Martin Richardson, executive director of Dawg Nation, also joins the show as a guest.

Former Colorado Avalanche captain Milan Hejduk joins The Denver Post's Mike Chambers to discuss his jersey retirement, which is planned for Jan. 6, 2018. Hejduk also touches on the Matt Duchene trade, new Avs' defenseman Samuel Girard and what he thinks of the younger, faster Avalanche this year. Martin Richardson, executive director of Dawg Nation, also joins the show as a guest.

The Denver Post's Mike Chambers and Terry Frei discuss the Colorado Avalanche as their horrible season winds to an end. Included in the conversation is an in-depth talk about comments made by defenseman Erik Johnson.

Mike and Terry also discuss the Denver Pioneers hockey team as it prepares for the NCAA tournament. The conversation touches on Avs' prospect Will Butcher and whether top NHL prospects like Tyson Jost and Henrik Borgstrom should stay more than one year in college before turning pro.

Avalanche writers Terry Frei and Mike Chambers discuss the season-ending injury to defenseman Nikita Zadorov, the pending return of blue-liner Erik Johnson, the upcoming March 1 trade deadline and the professional future of DU Pioneers captain Will Butcher, the Avalanche draftee. Mike hosts the podcast from Nashville, where the Avs play Thursday, with Terry calling in from Denver after working Colorado's practice Wednesday before the squad traveled to the Music City.

The Denver Post's Terry Frei and Mike Chambers report from practice, a day before the Colorado Avalanche hosts the Winnipeg Jets, and discuss Colorado's nine-game losing streak, going 4-24-2 in its last 30 games. Will Jarome Iginla get traded? And is Tyson Barrie playing too many minutes? Plus Terry and Mike answer questions from fans via the Avalanche Mailbag.

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How is Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar hanging in there? The Denver Post's Mike Chambers and Terry Frei discuss the human angle of coach Bednar's dream-job-turned-nightmare. Terry and Mike also discuss Nathan MacKinnon's benching, which players could move at the trade deadline and what's going on down on the farm in San Antonio.

The Denver Post's Mike Chambers and Terry Frei meet for lunch during the Avalanche's "bye" period, to take stock of where the NHL-worst Avs are heading. Topics include whether the Avs will be busy before the trade deadline, the Avs' stellar overtime record, Nathan MacKinnon's first all-star game selection and World Junior Championships hero (and Denver Pioneers sophomore) Troy Terry.

In the third episode of "Traffic in Front of the Net," The Denver Post's Mike Chambers and Terry Frei talk about the Colorado Avalanche's scoring woes, Semyon Varlamov or Calvin Pickard, and if A.J. Greer is the real deal.

In the second episode of "Traffic in Front of the Net," The Denver Post's Mike Chambers takes the show on the road to visit with guests Marty Richardson, president of Dawg Nation, and Jake Heisler, former University of Wisconsin hockey player. They discuss the Colorado Avalanche and beer league hockey.