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It was just announced that the Colorado Avalanche will be hosting an outdoor hockey game, as part of the NHL Stadium Series in 2020.

Thursday the Colorado Avalanche locked up young center Matt Duchene to a five-year $30 million dollar contract extension. The 22-year-old has 82 goals and 111 assists in 266 games with the Avalanche. With Nathan Mackinnon, Paul Stastny and Ryan O’Reilly the Avalanche will be one of the deepest teams at center this season.

The Colorado Avalanche take Nathan Mackinnon with the first pick over all in the NHL draft. The Avalanche had said they preferred Mackinnon over Seth Jones for the last two weeks and they stuck to their guns. The Avalanche, who won the NHL's Draft lottery to leapfrogFloridafor the first pick, said they like Jones, but felt the team's need was greater at forward.

Last night the Colorado Avalanche made a trade with the Calgary Flames, sending David Jones and Shane O’Brien to the Flames for Cory Sairch and Alex Tanguay. The deal brings the 33-year-old Tanguay back to the city where he started his career. Drafted by the Avalanche in first round (12th overall) in 1998, Tanguay played his first six seasons for Colorado before being traded to the Flames in June