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With rumors swirling of Patrick Roy's return to Colorado as the Avs' new head coach, Craig Custance explores the summer coaching market and some of the top candidates at the NHL, AHL, junior and college levels.

Blog | Conversation | May 21, 2013

Avalanche fans are talking about the possibility of Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy becoming the next coach of the Colorado team.

Sweden became the first home team to win the world hockey championships in 27 years, beating Switzerland 5-1 on Sunday.

Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists, and Craig Smith added five assists to help the United States rout Russia 8-3 on Thursday in the world hockey quarterfinals.

The Memorial Cup is positively brimming with top NHL Draft prospects, including four of Grant Sonier's top 10 for the 2013 draft. What will scouts be looking for on junior hockey's big stage?

Blog | Conversation | May 16, 2013

The United States, Canada, Russia and Switzerland clinched quarterfinal berths at the hockey world championships Sunday.

The United States beat France 4-2 Saturday for its fourth win at the ice hockey world championships.

Josh Kroenke will now be keeping just as close a watch on power plays as power forwards.

Jon Robinson ranks the best sports video games of all-time. (Part 5)

Craig Smith had a hat trick and teenager John Gibson was stellar in net to lead the United States over host Finland 4-1 at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.

Russia got two late goals to beat the United States 5-3 in a hard fought game, while Canada scored four unanswered goals en route to a 7-1 rout of Norway on Tuesday at the ice hockey world championships.

Jon Robinson ranks the best sports video games of all-time. (Part 2)

Jon Robinson ranks the best sports video games of all time. (Part 1)

Jon Robinson ranks the best sports video games of all-time. (Part 1)

Ilya Kovalchuk's hat trick led Russia to a 4-1 victory over Germany at the ice hockey world championships Sunday, and Switzerland stunned Canada in a penalty shootout to win 3-2.

The United States rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to beat Austria 5-3 in its opening game at the ice hockey world championship Saturday.