TEAM GUIDE

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
COLORADO AVALANCHE
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built)............................... United Center (19,717, 1994)
Mailing Address.................................................. 1901 W. Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Telephone.......................................................................... 312.455.7000
Fax .................................................................................... 312.455.7042
Website.............................................................chicagoblackhawks.com
Twitter.........................................................................@NHLBlackhawks
Founded.....................................................................................1926-27
Stanley Cup Titles...................... 6; 1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013, 2015
Colors.....................................................................Red, White and Black
DIRECTORY
Chairman.........................................................W. Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz
President/CEO............................................................John F. McDonough
General Manager...............................................................Stan Bowman
Head Coach.................................................................... Joel Quenneville
Assistant Coach.................................................................. Mike Kitchen
Assistant Coach.................................................................. Kevin Dineen
Goaltending Coach...............................................................Jimmy Waite
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built)................................. Pepsi Center (18,007, 1999)
Mailing Address....................................................... 1000 Chopper Circle
Denver, CO 80204
Telephone.......................................................................... 303.405.1100
Fax .................................................................................... 303.893.0614
Website.............................................................. coloradoavalanche.com
Twitter..................................................................................@Avalanche
Founded................................1979-80 (Relocated from Quebec in 1995)
Stanley Cup Titles.............................................................. 2; 1996, 2001
Colors................................................... Burgundy, Silver, Blue and Black
DIRECTORY
Owner..........................................................................E. Stanley Kroenke
President & Governor ........................................................ Josh Kroenke
EVP of Hockey Ops/General Manager/Alt. Governor................ Joe Sakic
Head Coach.........................................................................Jared Bednar
Assistant Coach........................................................................ Tim Army
Assistant Coach...................................................................Dave Farrish
Assistant Coach.....................................................................Nolan Pratt
Goaltending Consultant.................................................. Francois Allaire
WILD vs. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
2015-16 Wild Record: 5-0-0 (3-0-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 2-0-0 at Chicago)
All-Time Wild Record: 37-22-3 (21-10-1 at Xcel Energy Center, 16-12-2 at Chicago)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
CHI 2 2 0 – 4 10 9 10 – 29 1-1 2-4 Darling (25-30)
10/30 MIN 3 1 1 – 5 16 6 8 – 30 1-2 1-2 Niederreiter (1) Dubnyk (25-29) *19,140
MIN 1 0 1 – 2 14 11 11 – 36 0-4 3-6 Suter (2) Dubnyk (30-31)
12/1 CHI 0 1 0 – 1 8 11 12 – 31 1-3 4-8 Crawford (34-36) *21,580
CHI 0 0 1 – 1 9 11 12 – 32 0-2 8-27 CRAWFORD (19-23); Darling (8-9)
2/21 MIN 2 2 2 – 6 11 12 9 – 32 1-6 5-10 Vanek (5) Dubnyk (31-32) 50,426
MIN 0 2 0 0 3 7 10 16 1 34 0-3 1-4 Dubnyk (29-31)
3/20 CHI 0 2 0 0 2 13 10 7 1 31 0-2 3-6 Darling (32-34) *22,059
CHI 1 0 0 – 1 5 7 7 – 19 0-3 4-19 Darling (14-17)
3/29 MIN 1 0 3 – 4 8 6 4 – 18 0-3 4-11 Spurgeon (2) Dubnyk (18-19) *19,190
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
CHI 3 5 0 0 9 45 48 48 1 142 2-11 (18.2) 21-64 Crawford (0-2-0, 53-59); Darling (0-2-1, 79-90)
MIN 7 5 7 0 19 56 45 48 1 150 2-18 (11.1) 14-33 Dubnyk (5-0-0, 133-142)
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: Minnesota won the season series 5-0-0…The Wild won 5-4 at Xcel Energy Center (10/30), earned a 2-1 victory at United Center (12/1), defeated
the Blackhawks 6-1 in the 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series Game at TCF Bank Stadium (2/21), took a 3-2 shootout win in Chicago (3/20) and won 4-1
in Saint Paul (3/29)…C Erik Haula (3-4=7) and RW Nino Niederreiter (4-3=7) each led Minnesota with seven points…RW Jason Pominville totaled five
points (2-3=5)…C Mikael Granlund and C Mikko Koivu tallied four assists apiece…G Devan Dubnyk went 5-0-0 with a 1.77 GAA and a .937 SV%…C
Jonathan Toews led the Chicago with four points (2-2=4)…RW Patrick Kane owned three points (2-1=3)…D Duncan Keith and LW Artemi Panarin each
tallied two assists…G Scott Darling went 0-2-1 with a 3.28 GAA and a .878 SV% in four games (three starts)…G Corey Crawford went 0-2-0 with a 3.67
GAA and a .898 SV% in two starts.
WILD LEADERS: D Ryan Suter leads the Wild with 32 points (5-27=32) in 62 games vs. Chicago, his highest point total against any team…Koivu has 31
points (5-26=31) in 43 matches…Pominville has 17 points (10-7=17) in 21 contests…C Eric Staal owns 12 points (2-10=12) in 13 games and Granlund
has 12 points (2-10=12) in 14 contests.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 9-6-0 with a 2.95 GAA, a .912 SV% and one shutout in 17 games (16 starts) vs. the Blackhawks…G Darcy Kuemper is 1-0-0 with
a 1.22 GAA and a .959 SV% in two contests (one start).
BLACKHAWKS LEADERS: Kane has 30 points (13-17=30) in 36 contests against Minnesota…Toews owns 29 points (9-20=29) in 32 contests…RW Marian
Hossa has 26 points (14-12=26) in 36 games…Keith owns 18 points (5-13=18) in 41 games.
BLACKHAWKS GOALIES: Crawford is 7-7-2 with a 2.42 GAA and a .918 SV% in 17 games (16 starts) vs. the Wild…Darling is 0-2-1 with a 3.28 GAA and a
.878 SV% in four games (three starts).
CONNECTIONS: Minnesota Head Coach Bruce Boudreau skated in seven games with Chicago during the 1985-86 season…Wild Goaltending Coach Bob
Mason appeared in 41 games for the Blackhawks in 1987-88.
FAST FACTS: Minnesota became the first NHL team to win every game in a season series of at least five contests against Chicago since the Boston Bruins
went 8-0-0 in 1938-39…The Wild’s current seven-game winning streak is its longest against the Blackhawks…Minnesota had a nine-game winning streak
(1/20/06-1/11/08)…The Wild is 13-6-1 in its last 20 games against Chicago with 11 of the contests being decided by one goal and five going to a shootout.
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
WILD vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE
2015-16 Wild Record: 4-0-1 (2-0-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 2-0-1 at Colorado)
All-Time Wild Record: 45-33-11 (24-15-5 at Xcel Energy Center, 21-18-6 at Colorado)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
MIN 0 1 4 – 5 9 11 10 – 30 1-2 3-6 Parise (1) Dubnyk (19-23)
10/8 COL 3 1 0 – 4 11 7 5 – 23 2-2 3-6 Varlamov (25-30) *18,007
COL 0 0 0 – 0 6 10 4 – 20 0-2 5-10 Varlamov (41-43)
12/5 MIN 0 1 2 – 3 17 12 15 – 44 0-4 3-6 Dumba (3) Dubnyk (11-11); KUEMPER (9-9) *19,173
MIN 0 0 1 0 1 4 9 4 3 20 0-2 1-2 Kuemper (18-20)
12/7 COL 0 1 0 1 2 6 4 6 4 20 0-0 3-6 Mitchell (2) Varlamov (19-20) 16,589
COL 1 2 0 – 3 11 14 8 – 33 1-3 3-6 Varlamov (9-12); PICKARD (15-16)
3/1 MIN 3 0 3 – 6 12 8 10 – 30 0-3 3-6 Coyle (4) Dubnyk (30-33) *19,107
MIN 0 2 2 – 4 8 17 10 – 35 1-5 5-10 Parise (7) Dubnyk (29-29)
3/26 COL 0 0 0 – 0 11 11 7 – 29 0-5 5-10 Varlamov (31-34) *18,007
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
COL 4 4 0 1 9 45 46 30 4 125 3-12 (25.0) 19-38 Pickard (0-1-0, 15-16); Varlamov (1-3-0, 125-139)
MIN 3 4 12 0 19 50 57 49 3 159 2-16 (12.5) 15-30 Dubnyk (3-0-0, 89-96); Kuemper (1-0-1, 27-29)
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: Minnesota won the season series 4-0-1…The Wild earned a 5-4 win in its season opener at Pepsi Center (10/8), a 3-0 shutout victory at Xcel Energy
Center (12/5), a 2-1 overtime loss in Colorado (12/7), a 6-3 victory in Saint Paul (3/1) and a 4-0 shutout win in Denver (3/26)…LW Zach Parise led the Wild
with nine points (6-3=9), including his third career hat trick in the first game…RW Jason Pominville (2-5=7) totaled seven points…C Mikael Granlund tallied
six points (1-5=6) and RW Nino Niederreiter notched five points (3-2=5)…G Devan Dubnyk went 3-0-0 with a 1.99 GAA, a .927 SV% and one shutout in four
starts…G Darcy Kuemper went 1-0-1 with a 1.29 GAA and a .931 SV% in two games (one start)…D Tyson Barrie led the Avalanche with four points (1-3=4)…D
Francois Beauchemin (0-3=3), C Nathan MacKinnon (0-3=3) and C John Mitchell (2-1=3) each had three points…G Semyon Varlamov went 1-3-0 with a 3.23
GAA and a .899 SV% in five games…G Calvin Pickard made 15-of-16 saves in relief during the fourth meeting to earn the loss.
WILD LEADERS: C Mikko Koivu leads the Wild with 40 points (15-25=40) in 59 games against Colorado…Parise owns 30 points (13-17=30) in 26 contests…D
Ryan Suter has 26 points (2-24=26) in 48 games…Pominville has 18 points (7-11=18) in 21 matches…Granlund owns 14 points (3-11=14) in 14 contests.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 13-6-1 with a 2.07 GAA, a .934 SV% and three shutouts in 22 starts vs. the Avalanche – his most wins and tied for most shutouts
against any NHL team…Kuemper is 3-0-1 with a 1.45 GAA, a .939 SV% and two shutouts in five games (four starts).
AVALANCHE LEADERS: RW Jarome Iginla is the all-time leader against the Wild in games played (81), points (71), goals (39), shots (256) and game-winning
goals (10), second in power-play goals (12) and third in assists (32)…LW Gabriel Landeskog has 17 points (8-9=17) in 25 matches…C Matt Duchene has 17
points (5-12=17) in 35 games…Mitchell owns 11 points (5-6=11) in 21 contests.
AVALANCHE GOALIES: Varlamov is 9-11-1 with a 2.49 GAA, a .922 SV% and one shutout in 22 games (21 starts) against Minnesota…Pickard made 15 saves in
relief in his first career action against the Wild (3/1/16).
CONNECTIONS: Wild Assistant Coach Darby Hendrickson skated in 20 games with Colorado in 2003-04…Hockey Operations Advisor Andrew Brunette tallied
205 points (70-135=205) in 246 games (2005-08) with the Avalanche…D Nate Prosser played four seasons with Colorado College (2006-10)…RW Chris
Stewart was drafted in the first round (18th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by Colorado and skated in 166 games, totaling 113 points (52-61=113) and
165 penalty minutes over three seasons with the Avalanche (2008-11)…LW Jason Zucker played in two seasons at University of Denver (2010-12)…D Erik
Johnson hails from Bloomington.
FAST FACTS: Iginla owns three of the 17 all-time hat tricks against the Wild…Minnesota has 101 points against Colorado all-time, its second-most against
any franchise…The Wild has posted an 8-1-1 record against the Avalanche in the last 10 matches, including five shutout victories…Minnesota has outscored
Colorado, 33-13, and has outshot the Avalanche, 336-244 in those 10 games…The Wild’s three shutouts against Colorado during the 2014-15 campaign marked
the second time in franchise history Minnesota has recorded at least three shutouts against the same opponent in a single season (2006-07 vs. Edmonton)…
Minnesota defeated Colorado in seven games in the 2014 Western Conference Quarterfinal.
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
Sun. 1/15 United Center 6:00 P.M.
Wed. 2/8 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Tue. 2/21 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Sun. 3/12 United Center 6:00 P.M.
Sat. 11/5 Pepsi Center 2:00 P.M.
Sat. 11/19 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Tue. 12/20 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Sun. 4/2 Xcel Energy Center 5:00 P.M.
Thur. 4/6 Pepsi Center 8:00 P.M.
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