2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season

2013–14 Colorado Avalanche
Central Division Champions
Division 1st Central
Conference 2nd Western
2013–14 record 52–22–8
Home record 26–11–4
Road record 26–11–4
Goals for 250
Goals against 219
Team information
General Manager Greg Sherman
Coach Patrick Roy
Captain Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains Paul Stastny
Cody McLeod
Arena Pepsi Center
Average attendance 16,295 (92.1%)
Total: 668,133
Minor league affiliations Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
Denver Cutthroats (CHL)
Team leaders
Goals Ryan O'Reilly (28)
Assists Matt Duchene (47)
Points Matt Duchene (70)
Penalties in minutes Cody McLeod (122)
Plus/minus (+) Gabriel Landeskog (+21)
(–) Marc-Andre Cliche (−11)
Wins Semyon Varlamov (41)
Goals against average Semyon Varlamov (2.41)
<2012–13 2014–15>

The 2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season was the 35th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979,[1] and 19th season since the franchise relocated to Colorado to start the 1995–96 NHL season. The Avalanche managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2009-10 season.

Off-season

On May 23, 2013, the Avalanche named former goalie Patrick Roy as their new head coach and vice president of hockey operations.[2]

Regular season

On October 30, 2013, goaltender Semyon Varlamov turned himself into Denver police on charges of kidnapping and assault.[3][4] The charges were later dismissed.[5]

Four players were chosen to represent their country at the 2014 Winter Olympics: Matt Duchene (Canada), Gabriel Landeskog (Sweden), Paul Stastny (United States), and Semyon Varlamov (Russia).[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division[7]
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 y - Colorado Avalanche 82 52 22 8 47 250 220 112
2 St. Louis Blues 82 52 23 7 43 248 191 111
3 Chicago Blackhawks 82 46 21 15 40 267 220 107
4 Minnesota Wild 82 43 27 12 35 207 206 98
5 Dallas Stars 82 40 31 11 36 235 228 91
6 Nashville Predators 82 38 32 12 36 216 242 88
7 Winnipeg Jets 82 37 35 10 29 227 237 84

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)[8]
R GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 y – Colorado Avalanche 82 52 22 8 47 250 220 112
2 St. Louis Blues 82 52 23 7 43 248 191 111
3 Chicago Blackhawks 82 46 21 15 40 267 220 107
Top 3 (Pacific Division)[8]
R GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 z – Anaheim Ducks 82 54 20 8 51 266 209 116
2 San Jose Sharks 82 51 22 9 41 249 200 111
3 Los Angeles Kings 82 46 28 8 38 206 174 100
Wild Card Teams[8]
R (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) Div GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 Minnesota Wild CE 82 43 27 12 35 207 206 98
2 Dallas Stars CE 82 40 31 11 36 235 228 91
3 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 37 30 15 31 216 231 89
4 Nashville Predators CE 82 38 32 12 36 216 242 88
5 Winnipeg Jets CE 82 37 35 10 29 227 237 84
6 Vancouver Canucks PA 82 36 35 11 31 196 223 83
7 Calgary Flames PA 82 35 40 7 28 209 241 77
8 Edmonton Oilers PA 82 29 44 9 25 203 270 67

bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, z – Clinched Conference

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Final stats[9]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Duchene, MattMatt Duchene 71 23 47 70 8 19
Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog 81 26 39 65 21 71
Oreilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly 80 28 36 64 −1 2
MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon 82 24 39 63 20 26
Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 71 25 35 60 9 22
Johnson, ErikErik Johnson 80 9 30 39 5 61
Macginn, JamieJamie McGinn 79 19 19 38 −3 30
Barrie, TysonTyson Barrie 64 13 25 38 17 20
Parenteau, P. A.P. A. Parenteau 55 14 19 33 3 30
Mitchell, JohnJohn Mitchell 75 11 21 32 13 36
Benoit, AndreAndre Benoit 79 7 21 28 2 26
Talbot, MaximeMaxime Talbot 70 7 18 25 4 43
Holden, NickNick Holden 54 10 15 25 12 22
Hejda, JanJan Hejda 78 6 11 17 8 40
Macleod, CodyCody McLeod 71 5 8 13 2 122
Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay 16 4 7 11 7 4
Bordeleau, PatrickPatrick Bordeleau 82 6 5 11 −1 115
Sarich, CoryCory Sarich 54 1 9 10 7 38
Guenin, NateNate Guenin 68 1 8 9 3 46
Cliche, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Cliche 76 1 6 7 −11 17
Downie, SteveSteve Downie 11 1 6 7 4 36
Wilson, RyanRyan Wilson 28 0 6 6 1 12
Malone, BradBrad Malone 32 3 2 5 −4 23
Elliott, StefanStefan Elliott 1 1 0 1 0 0
Van Der Gulik, DavidDavid Van Der Gulik 2 0 0 0 0 0
Hunwick, MattMatt Hunwick 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carey, PaulPaul Carey 12 0 0 0 0 2
Stollery, KarlKarl Stollery 2 0 0 0 1 2

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon 7 2 8 10 2 4
Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 7 5 5 10 −1 4
O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly 7 2 4 6 3 0
McGinn, JamieJamie McGinn 7 2 3 5 −1 2
Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog 7 3 1 4 −2 8
Holden, NickNick Holden 7 3 1 4 2 8
Parenteau, P. A.P. A. Parenteau 7 1 2 3 0 2
Duchene, MattMatt Duchene 2 0 3 3 −1 2
Barrie, TysonTyson Barrie 3 0 2 2 3 0
Johnson, ErikErik Johnson 7 1 1 2 −6 2
Wilson, RyanRyan Wilson 4 0 2 2 −1 2
Benoit, AndreAndre Benoit 7 0 1 1 3 6
McLeod, CodyCody McLeod 7 1 0 1 −1 22
Guenin, NateNate Guenin 7 0 1 1 1 4
Hishon, JoeyJoey Hishon 3 0 1 1 0 2
Talbot, MaximeMaxime Talbot 7 0 0 0 −3 4
Hejda, JanJan Hejda 7 0 0 0 −6 6
Bordeleau, PatrickPatrick Bordeleau 7 0 0 0 −1 10
Cliche, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Cliche 7 0 0 0 −3 2
Malone, BradBrad Malone 6 0 0 0 −1 2
Carey, PaulPaul Carey 3 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders
Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov 63 60 3640 41 14 6 146 2.41 2013 .927 2 0 3 2
Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere 22 19 1212 11 6 1 53 2.62 608 .913 2 0 0 4
Berra, RetoReto Berra 2 2 72 0 1 1 7 5.83 32 .781 0 0 0 0
Aittokallio, SamiSami Aittokallio 1 1 40 0 1 0 3 4.50 18 .833 0 0 0 0
Goaltenders
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov 7 7 432 3 4 20 2.78 231 .913 0 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

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Date
MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon[10] Calder Memorial Trophy June 24, 2014
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy[11] Jack Adams Award June 24, 2014
O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly[12] Lady Byng Memorial Trophy June 24, 2014
Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov[13] 2013-14 NHL Second All-Star Team June 24, 2014

Transactions

The following transactions took place during the 2013–14 NHL season.

Trades

Date
Details
June 27, 2013[14] To Calgary Flames
David Jones
Shane O'Brien
To Colorado Avalanche
Alex Tanguay
Cory Sarich
October 31, 2013[15] To Philadelphia Flyers
Steve Downie
To Colorado Avalanche
Maxime Talbot
March 5, 2014[16] To Calgary Flames
2nd-round pick in 2014
To Colorado Avalanche
Reto Berra

Free agents acquired

Player Former team Contract terms
Andre Benoit[17] Ottawa Senators 1 year, $900,000
Nate Guenin[18] Norfolk Admirals 1 year, $600,000
Guillaume Desbiens[18] Chicago Wolves 1 year, $600,000
J. T. Wyman[18] Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $750,000
Nick Holden[18] Columbus Blue Jackets 2 years, $1.2 million
Cody Corbett[16] Edmonton Oil Kings 3 years, $1.850 million entry-level contract
Samuel Henley[19] Val-d'Or Foreurs 3 years, $1.76 million entry-level contract
Dennis Everberg[19] Rogle BK 2 years, $1.225 million entry-level contract
Roman Will[19] BK Mlada Boleslav 2 years, $1.145 million entry-level contract
Borna Rendulic[19] HPK 2 years, $1.24 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player New team Contract terms
Aaron Palushaj[20] Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers
Marc-Andre Cliche[21] Los Angeles Kings September 22, 2013

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player
Milan Hejduk[22]

Player signings

Player Date Contract terms
David Van der Gulik[18] July 5, 2013 1 year, $600,000
Colin Smith[18] July 5, 2013 3 years, $1.885 million entry level contract
Nathan MacKinnon[23] July 9, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Brad Malone[24] July 17, 2013 1 year, $735,000
Matt Duchene[25] July 18, 2013 5 years, $30 million contract extension
Gabriel Landeskog[26] August 15, 2013 7 years, $39 million contract extension
Chris Bigras[27] September 17, 2013 3 years, $2.715 million entry-level contract
Nate Guenin[28] January 7, 2014 2 years, $1.6 million contract extension
Semyon Varlamov[29] January 30, 2014 5 years, $29.5 million contract extension
Marc-Andre Cliche[30] February 27, 2014 2 years, $1.4 million contract extension
Reto Berra[31] March 14, 2014 3 years, $4.35 million contract extension
John Mitchell[31] March 14, 2014 3 years, $5.4 million contract extension
Troy Bourke[19] May 29, 2014 3 years, $1.895 million entry-level contract
Jamie McGinn[32] June 19, 2014 2 years, $5.9 million contract extension

Draft picks

Colorado Avalanche's picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
1 1 Nathan MacKinnon C  Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 32 Chris Bigras D  Canada Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3 63 Spencer Martin G  Canada Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
4 93 Mason Geertsen D  Canada Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5 123 Will Butcher D  United States U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
6 153 Ben Storm D  United States Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
7 183 Wilhelm Westlund D  Sweden Färjestad BK (SHL)

References

  1. National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  2. Patrick Roy Named Head Coach/Vice President Of Hockey Operations
  3. Semyon Varlamov arrest: Girlfriend said Colorado Avalanche goaltender stomped on her
  4. Avalanche Statement on Semyon Varlamov
  5. Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov's assault case dismissed
  6. 2014 Men's Olympic Rosters
  7. "2013–2014 Standings by Division". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "2013–2014 Wild Card Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  9. "Avalanche 2013-2014 Regular Season Stats". Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  10. MacKinnon Wins Calder Memorial Trophy
  11. Roy Wins Jack Adams Trophy
  12. O'Reilly Wins Lady Byng Trophy
  13. Varlamov Named to NHL Second All-Star Team
  14. Avalanche Acquires Alex Tanguay And Cory Sarich From Flames
  15. Avalanche Acquires Maxime Talbot
  16. 1 2 Avalanche Acquires Berra from Flames
  17. Avalanche Signs Andre Benoit
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Avalanche Announces Signings
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 Avalanche Signs Bourke To Entry-Level Contract
  20. Williams, Terrell (July 11, 2013). "Canes Agree to Terms with Aaron Palushaj – Carolina Hurricanes – News". Carolina Hurricanes.
  21. Avs claim Marc-Andre Cliche from L.A. Kings on waivers, send Pickard to minors
  22. Former Avs Star Hejduk Announces Retirement
  23. Avalanche Signs Nathan MacKinnon
  24. Avs Sign Brad Malone
  25. Matt Duchene Under Contract Long Term
  26. Gabriel Landeskog Signs Seven-Year Extension
  27. Avalanche Signs Chris Bigras
  28. Avalanche Signs Nate Guenin to Two-Year Extension
  29. Avalanche Signs Varlamov to Five-Year Extension
  30. Avalanche Signs Cliche to Two-Year Extension
  31. 1 2 Avalanche Signs Mitchell to Three-Year Extension
  32. Avalanche Signs Jamie McGinn
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