The Colorado Avalanche trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Devon Toews had an easy excuse for missing Friday's practice. They needed a break after hoisting hockey's new trophy. MacKinnon, Makar and Toews helped Canada to a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game on Thursday.

The Colorado Avalanche stumbled through a pair of road games against inferior competition to start the post-4 Nations Face-Off stretch run. Now the team has a season-high six-game homestand coming up,

Canada is without No. 1 defenseman Cale Makar for its game against the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Saturday night. Makar, the 2022 Norris Trophy winner and playoff MVP that year when he helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup,

The Colorado Avalanche trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Devon Toews had an easy excuse for missing Friday's practice.

The Colorado Avalanche trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Devon Toews had an easy excuse for missing Friday’s practice. They needed a break after hoisting hockey’s new trophy. MacKinnon, Makar and Toews helped Canada to a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game on Thursday.

Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche's star defenseman, recently married Tracy Evans, a Calgary-based teacher and former athlete. Their romantic relationshi

The Avs hope Valeri Nichushkin could play as soon as Wednesday, the first game of the homestand, against New Jersey. That would be the healthiest the team has been all year, with just defenseman Josh Manson missing from a Landeskog-less optimal lineup.

Canada is without No. 1 defenseman Cale Makar for its game against the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Canada star defenseman Cale Makar voiced a very strong statement after missing his team's crucial game against Team USA, sending a clear message to head coach Jon Cooper, Sidney Crosby, and the rest of the locker room.

Team Canada will be looking for revenge on Thursday in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game against Team USA. The Americans beat them 3-1 last weekend, but the Canadians didn’t have top defenceman Cale Makar in the lineup.

Part of the reason for Canada’s loss could be chalked up to the absence of their best defenseman, Cale Makar. An illness sidelined ... and was confirmed to be back in the lineup. Makar will re-join his Colorado Avalanche teammate Devon Toews on Team ...

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Makar is the younger brother of Cale Makar, the Norris Trophy-winning defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche and former Hobey Baker winner as college hockey’s top player at UMass in 2019. Taylor spent the first three years of his college career at UMass, before transferring to Maine this season for his senior year.