Wojtek Wolski

Wojtek Wolski had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche held on for a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night when a tying goal was disallowed in the final seconds. Milan Hejduk and Chris Stewart also scored for Colorado. Peter Budaj, making his third consecutive start since starter Craig Anderson suffered a neck injury, had 29 saves and an assist. Jason Chimera had a goal and an assist and Jakub Voracek also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have lost eight of nine. Chimera thought he tied it with 13.7 seconds left, jamming in the puck at the ... Read Full Story

Mikko Koivu and Andrew Ebbett scored in the shootout, and Josh Harding stopped both of Colorado's shooters to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Avalanche 3-2 on Saturday night for a home-and-home sweep. Eric Belanger and Guillamume Latendresse scored in regulation, and Harding made 20 saves for Minnesota, which beat Colorado 5-3 on Friday night in St. Paul. Craig Anderson made 34 saves, and Matt Duchene and Matt Hendricks scored for Colorado. The Avalanche have lost five of their last six games. Trailing 2-0, the Wild chipped away at the Colorado lead. Belanger scored 57 seconds into the second period, and Latendresse scored with ... Read Full Story

Chuck Kobasew had a hat trick and Andrew Brunette scored the winning goal on a power midway through the third period Friday, leading the Minnesota Wild past the Colorado Avalanche 5-3. Kobasew added an empty-net goal with 17.9 seconds left to complete his second career hat trick. Owen Nolan scored once and Niklas Backstrom stopped 31 shots for Minnesota in the opener of a home-and-home series. Kobasew's other hat trick was Jan. 24, 2006, at Colorado. Kyle Quincey, Paul Stastny and Chris Stewart scored for the Avalanche, 1-5-4 in their last 10 trips to Minnesota. Brunette took a pass across the crease from Mikko ... Read Full Story

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Wojtek Wolski scored in the third period to give the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. In a Northwest Division showdown, the Avalanche scored three unanswered goals to climb out of an early deficit and hand Calgary its first divisional defeat of the season. Two goals down with just over a minute played, Colorado's David Koci and David Jones hit back to tie the score at 2-2 before the end of the first period, and Wolski converted a wrister for the game-winner at 5:31 in the third. It was Wolski's team-leading eighth goal ... Read Full Story

Mike Ribeiro resorted to some trickery in the final shootout attempt, skating in backward and then flipping a shot into the net off Peter Budaj to lift the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night. After Matt Climie stopped T.J. Hensick's try, Ribeiro glided toward Budaj, suddenly turned backward, passed the puck to himself between his legs and then shot it at Budaj, the puck bounding high into the air before trickling in. Fabian Brunnstrom and James Neal also scored in the shootout for the Stars, while Wojtek Wolski and Milan Hejduk countered for Colorado. Brunnstrom and Steve ... Read Full Story