AVALANCHE PRESEASON GAME NOTES Monday, September 24, 2018 Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights — T-Mobile Arena

Tonight: The continues its 2018-19 preseason slate tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights, the third of six contests on the Avs’ exhibition schedule and the second and final meeting with Vegas of the preseason. The teams clashed in the Avs’ preseason opener on Sept. 18. Colorado faces the Golden Knights, Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars twice each (home-and-home) in the month of September. Colorado will return to the Mile High City for consecutive home games against the Stars and Wild on Wednesday and Friday night before wrapping up the exhibition slate at Dallas on Sept. 30.

Tune In: All preseason and regular season games can be heard on the Altitude Radio Network, with Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM) serving as the flagship home of Avalanche hockey in 2018-19. New radio play-by-play announcer Conor McGahey will call the action for all six exhibition games and all 82 regular season contests. Long-time Altitude television analyst Peter McNab will join him in the booth for Monday’s game. Colorado’s final home preseason game on Sept. 28 against Minnesota will be broadcast on Altitude TV.

Date Opponent Time (MT) Location Result Tue., Sept. 18, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights 7 p.m. Pepsi Center L, 5-1 Sat., Sept. 22, 2018 @ Minnesota Wild 4 p.m. Xcel Energy Center L, 7-0 Mon., Sept. 24, 2018 @ Vegas Golden Knights 8 p.m. T-Mobile Arena Wed., Sept. 26, 2018 Dallas Stars 7 p.m. Pepsi Center Fri., Sept. 28, 2018 Minnesota Wild 7 p.m. Pepsi Center Sun., Sept. 30, 2018 @ Dallas Stars 4 p.m. American Airlines Center

Avalanche vs. Golden Knights: Monday’s game is the second and final exhibition contest between the Avs and Golden Knights. Vegas won 5-1 in the first meeting between the clubs on Sept. 18, which was the preseason opener for the Avalanche. Colorado finished 1- 2-0 against Vegas during the 2017-18 regular season, the first-ever NHL campaign for the Golden Knights. The Avalanche’s win came in the only meeting between the teams in Denver, a 2-1 shootout victory on March 24. The win moved Colorado into the first wild- card spot in the Western Conference and prevented the Golden Knights from clinching their first-ever Stanley Cup Playoff berth (which they would do just two nights later when the teams clashed again in Vegas for the second part of the home-and-home series.

2018-19 Preseason Game-by-Game Summary Scoring by Period Shots by Period Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT F PP PK Pen/Min GWG (Saves-Shots) 9/18 vs. VGK 1 2 2 - 5 9 15 6 - 30 2-2 2-2 2-4 E. Brannstrom Z. Fucale (24-25) COL 0 0 1 - 1 9 9 7 - 25 0-2 0-2 2-4 S. Varlamov (21-24)/S. Martin (4-6) 9/22 @ MIN 1 3 3 - 7 12 11 10 - 33 1-6 3-3 3-6 J. Zucker A. Stalock (16-16) COL 0 0 0 - 0 5 7 4 - 16 0-3 5-6 6-12 P. Grubauer (26-33) 9/24 @ VGK COL 9/26 vs. DAL COL 9/28 vs. MIN COL 9/30 @ DAL COL

Transactions: On Wednesday, Sept. 19, the Avalanche reassigned forwards J.C. Beaudin (, AHL), Matthew Boucher (Colorado Eagles, AHL), Josh Dickinson (Colorado Eagles, AHL), Grayson Downing (Colorado Eagles, AHL), Nick Henry (Regina Pats, WHL), Julien Nantel (Colorado Eagles, AHL), Brandon Saigeon (Hamilton Bulldogs, OHL) and defensemen Kevin Davis (Colorado Eagles, AHL), Nolan De Jong (Colorado Eagles, AHL), and Turner Ottenbreit (Colorado Eagles, AHL).

2018 Rookie Faceoff: The Avs traveled to Las Vegas to participate in the 2018 Rookie Faceoff hosted by the Golden Knights from Sept. 7-11 at City National Arena. Colorado finished 1-2-0 in games against the Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks and host Vegas. Brandon Saigeon led the Avalanche with five points (5g, 0a) while Ty Lewis ranked second for the club with four points (1g, 3a). Vladislav Kamenev (1g, 2a), who served as captain of the rookie team, and Logan O’Connor (2g, 1a) each added three points.

2018 Rookie Faceoff Scoring Summary

9/8 vs. Vegas L, 7-6 9/9 vs. Anaheim L, 5-2 9/11 vs. San Jose W, 6-3 Player G-A-P Player G-A-P Player G-A-P Logan O’Connor 2-1-3 Brandon Saigeon 1-0-1 Brandon Saigeon 2-0-2 Brandon Saigeon 2-0-2 Matthew Boucher 1-0-1 Vladislav Kamenev 1-1-2 Ty Lewis 1-1-2 Michael Joly 0-1-1 Ty Lewis 0-2-2 Matthew Boucher 1-0-1 Cole Reinhardt 0-1-1 Nolan De Jong 1-0-1 Vladislav Kamenev 0-1-1 R.T. Rice 0-1-1 Martin Kaut 1-0-1 Josh Dickinson 0-1-1 Tim McGauley 1-0-1 Sergei Boikov 0-1-1 Sergei Boikov 0-1-1 Alex Breton 0-1-1 Nick Henry 0-1-1 Robbie Holmes 0-1-1 Cole Reinhardt 0-1-1 R.T. Rice 0-1-1

2018-19 Regular Season Schedule: The Avs will begin their season at home for the 10th time in the last 13 seasons. Despite playing its first two games at home, the Avalanche will be on the road for much of the early portion of the season, playing 11 of its first 17, 14 of its first 22 and 19 of its first 30 away from Denver. The 2018-19 campaign marks the fourth time in the last seven years that the Avalanche will face the Wild in a season opener (also 2012-13, 2014-15 and 2015-16)... Colorado’s longest road trip is five games, Jan. 8-16, while its longest homestand is also five contests from Jan. 19–Feb. 5. The Avs will have the All-Star Break and their “bye week” in the middle of that homestand... Colorado will play 12 games in October, the club’s most dates in the opening month since 2009-10 (14).

They’re Back: The Avalanche revealed the return of its fan-favorite third jersey for the 2018-19 campaign. The sweater originally debuted during the team’s 20th anniversary season on Oct. 24, 2015 vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets at Pepsi Center. Colorado's third jersey will will be worn during 12 home contests (schedule below) this season, all of which will be against Central Division opponents as part of the Avalanche’s Division Rival third jersey nights at Pepsi Center.

2018-19 Third Jersey Schedule Nov. 7 vs. Nashville Jan. 21 vs. Nashville Nov. 24 vs. Dallas Jan. 23 vs. Minnesota Nov. 30 vs. St. Louis Feb. 16 vs. St. Louis Dec. 15 vs. Dallas Feb. 20 vs. Winnipeg Dec. 21 vs. Chicago Mar. 23 vs. Chicago Dec. 29 vs. Chicago Apr. 4 vs. Winnipeg

Avs Host Fan Fest on Sept. 29: The Colorado Avalanche will host its inaugural free-of-charge Fan Fest from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Pepsi Center presented by Altitude Sports Radio’s 92.5 FM. The Avalanche Fan Fest is a fun, interactive experience that provides fans with an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the innerworkings of an Avs team practice. Fans will get a peek into practice strategy, view “live” in-practice interviews with players and coaches and experience an end-of-practice Avs player contest. The event will also include an exclusive Q&A with Head Coach Jared Bednar hosted by Altitude Sports play-by-play announcer Marc Moser and color analyst Peter McNab.

Pronunciation Guide Mark Barberio bahr-BAIR-ee-oh Tyson Jost JOH-st J.C. Beaudin boh-DEHN Vladislav Kamenev KA-men-ehv Matthew Boucher boo-SHAY Martin Kaut COW-t Sergei Boikov boi-KAWV Nicolas Meloche meh-LAWSH Joe Cannata ka-NA-tuh Matt Nieto NEE-eh-toh Nolan De Jong de-YOUNG Mikko Rantanen MEE-koh ran-TA-nehn Sheldon Dries DR-EYES Brandon Saigeon SAY-zhen Pavel Francouz FRAN-soos Igor Shvyrev SHVEE-rev Mason Geertsen GUHRT-zen Semyon Varlamov sehm-YAWN vahr-LAW-mawv Philipp Grubauer groo-BAHW-uhr Nikita Zadorov za-DOHR-awv

Changes at Altitude: After 11 seasons as the Avalanche radio play-by-play announcer, Marc Moser moves over to the television side. Moser will be joined by analyst Peter McNab, who returns for his 23rd season as analyst for the Avalanche and his 14th season with Altitude Sports. Lauren Gardner will return as the rinkside reporter/host, and Kyle Keefe, Mark Rycroft and John-Michael Liles will host the pre-game and post-game shows along with the intermission reports. Veteran broadcaster, Conor McGahey will take over radio play-by-play duties this season while Mark Bertagnolli will return as the studio host. KSE Radio Ventures also announced an expansion of its sports programming, moving the primary radio home of the Avalanche to 92.5 FM with select games to be aired on 950 AM. Avalanche 360 with Jared Bednar will return for its third season on Altitude Sports and will debut Thursdays at 10:30 p.m, or immediately following the Avalanche postgame show starting on Oct. 4, and run throughout the season. Avalanche 360 takes fans behind the scenes to learn more about their favorite players and coaches with unprecedented access.

Eagles Make AHL Debut: The Colorado Eagles will open the 2018-19 AHL regular season against the Chicago Wolves on Friday, October 5 at 7:05 p.m. at the Budweiser Events Center. The meeting will officially kick off the Eagles' inaugural season as members of the . The Avalanche officially announced on Oct. 10, 2017 that the Eagles would become the club’s next American Hockey League affiliate beginning with the 2018-19 campaign. The Eagles served as the Avs’ ECHL affiliate from 2016-18 and previously acted as the second-tier affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets in 2012-13 and Calgary Flames in 2014-15. Colorado captured the as ECHL Champions in 2017 and 2018, becoming just the fourth team in the league’s 30-year history to win back-to- back titles. They joined the Allen Americans (2015 and 2016), (1993 and 1994) and Hampton Roads Admirals (1991 and 1992) as the only teams to accomplish the feat.