Avalanche offseason
Colorado Avalanche release 2021-22 schedule: Back to the old days

We saw a lot of games crammed into a short schedule last season, and it’s kind of the same thing for the Colorado Avalanche in 2021-22, as the team’s regular-season schedule was released just now. It’s a tough schedule, travel-wise. A three-week Olympic break in February can be blamed for some of it.
The Avs figure to be a very tired team at times. Yeah, most guys will enjoy that three-week break in February, but not the top players. First off, here’s the full schedule and team release:
The Avalanche will return to the Central Division in 2021-22 after competing in the Honda West Division for the shortened 2020-21 campaign. With the expansion Seattle Kraken beginning play this year and joining the Pacific Division, the Central will now have eight teams with the addition of the Arizona Coyotes.
The Avs will play 26 games against their division foes, meeting Arizona, Chicago, Minnesota, Nashville and Winnipeg four times each (two home/away) and Dallas (one home/two away) and St. Louis (two home/one away) three times apiece. Colorado will play 24 games versus the Pacific Division (three times against each opponent) and 32 against teams from the Eastern Conference (one home/away).
Colorado will face Chicago on Opening Night for the third time since relocating to Denver (also 2003-04 and 2010-11). The Avs will begin their season at home for the fourth straight year and sixth time in the last seven campaigns.
The 2021-22 schedule includes a break in February for the NHL All-Star Game and 2022 Winter Olympics (note: no final agreement or decision has been made regarding Olympic participation). The Avalanche’s longest homestand is four contests from April 13-18 while its longest road trip is five games from Dec. 1-8. Colorado will play 11 back-to-back sets.
Colorado will have its busiest December ever (16 games) and will match its busiest January (16 games, 2003-04) and April (14 contests, 2012-13). Colorado will end the regular season on April 29 in Minnesota.
Single-game tickets for the preseason and regular season go on sale this Saturday, July 24, at 10:00 a.m. Full Season Memberships and Partial Deposits are on sale now by calling the Avalanche Sales Office at 303.4AVS.NHL.
Start times will be announced at a later date. All 82 games can be heard on the Altitude Radio Network, Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM or 950 AM. Altitude TV information will be announced at a later time.
OCTOBER
 Wed  Oct. 13   CHICAGO          Â
Sat     Oct. 16   ST. LOUIS
Tue    Oct. 19    at Washington
Thu    Oct. 21    at Florida
Sat     Oct. 23    at Tampa Bay
Tue    Oct. 26   VEGAS                 Â
Thu    Oct. 28    at St. Louis
Sat     Oct. 30   MINNESOTA     Â
NOVEMBER
Wed  Nov. 3     COLUMBUS      Â
Sat     Nov. 6     at Columbus
Thu   Nov. 11   VANCOUVER   Â
Sat     Nov. 13   SAN JOSE           Â
Wed   Nov. 17   at Vancouver
Fri      Nov. 19   at Seattle
Mon  Nov. 22   OTTAWA            Â
Wed  Nov. 24   ANAHEIM          Â
Fri      Nov. 26   at Dallas
Sat     Nov. 27   NASHVILLE      Â
 DECEMBER
 Wed   Dec. 1     at Toronto
Thu    Dec. 2     at Montreal
Sat     Dec. 4     at Ottawa
Mon   Dec. 6     at Philadelphia
Wed   Dec. 8     at NY Rangers
Fri     Dec. 10   DETROIT            Â
Sun    Dec. 12   FLORIDA            Â
Tue    Dec. 14   NY RANGERS   Â
Thu    Dec. 16   at Nashville
Sat     Dec. 18   TAMPA BAY     Â
Mon   Dec. 20   at Detroit
Wed   Dec. 22   at Buffalo
Thu    Dec. 23   at Boston
Mon   Dec. 27   at Vegas
Wed  Dec. 29   DALLAS              Â
Fri      Dec. 31   at Dallas
 JANUARY
 Sun    Jan. 2      ANAHEIM          Â
Tue    Jan. 4       at Chicago
Thu   Jan. 6      WINNIPEG         Â
Sat     Jan. 8      TORONTO         Â
Mon  Jan. 10   SEATTLE            Â
Tue    Jan. 11    at Nashville
Fri     Jan. 14   ARIZONA
Sat     Jan. 15    at Arizona
Mon  Jan. 17   MINNESOTA     Â
Wed   Jan. 19    at Anaheim
Thu    Jan. 20    at Los Angeles
Sat     Jan. 22   MONTREAL      Â
Mon  Jan. 24   CHICAGO          Â
Wed  Jan. 26   BOSTON
Fri      Jan. 28    at Chicago
Sun    Jan. 30   BUFFALO           Â
 FEBRUARY
 Tue    Feb. 1     ARIZONA
ALL-STAR / OLYMPIC BREAK
Fri     Feb. 25   WINNIPEG         Â
Sat     Feb. 26    at Vegas
MARCH
 Tue    Mar. 1    NY ISLANDERS
Thu    Mar. 3     at Arizona
Sat     Mar. 5    CALGARY          Â
Mon   Mar. 7     at NY Islanders
Tue    Mar. 8     at New Jersey
Thu    Mar. 10   at Carolina
Sun    Mar. 13  CALGARY          Â
Tue    Mar. 15   at Los Angeles
Fri      Mar. 18   at San Jose
Mon  Mar. 21  EDMONTON     Â
Wed  Mar. 23  VANCOUVER   Â
Fri     Mar. 25  PHILADELPHIA                Â
Sun    Mar. 27   at Minnesota
Tue    Mar. 29   at Calgary
Thu   Mar. 31  SAN JOSE           Â
APRIL
 Sat     Apr. 2     PITTSBURGH   Â
Tue    Apr. 5      at Pittsburgh
Fri      Apr. 8      at Winnipeg
Sat     Apr. 9      at Edmonton
Wed  Apr. 13   LOS ANGELES Â
Thu   Apr. 14   NEW JERSEY   Â
Sat     Apr. 16   CAROLINA        Â
Mon  Apr. 18   WASHINGTONÂ
Wed   Apr. 20   at Seattle
Fri      Apr. 22   at Edmonton
Sun    Apr. 24   at Winnipeg
Tue    Apr. 26   ST. LOUIS           Â
Thu   Apr. 28   NASHVILLE      Â
Fri      Apr. 29   at Minnesota
This is a very tiring schedule. A game pretty much every other day most of the time, with more airplane travel to and fro. A couple of really weird road trips too, like the one from April 5-9 – at Pittsburgh April 5, then at….Winnipeg April 8, then at Edmonton April 9. They’ll play three games in four nights near Christmas in Detroit, Buffalo and Boston. Don’t forget your overcoats for that one.