One of the most pressing questions on the minds of Avalanche fans is whether this will be the year Samuel Girard is traded. Jared Williss posed this inquiry, noting the emergence of Sam Malinski as a ...

Malinski scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist, went plus-2 and blocked two shots in Thursday's 6-2 win over the ...

Nathan MacKinnon takes a pass from Brent Burns and scores just 1:26 into the game. However, on the same play, Josh Manson ...

Tonight, the Colorado Avalanche welcomed the Florida Panthers into Denver after coming home from a road trip. This was the ...

Malinski notched an assist and two shots on goal in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Blackhawks. This was Malinski's third helper in the last four games, which is all of his offense this season. The ...

Sam Malinski didn’t need a heart-to-heart, in-depth meeting. He got the message. Malinski, a healthy scratch for the past three games, returns to the lineup Wednesday night in a pivotal Central ...

CHICAGO – Sam Malinski might be underselling things when his thoughts about his first 21 games are, “I feel good.” According to every single metric available to NHL fans and followers, the more ...

The day before the NHL free agent market opened this past offseason, Sam Malinski looked like a safe bet to be in the Colorado Avalanche lineup on opening night. Then the Avs added not one or two, but ...

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today the team has signed defenseman Sam Malinski to a one-year contract extension for the 2025-26 season. Malinski, 26, made the Colorado’s opening night ...

With the additions to the blue line the Avalanche made over the summer, it would be easy to overlook Sam Malinski. The 26-year-old defenseman went to training camp ready to compete, having bulked up ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The end of a Sam Malinski shift was a study in mannerisms for one college assistant coach. It was almost a miniature game of facial expressions. Always with ...