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Colorado Avalanche right wing Valeri Nichushkin (13) during practice before game five of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Winnipeg Jets at the Canada Life Centre in ...

Colorado Avalanche right wing Valeri Nichushkin (13) skates against Vegas Golden Knights center Nicolas Roy (10) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Denver.

Valeri Nichushkin will be eligible to apply for reinstatement after his suspension. NHLI via Getty Images. The statement by the league did not say what had occurred to trigger the suspension, ...

DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury. The forward will try to spark a sputtering ...

Colorado Avalanche right wing Valeri Nichushkin (13) gets after the puck in the period against the New Jersey Devils at Ball Arena in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury.. The Russian forward ...

It took 25 seconds for Valeri Nichushkin to make an impact Wednesday night. Nichushkin hadn’t played in 21 games because of a lower-body injury, but his return was a successful one in a 5-1 thumping ...

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin took strides to take his hard-checking, goal-scoring game to another level this season. Same with his life away from the rink, his Colorado Avalanche teammates ...