Valeri Nichushkin’s puck-handling skills and vision on the ice are outstanding. He is the epitome of a playmaker and the team ...

Valeri Nichushkin’s puck-handling skills and vision on the ice are outstanding. He is the epitome of a playmaker and the team suffers when he is out of the lineup. A perfect example of his abilities ...

Nichushkin notched a power-play assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Penguins. Nichushkin has two points over three games, both on the power play, since returning from ...

What I expected to be a hard-fought heavy game against a team the Avalanche are chasing in the standings was anything but ...

Nichushkin scored a power-play goal on five shots in Friday's 5-2 win over the Wild. This was Nichushkin's second game back from missing 21 contests due to a lower-body injury. The 29-year-old winger ...

Valeri Nichushkin made an immediate impact in his return to the Avalanche lineup on Wednesday, and our NHL player prop picks ...

It’s a years-long trend since he arrived in Denver and had a breakout season when the Avs won the Stanley Cup. Just in the years since the title, Colorado is 89-30-10 during the regular season when ...

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 longtime voice of hockey in Pittsburgh has gone silent. Mike Lange, the play-by-play man for the Pittsburgh Penguins for nearly five decades, died Wednesday at age 76. There was no immediate word ...

The biggest takeaway from practice — or at least one of two giant takeaways — is the status of Valeri Nichushkin. He hasn’t played since Dec. 31 in what, at the time, was called a day-to-day ...

Then there is the Valeri Nichushkin situation. Nichushkin was one of the first players on the ice and wore a full-contact jersey, but he couldn't make it through the team portion of the practice.

Then there is the Valeri Nichushkin situation. Nichushkin was one of the first players on the ice and wore a full-contact jersey, but he couldn't make it through the team portion of the practice.