Avalanche games finally have start times to go along with the dates on the upcoming 2021-22 schedule. The schedule was initially released with a whole bunch of TBD's; that has been resolved. With the release of the schedule, it's really starting to feel like the season is right around the corner and I can't wait.

NHL Release:

NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League today announced start times for the 2021-22 regular season. The 2021-22 regular season will commence Tuesday, Oct. 12 with a doubleheader that includes the Tampa Bay Lightning raising their third Stanley Cup championship banner before facing the Pittsburgh Penguins at Amalie Arena at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by the first-ever regular-season game for the NHL's 32nd franchise, the Seattle Kraken, who will play against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena at 10 p.m. ET. The 1,312-game regular-season schedule -- 82 games per team -- will conclude Friday, April 29, when 30 of the League's 32 teams take to the ice

The Avs begin their quest for a third Stanley Cup by hosting the new-look Chicago Blackhawks and Marc-Andre Fleury on October 12th at 8 pm MT. They face Vegas for the first time on October 26th at home at 6 pm MT.

Other notable dates and times:

- They play and home-and-home series with CBJ on 11/3 and 11/6. The first of four such mini-series this season ( DAL, AZ, PIT).

- They host Anaheim on Jan. 2 for a New Year matinee tilt. They have three matinees total.

- If NHL players end up participating in the Winter Olympics there will be a two-week break in February. The NHL has no games scheduled from Feb. 2-24 because of the All-Star Game and potentially the Winter Olympics. The Avs play a total of 3 games in Feb.

- The empty Feb. means some of the other months will be stuffed to the gills. December and January will be the busiest with 16 games, followed by 14 games in April.

- The regular season ends on April 29 on the road against those pesky Minnesota Wild.

Here is the entire schedule if you're interested.

OCTOBER

Wed., Oct. 13, 8 p.m. Chicago
Sat., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. St. Louis
Tue., Oct. 19, 6 p.m. At Washington
Thu., Oct. 21, 5 p.m. At Florida
Sat., Oct. 23, 5 p.m. At Tampa Bay
Tue., Oct. 26, 6 p.m. Vegas
Thu., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. At St. Louis
Sat., Oct. 30, 7 p.m. Minnesota

NOVEMBER

Wed., Nov. 3, 7 p.m. Columbus
Sat., Nov. 6, 5 p.m. At Columbus
Thu., Nov. 11, 7 p.m. Vancouver
Sat., Nov. 13, 7 p.m. San Jose
Wed., Nov. 17, 7 p.m. At Vancouver
Fri., Nov. 19, 8 p.m. At Seattle
Mon., Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m. Ottawa
Wed., Nov. 24, 7 p.m. Anaheim
Fri., Nov. 26, 5:30 p.m. At Dallas
Sat., Nov. 27, 7 p.m. Nashville

DECEMBER

Wed., Dec. 1, 5:30 p.m. @ Toronto
Thu., Dec. 2, 5 p.m. @ Montreal
Sat., Dec. 4, 5 p.m. @ Ottawa
Mon., Dec. 6, 5 p.m. @ Philadelphia
Wed., Dec. 8, 5 p.m. @ N.Y. Rangers
Fri., Dec. 10, 7 p.m. vs Detroit
Sun., Dec. 12, 6 p.m. vs Florida
Tue., Dec. 14, 7 p.m. vs N.Y. Rangers
Thu., Dec. 16, 6 p.m. @ Nashville
Sat. Dec. 18, 7 p.m. vs Tampa Bay
Mon., Dec. 20, 5:30 p.m. @ Detroit
Wed., Dec. 22, 5 p.m. @ Buffalo
Thu., Dec. 23, 5 p.m. @ Boston
Mon., Dec. 27, 8 p.m. @ Vegas
Wed., Dec. 29, 8 p.m. vs Dallas
Fri., Dec. 31, 6:30 p.m. @ Dallas

JANUARY

Sun., Jan. 2, 1 p.m. vs Anaheim
Tue., Jan. 4, 6:30 p.m. @ Chicago
Thu., Jan. 6, 7 p.m. vs Winnipeg
Sat., Jan. 8, 5 p.m. vs Toronto
Mon., Jan. 10, 7 p.m. vs Seattle
Tue., Jan. 11, 6 p.m. @ Nashville
Fri., Jan. 14, 7 p.m. vs Arizona
Sat., Jan. 15, 7 p.m. @ Arizona
Mon., Jan. 17, 1 p.m. vs Minnesota
Wed., Jan. 19, 8 p.m. @ Anaheim
Thu., Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m. @ Los Angeles
Sat., Jan. 22, 5 p.m. vs Montreal
Mon., Jan. 24, 7 p.m. vs Chicago
Wed., Jan. 26, 8 p.m. vs Boston
Fri., Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m. @ Chicago
Sun., Jan. 30, 6 p.m. vs Buffalo

FEBRUARY

Tue., Feb. 1, 7 p.m. vs Arizona
All-Star/Olympic break
Fri., Feb. 25, 7 p.m. vs Winnipeg
Sat., Feb. 26, 8 p.m. @ Vegas

MARCH

Tue., March 1, 7 p.m. vs N.Y. Islanders
Thu., March 3, 7 p.m. @ Arizona
Sat., March 5, 8 p.m. vs Calgary
Mon., March 7, 5:30 p.m. @ N.Y. Islanders
Tue., March 8, 5 p.m. @ New Jersey
Thu., March 10, 5 p.m. @ Carolina
Sun., March 13, 6 p.m. vs Calgary
Tue., March 15, 8:30 p.m. @ Los Angeles
Fri., March 18, 8:30 p.m. @ San Jose
Mon., March 21, 7:30 p.m. vs Edmonton
Wed., March 23, 7:30 p.m. vs Vancouver
Fri., March 25, 7 p.m. vs Philadelphia
Sun., March 27, 4 p.m. @ Minnesota
Tue., March 29, 7 p.m. @ Calgary
Thu., March 31, 7 p.m. vs San Jose

APRIL

Sat., April 2, 1 p.m. vs Pittsburgh
Tue., April 5, 5 p.m. @ Pittsburgh
Fri., April 8, 6 p.m. @ Winnipeg
Sat., April 9, 8 p.m. @ Edmonton
Wed., April 13, 7:30 p.m. vs Los Angeles
Thu., April 14, 7 p.m. vs New Jersey
Sat., April 16, 7 p.m. vs Carolina
Mon., April 18, 7 p.m. vs Washington
Wed., April 20, 8 p.m. @ Seattle
Fri., April 22, 7 p.m. @ Edmonton
Sun., April 24, 5 p.m. @ Winnipeg
Tue., April 26, 7:30 p.m. vs St. Louis
Thu., April 28, 7 p.m. vs Nashville
Fri., April 29, 6 p.m. @ Minnesota

Thanks for reading,
Steve

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