2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season was the 35th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 19th season since the franchise relocated to Colorado to start the 1995–96 NHL season.
==Off-season==
On May 23, 2013, the Avalanche named former goalie Patrick Roy as their new head coach and vice president of hockey operations.Patrick Roy Named Head Coach/Vice President Of Hockey Operations
==Regular season==
On October 30, 2013, goaltender Semyon Varlamov turned himself into Denver police on charges of kidnapping and assault.Semyon Varlamov arrest: Girlfriend said Colorado Avalanche goaltender stomped on herAvalanche Statement on Semyon Varlamov The charges were later dismissed.Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov's assault case dismissed
Four players were chosen to represent their country at the 2014 Winter Olympics: Matt Duchene (Canada), Gabriel Landeskog (Sweden), Paul Stastny (United States), and Semyon Varlamov (Russia).2014 Men's Olympic Rosters
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	Anaheim 	2–1 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 20 	Los Angeles 	3–4 	Colorado 	OT 	Pickard 	 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 22 	Colorado 	2–1 	Anaheim 	 	Varlamov 	12,743 	2–1–0 	Recap
4 	September 24 	Dallas 	5–3 	Colorado 	 	Giguere 	10,000 	2–2–0 	Recap
5 	September 26 	Colorado 	1–5 	Dallas 	 	Varlamov 	6,590 	2–3–0 	Recap
6 	September 28 	Colorado 	3–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Giguere 	11,722 	3–3–0 	Recap
Notes:
Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
Notes:
Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
Notes:
Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
Notes:
Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
===Regular season===
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October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 2 	Anaheim 	1–6 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	18,007 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 4 	Nashville 	1–3 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	14,494 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 8 	Colorado 	2–1 	Toronto 	 	Varlamov 	19,388 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Colorado 	2–0 	Boston 	 	Giguere 	17,565 	4–0–0 	8 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Colorado 	5–1 	Washington 	 	Varlamov 	18,506 	5–0–0 	10 	Recap
6 	October 15 	Dallas 	2–3 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	15,208 	6–0–0 	12 	Recap
7 	October 17 	Detroit 	4–2 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	18,101 	6–1–0 	12 	Recap
8 	October 19 	Colorado 	4–2 	Buffalo 	 	Giguere 	18,422 	7–1–0 	14 	Recap
9 	October 21 	Colorado 	1–0 	Pittsburgh 	 	Giguere 	18,606 	8–1–0 	16 	Recap
10 	October 25 	Carolina 	2–4 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	16,177 	9–1–0 	18 	Recap
11 	October 27 	Winnipeg 	2–3 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	13,927 	10–1–0 	20 	Recap
==Playoffs==
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 17 	Minnesota 	4–5 	Colorado 	OT 	Varlamov 	18,074 	1–0 	Recap 	
2 	April 19 	Minnesota 	2–4 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	18,402 	2–0 	Recap 	
3 	April 21 	Colorado 	0–1 	Minnesota 	OT 	Varlamov 	19,221 	2–1 	Recap 	
4 	April 24 	Colorado 	1–2 	Minnesota 	 	Varlamov 	19,396 	2–2 	Recap 	
5 	April 26 	Minnesota 	3–4 	Colorado 	OT 	Varlamov 	18,418 	3–2 	Recap 	
6 	April 28 	Colorado 	2–5 	Minnesota 	 	Varlamov 	19,314 	3–3 	Recap 	
7 	April 30 	Minnesota 	5–4 	Colorado 	OT 	Varlamov 	18,511 	3–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final stats 
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	71	23	47	70	8 	19
 	81	26	39	65	21	71
 	80	28	36	64	 	2
 	82	24	39	63	20	26
 	71	25	35	60	9 	22
 	80	9 	30	39	5 	61
 	79	19	19	38	 	30
 	64	13	25	38	17	20
 	55	14	19	33	3 	30
 	75	11	21	32	13	36
 	79	7 	21	28	2 	26
 	70	7 	18	25	4 	43
 	54	10	15	25	12	22
 	78	6 	11	17	8 	40
 	71	5 	8 	13	2 	122
 	16	4 	7 	11	7 	4
 	82	6 	5 	11	 	115
 	54	1 	9 	10	7 	38
 	68	1 	8 	9 	3 	46
 	76	1 	6 	7 	 	17
 	11	1 	6 	7 	4 	36
 	28	0 	6 	6 	1 	12
 	32	3 	2 	5 	 	23
 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	2	8	10	2	4
 	7	5	5	10	 	4
 	7	2	4	6 	3	0
 	7	2	3	5 	 	2
 	7	3	1	4 	 	8
 	7	3	1	4 	2	8
 	7	1	2	3 	0	2
 	2	0	3	3 	 	2
 	3	0	2	2 	3	0
 	7	1	1	2 	 	2
 	4	0	2	2 	 	2
 	7	0	1	1 	3	6
 	7	1	0	1 	 	22
 	7	0	1	1 	1	4
 	3	0	1	1 	0	2
 	7	0	0	0 	 	4
 	7	0	0	0 	 	6
 	7	0	0	0 	 	10
 	7	0	0	0 	 	2
 	6	0	0	0 	 	2
 	3	0	0	0 	 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	63	60	3640	41	14	6	146	2.41	2013	.927	2	0	3	2
 	22	19	1212	11	6 	1	53 	2.62	608 	.913	2	0	0	4
 	2 	2 	72 	0 	1 	1	7 	5.83	32 	.781	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	40 	0 	1 	0	3 	4.50	18 	.833	0	0	0	0
;Goaltenders
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	7	432	3	4	20	2.78	231	.913	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Roster==
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player 	Award 	Date
MacKinnon Wins Calder Memorial Trophy 	Calder Memorial Trophy 	June 24, 2014
Roy Wins Jack Adams Trophy 	Jack Adams Award 	June 24, 2014
O'Reilly Wins Lady Byng Trophy 	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 	June 24, 2014
Varlamov Named to NHL Second All-Star Team	2013-14 NHL Second All-Star Team	June 24, 2014
===Milestones===
===Records===
==Transactions==
The following transactions took place during the 2013–14 NHL season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
June 27, 2013Avalanche Acquires Alex Tanguay And Cory Sarich From Flames	To Calgary Flames David JonesShane O'Brien	To Colorado Avalanche Alex TanguayCory Sarich
October 31, 2013Avalanche Acquires Maxime Talbot 	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Downie 	To Colorado Avalanche Maxime Talbot
March 5, 2014Avalanche Acquires Berra from Flames 	To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2014 	To Colorado Avalanche Reto Berra
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===Free agents acquired===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Andre BenoitAvalanche Signs Andre Benoit 	Ottawa Senators 	1 year, $900,000
Nate GueninAvalanche Announces Signings 	Norfolk Admirals 	1 year, $600,000
Guillaume Desbiens 	Chicago Wolves 	1 year, $600,000
J. T. Wyman 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1 year, $750,000
Nick Holden 	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, $1.2 million
Cody Corbett 	Edmonton Oil Kings 	3 years, $1.850 million entry-level contract
Samuel HenleyAvalanche Signs Bourke To Entry-Level Contract	Val-d'Or Foreurs 	3 years, $1.76 million entry-level contract
Dennis Everberg 	Rogle BK 	2 years, $1.225 million entry-level contract
Roman Will 	BK Mlada Boleslav 	2 years, $1.145 million entry-level contract
Borna Rendulic 	HPK 	2 years, $1.24 million entry-level contract
===Free agents lost===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Aaron Palushaj	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $600,000
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Marc-Andre ClicheAvs claim Marc-Andre Cliche from L.A. Kings on waivers, send Pickard to minors	Los Angeles Kings	September 22, 2013
===Lost via waivers===
Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
=== Lost via retirement ===
Player
Milan HejdukFormer Avs Star Hejduk Announces Retirement
===Player signings===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
David Van der Gulik 	July 5, 2013 	1 year, $600,000
Colin Smith 	July 5, 2013 	3 years, $1.885 million entry level contract
Nathan MacKinnonAvalanche Signs Nathan MacKinnon 	July 9, 2013 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Brad MaloneAvs Sign Brad Malone 	July 17, 2013 	1 year, $735,000
Matt DucheneMatt Duchene Under Contract Long Term 	July 18, 2013 	5 years, $30 million contract extension
Gabriel LandeskogGabriel Landeskog Signs Seven-Year Extension 	August 15, 2013 	7 years, $39 million contract extension
Chris BigrasAvalanche Signs Chris Bigras 	September 17, 2013	3 years, $2.715 million entry-level contract
Nate GueninAvalanche Signs Nate Guenin to Two-Year Extension 	January 7, 2014 	2 years, $1.6 million contract extension
Semyon VarlamovAvalanche Signs Varlamov to Five-Year Extension	January 30, 2014 	5 years, $29.5 million contract extension
Marc-Andre ClicheAvalanche Signs Cliche to Two-Year Extension 	February 27, 2014 	2 years, $1.4 million contract extension
Reto BerraAvalanche Signs Mitchell to Three-Year Extension 	March 14, 2014 	3 years, $4.35 million contract extension
John Mitchell 	March 14, 2014 	3 years, $5.4 million contract extension
Troy Bourke 	May 29, 2014 	3 years, $1.895 million entry-level contract
Jamie McGinnAvalanche Signs Jamie McGinn 	June 19, 2014 	2 years, $5.9 million contract extension
==Draft picks==
Colorado Avalanche's picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	1 	Nathan MacKinnon	C 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 	32 	Chris Bigras 	D 	 	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3 	63 	Spencer Martin 	G 	 	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
4 	93 	Mason Geertsen 	D 	 	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5 	123	Will Butcher 	D 	 	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
6 	153	Ben Storm 	D 	 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
7 	183	Wilhelm Westlund	D 	 	Färjestad BK (SHL)
==References==
Category:Colorado Avalanche seasons