Forward Valeri Nichushkin is out with a lower-body injury, which prompted head coach Jared Bednar to move forward Casey Mittelstadt up to the top power-play unit against the New York Rangers.

2 years agoColorado Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin is regarded as day-to-day with an upper-body injury and is forced to skip Thursday's matchup against Anaheim. Nichushkin can't shake off the ...

5 months agoColorado Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin is nursing a lower-body injury, making him questionable to face the Rangers on Thursday. The Russian forward might be forced to come out of ...

The Avs are smaller than last season, though how much so will depend on Gabe Landeskog’s and Valeri Nichushkin’s impact.

Nichushkin (suspension) does not have a clear timeline to return to the Avalanche, Ryan Boulding of NHL.com reports.

The Seattle Police Department said a "highly intoxicated" woman was found by Colorado Avalanche staff when checking on forward Valeri Nichushkin ... of the officer's body-worn camera video of ...

During the last playoffs, Valeri Nichuskin was placed (for the third time in a short period of time) on the NHL’s assistance program. At the time, we all wondered if his NHL career was over for ...

In May, Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin received a six-month suspension due to issues related to off-ice circumstances. The National Hockey League announced that he had been placed in ...

Yesterday Colorado Avalanche captain and franchise icon Joe Sakic confirmed that reporters that suspended forward Valeri Nichushkin is eligible to return ... All we have is police body-cam footage to ...

But the team will be without forward Val Nichushkin, who's suspended until sometime in mid-November. It's a situation Bednar plans to address with the team now and again when Nichushkin eventually ...

During the last playoffs, Valeri Nichuskin was placed (for the third time in a ... I don’t know about you… But it sounds like I’m very surprised by this news. Nichushkin made some bad decisions and ...