NHL Cale Makar trying to get back on scoring track as Avalanche face elimination against Stars By Pat Graham Associated Press,Updated April 30, 2025, 6:14 p.m.

After a gruelling 2024-25 season that saw Cale Makar play 80 games for the Colorado Avalanche and another four for Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February, the superstar defenseman has ...

With the goal and two assists, the 26-year-old Makar also increased his point total to 90, matching the franchise record for defenseman he set last season. In doing so, he became the NHL's fifth ...

The 26-year-old Makar is coming off a regular season in which he had 30 goals and 62 assists. He’s just the ninth different defenseman in NHL history to score at least 30 goals. In recent days ...

And Makar, who this season became the NHL’s first 30-goal defenseman since Washington’s Mike Green in 2008-09, hasn’t scored yet. Neither has Marty Necas. Neither has Brock Nelson.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar was named as a prospective witness Tuesday in the sexual assault trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior Championship hockey team.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar looks on during a face-off during the first period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, Monday, April ...

Cale Makar captured the Norris Trophy as the league's top defenseman for a second time in four seasons. The Colorado Avalanche standout finished the regular season with 30 goals to become to first ...

Makar put the Avalanche up 5-2 by scoring a power-play goal with 38 seconds left in the second period. Columbus forward Zach Aston-Reese scored his fifth goal of the season and first since Nov. 15 ...

The Avalanche’s Cale Makar scored against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night to become the NHL’s ninth defenseman, and the first with Colorado, to reach the 30-goal plateau in a season.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar looks on during a face-off during the first period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, Monday, April ...