Casey Mittelstadt had the type of performance in October that felt like a player was marking his territory as the clear-cut No. 2 center of the Colorado Avalanche for the foreseeable future.

Though the Colorado Avalanche now sit in a playoff position after winning 26 of their last 39 games and scoring big wins over the Winnipeg Jets (5-2), Florida Panthers (3-1), and the Minnesota Wild (6-1) over the past two weeks,

The Colorado Avalanche finish their first back-to-back series of the new year 1-1-0. After a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, they came ready to play against the Minnesota Wild, who currently sit at 4th in the league and 2nd in the western conference.

Nathan MacKinnon’s incredible hockey career can be divided into phases: The rise to No. 1 pick phenom. The early NHL plateau. And then a step forward to star and champion. We have now entered Ph ...