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Avalanche answers straight from the bench.
Jared Bednar Avalanche Coach Show gives Avalanche fans a direct weekly check-in with the team’s head coach. The conversations move fast through injuries, lineup choices, goalie performances, standings pressure, and the small details that shape a playoff run.
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Jared Bednar Avalanche Coach Show is built for people who want the Avalanche conversation before it gets sanded down. The weekly format is simple: Jared Bednar joins a live radio segment, takes the latest concern, and turns it into a practical coaching answer. That can mean Makar’s upper-body issue. It can mean Nathan MacKinnon’s ejection, and why Bednar still sees the play the same way after another look. It can mean why a 6-2 win over Pittsburgh still left the coach irritated by sloppy hockey. The show has the feel of local sports radio in the best specific sense: quick, conversational, and already living inside the season. It assumes the listener understands why Dallas matters, why playoff seeding changes the temperature, and why a coach might care about five-on-five play more than the headline result. Bednar’s best moments come when he explains process without making it sterile. He talks about analytics staff preparing for possible opponents, Brett Heimlich digging into video, and the timing of when real pre-scout work begins. He also gets into line construction, player comfort, and the way veterans can move around a lineup because the staff already knows their habits. Injuries are a recurring thread, but not as drama. They are treated as decisions: who can rest, who needs rhythm, and what cannot be allowed to linger into the postseason. The surrounding radio chatter keeps the show from feeling like a formal media session. There are jokes about golf, teeth, beer, broadcasts, and players teasing one another. Then the conversation snaps back to matchups, power plays, goaltending, and the stretch-run grind. The result is not a broad NHL explainer. It is a Colorado-specific coach’s notebook in radio form, useful for fans who want the reasoning behind the next lineup card.
Made for: Built for Colorado Avalanche fans who follow the standings, know the roster shorthand, and want more than postgame highlights. It especially suits listeners tracking playoff preparation, injuries, and line decisions week to week.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is access to Jared Bednar’s reasoning in a loose live-radio setting, not just polished quotes after a game. It mixes coach-level detail with local banter and keeps the focus on the Avalanche’s immediate competitive problems.
The Head Coach of the Colorado Avalanche joins Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM for his weekly exclusive interview. Get it straight from the source of Avs Hockey, Coach Jared Bednar, on Denver's Home of the Colorado Avalanche!
Jared Bednar turns defensive hockey into the patience contest you wanted explained without broadcast fog.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A measured Cale injury update leads into Bednar's view of rest, team form, and practical line-building.
Jared Bednar's update on Cale sets the episode's stakes right away. The upper-body injury is expected to keep him out for a bit, but Bednar keeps the tone measured: he says Cale will be okay, calls it nothing serious, and ties the decision-making to keeping players healthy for…
A direct Avalanche update that keeps its focus tight and its tone calm.
Jared Bednar's Wednesday appearance centers on a big win, then settles into a measured read on how the group handled an uneven start and finished with more control.
Bednar keeps the lesson grounded in patience, clean puck decisions, and the swing that comes with the first goal.
Bednar keeps the focus on a rough stretch without drifting into slogans. He points to the missing bodies, the patience needed on the forecheck, and the simple need to make real puck decisions instead of forcing offense.
A steady check-in on Colorado's early start, with the focus on habits, chances, and special teams.
Jared Bednar comes across as measured and focused on process rather than a hot start. With the Avs at 3-0-1, the emphasis stays on building the power play, finding quality chances at the right moments, and giving a new group and a new plan time to settle.
Daily Canucks panic with receipts.
Buffalo hockey, argued daily.
Flyers wins, losses, and reality checks.
Jared Bednar signed a four-year extension with the Colorado Avalanche after summer conversations with Joe, allowing him to focus on the season.
Jared Bednar explains why Blackwood started in net for Colorado against Minnesota after Wedge played extensively.
Erik Johnson discusses filling in for injured coach Jared Bednar and the Avalanche's approach to resting players after clinching the top seed.
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar discusses balancing rest and sharpness for his top players as they prepare for the NHL playoffs after winning the division.
Jared Bednar says Cale will miss several games with an upper-body injury, but describes it as non-serious and says rest is the best course before the playoffs.
Coach Bednar discusses the Avalanche's 6-2 win over Pittsburgh, calling it a sloppy game despite the score.
Avalanche coach Jared Bednar discusses the importance of the upcoming game against Dallas and addresses Nathan MacKinnon's postgame comments about lineups.
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar defends Nathan MacKinnon after a controversial 5-minute major and game misconduct penalty for goalie interference.
The coach is on during a rough stretch.
Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar discusses the team's recent performance and Scott Wedgewood's strong goaltending.
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar discusses Gabriel Landeskog's goal that wasn't called back and the team's morale boost.
Jared Bednar says Colorado’s 3-0-1 start is “all right,” and the conversation centers on whether the top line and the power play are already driving results.
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar discusses preseason progress, Landeskog's return, and a well-executed two-on-one play.