DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin took strides to take his hard-checking, goal-scoring game to another level this season. Same with his life away from the rink, his Colorado Avalanche teammates ...

Nichushkin scored two goals, added five hits and went plus-2 in Thursday's 7-4 win over the Stars in Game 6. Nichushkin opened the scoring at 6:29 of the first period and retied the game at 4-4 in ...

Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Stars in Game 3. The goal was Nichushkin's first point of the series. He's added eight shots on net, six hits and a ...