“It’s not an injury you need to manage,” Avs coach Jared Bednar told reporters after Drouin missed practice Tuesday in Denver. “When he’s good, he’s good. We’ll push through to break as best as we can. If he can play, he can play. If he can’t, he can’t. His injury, there’s no risk of it getting worse.”

The Colorado Avalanche announced this morning that forward Jonathan Drouin will not play today due to an upper-body injury. Drouin's injury, according to Head Coach Jared Bednar, is not at risk of getting worse if he pushes through games.

Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar announced that forward Jonathan Drouin would miss Wednesday’s game versus the Chicago Blackhawks due to an upper-body injury.

Colorado is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games, averaging 3.8 goals, as it heads to the United Center to play the Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

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The Colorado Avalanche visit the Chicago Blackhawks after Devon Toews scored two goals in the Avalanche's 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers.

A backcountry skier died in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass on Tuesday. That's according to the experts from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, who said the slide happened on Red Mountain Number 3.

The accident marks Colorado's first reported avalanche fatality, per Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) data.