The Colorado Avalanche will kick off its preseason schedule with a Denver doubleheader.
Colorado announced the details Tuesday for two Sept. 21 split-squad games with the Utah Mammoth in the Mile High City. The Avs will face the Mammoth at 2:30 p.m. on the University of Denver campus at Magness Arena, then another group will square off with Utah at 6:30 p.m. downtown at Ball Arena.
These will be the first two preseason games for Utah as the Mammoth. The club went by Utah HC in its first season playing in Salt Lake City.
The Avs will have two more home exhibition games — Sept.