Avalanche announces preseason Denver doubleheader with Mammoth

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) celebrates after scoring a power-play goal during a first-round NHL hockey playoff game against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)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…