With the start of the Colorado Avalanche season less than a month away, we’re proud to announce the available dates for our 2011-12 After-Hours programs.



The Avalanche Guild’s After-Hours program has successfully provided more than 100 adult hockey teams with an unforgettable hockey experience that takes place on Pepsi Center ice before and after select Avalanche home games.

In order for your teams to be able to participate in an After-Hours game, teams need to buy/sell at least 100 tickets, or reach 200 total between one group occupying both benches. Tickets are offered at a great group discount, which allows you to spread the word and bring all of your family, friends and co-workers with you to the After-Hours game, all at an amazing price! Ticket prices are subject to change.

To reserve an After-Hours game, please contact The Hockey Guild at 720-273-0444 or email us at info@thehockeyguild.com.

We’ll be kicking this season off with the annual Avs Guild vs. Mile High Hockey game on Sunday, October 30th. The game will take place before the Avs take on the Los Angeles Kings.

The Following dates are available:

November 10^th – Avs vs. Islanders

POST GAME

November 23^rd – Avs vs. Canucks

PRE GAME

November 28^th – Avs vs. Stars

POST GAME

November 30^th – Avs. Devils

PRE GAME

February 7^th – Avs vs. Blackhawks

PRE GAME

March 20^th – Avs vs. Flames

POST GAME

April 5^th – Avs vs. Blue Jackets

PRE GAME

More games to be announced.

The After-Hours program was created by The Hockey Guild in the summer of 2007 while preparing for the first season of unique interactive programs together. It was the start of a great partnership between The Hockey Guild and the Colorado Avalanche, one that continues to grow on a monthly basis. The first-ever After-Hours game was a special group of 30 local hockey players that acted as the first 30 members of The Avalanche Guild.

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The Avalanche Guild is proud to offer hockey fans an awesome discount ticket special for Friday’s second to last home game against the Dallas Stars. After the Colorado Avalanche take the ice, we’ll be hosting our final After-Hours game of the year between the Ft. Collins Force and Steamer adult hockey teams!

Click below to support their event, our program, adult hockey in Colorado, and to save money on tickets to one of the final games of the season.

The Avalanche Guild is proud to offer hockey fans across the Front Range an awesome discount ticket special for Thursday’s important home game against the Nashville Predators. Before the Colorado Avalanche take the ice, we’ll be hosting our seventh After-Hours game of the year between two Hartmann Hockey adult hockey teams!

Click below to support their event, our program, adult hockey in Colorado, and to save money on tickets to the game.

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The Avalanche Guild is proud to offer fans across the Front Range with an awesome discount ticket special for Friday’s home game against Henrik Lundqvist, Marian Gaborik, Sean Avery and the New York Rangers. After the Avs game, we’ll be hosting our fourth After-Hours game of the year between two Beer and Blades adult hockey teams!

Click below to support their event, our program and to save money on tickets to the game.

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The Avalanche Guild is getting ready to host our third After-Hours game of the season on Thursday night following the Avs vs. Canucks game at Pepsi Center. As such, we have awesome discount tickets available for the game that you won’t find anywhere else. So support The Jury adult hockey team and purchase your tickets using the flyer below.

UPPER & LOWER LEVEL TICKETS
ADT CLUB LEVEL TICKETS

The Avalanche Guild is proud to offer special discounted tickets to Saturday’s (Oct. 30) game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Come see Rick Nash, Nikita Filatov and Steve Mason take on your beloved Avalanche at a great deal and support our After-Hours program and the Old Style adult hockey teams!

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The Avalanche Guild would like to send a special thanks to the entire Mile High Hockey contingency for their excellent support of our After-Hours program and for their awesome sportsmanship on Pepsi Center yesterday afternoon.

We kicked off our fourth season of After-Hours games with a new annual event that pins two popular Avalanche websites against each other. Mile High Hockey vs. The Avs Guild included a few other Avalanche websites as well, like The Burgundy Blog and Avs Weekly. The game brought 30 local Avs fans together for a friendly game of shinny on Pepsi Center ice prior to the Avs game against the Sharks.

Derek Bell, who writes for MHH, drove all the way from Washington (with a pit stop in Las Vegas) to play in this game and he did a great job of spearheading his team’s efforts. A true leader on and off the ice, Bell did a great job between the pipes for MHH despite the lack of oxygen and air in his lungs. We saw shades of Patrick Roy in his style, as his white and blue Koho pads stopped tons of shots from our crew. 

You can also check out a quick video Bell shot before the game started right here!

The game was very evenly matched. Both teams traded chances up and down the ice as the game was clean and the pace was fast for the entire 60 minutes. The Avs Guild would score a late short-handed goal off the stick of Andy Robbins from Avs Weekly and it was just enough to give The Avs Guild a 4-3 victory over Mile High Hockey. Ben Vernelson III was forced to make a few frantic saves in the final minute to sustain the one goal lead and John Wheeler was mere inches from tying the game.

For myself, the event was one of the most memorable in After-Hours history. It was a time-consuming process getting two teams together in just a few weeks into the season, but the support that came through both sides in the final days leading up to the game was monumental and heart-warming. The whole game was a true reflection of the passionate fan base that exists in Colorado and within both websites’ following.

I loved having the opportunity to stand behind both benches and do some coaching for fun. I spent the first period coaching The Avs Guild team, but most of the guys on our team were very good friends of mine and I knew they understood my style. I made a trade after the first, sending Wheeler over to Mile High Hockey to even out the teams just a bit, and then I shifted to the Mile High Hockey bench to coach them for the second and third. What a great group of guys! Tons of communication, plenty of laughs, a ton of support along the boards and overall just a solid hockey team.

Overall, it was an awesome way to kick off the fourth season of our exclusive on-ice event and because of everyone’s support, we are already planning the second-annual Avalanche Blogger Battle for sometime next season. Thanks for the great support and we’ll see you guys next time!

And of course, a special thanks to the 15 guys that joined forces to make up The Avs Guild team. It was great to bring some of my good friends and closest followers together for this awesome event!

THE AVS GUILD TEAM
1. BEN VERNELSON – G
2. JOHN WHEELER
3. RICHARD WOLDSETH
4. RYAN BOULDING
5. JONATHAN GEBHART
6. RICKY GRASSO
7. ANDY ROBBINS
8. MIKE LEE
9. KYLE SEE
10. SEAN HUTCHENS
11. ANTHONY ROMERO
12. JEFFERY GEIL
13. SHANE WAKELAND
14. SHAUN HOLLIS
15. DEREK PATTON

The Avalanche Guild is proud to announce the official 2010-11 schedule for our fourth season of After-Hours games. This is our premier on-ice interactive porgram and we are excited to host another 30+ adult hockey teams on Pepsi Center ice again this season. 

If you are an adult hockey player interesting in learning more about the After-Hours program or what it takes to reserve a game, please contact us during regular business hours!

For Avs Guild followers, fans and members, discount tickets will be available for the games listed below and you are invited to support our adult teams by puchasing tickets through our team links!

AFTER HOURS SEASON 4 SCHEDULE

OCTOBER 21 vs. SAN JOSE
PRE – OPEN

NOVEMBER 4 vs. VANCOUVER
PRE – OPEN
POST – OPEN

NOVEMBER 19 vs. NY RANGERS
POST – Beer & Blades

JANUARY 2 vs. VANCOUVER
POST – OPEN

JANUARY 4 vs. BUFFALO
PRE – Army of Darkness

JANUARY 10 vs. DETROIT
PRE – Mapplebeck’s Crew

MARCH 5 vs. EDMONTON
PRE – Moye White Night 4

MARCH 11 vs. ANAHEIM
PRE – Leftover Pizza
*POST – Dawgs 2

MARCH 24 vs. TORONTO
PRE – Beer & Blades
POST – Whale

APRIL 8 vs. DALLAS
POST – Steamer

More dates will be added as the season approaches. Every team that plays in an After-Hours game will receive rewards like exclusive After-Hours t-shirts, potential in-game experiences and more. Check out the videos of some of our favorite After-Hours games over the past three years and sign up today for the most exclusive adult hockey program in Colorado!

Our third-annual Battle for the Banner Colorado Avalanche shootout finals took place last night during the first intermission of the Avs/Ducks game on Pepsi Center ice between Realty Source Financial and Hatrick Swayze.

The Avalanche Guild would like to congratulate REALTY SOURCE FINANCIAL on winning the Championship Banner with a 2-1 victory, winning on the 10th and final shot!

Please check back over the weekend as we will post tons of photos and hopefully a short video of the shootout! Thanks to everyone that checked out the shootout and enjoyed the adult hockey in-game entertainment experience!

:: REALTY SOURCE FINANCIAL ::
Reggie Archer
Alex Guralnik
Adam Kane
Will Briggs
Warren Niffeneger
Mike Berry (G)

Below is the official completed bracket from the Battle for the Banner 3 Shootout Tournament, which took place last month at Pepsi Center.

CLICK ABOVE TO DOWNLOAD THE FINISHED BRACKET

Last season, The Avalanche Guild sponsored an After-Hours game between The KBPI Guild and the Sydney Pirates, an adult hockey team that traveled to Colorado all the way from Australia. The team from down under spent two weeks in Colorado to experience Rocky Mountain hockey.

As we do with all of our supporters and followers, we enhanced their hockey experience with an unforgettable game on Pepsi Center ice! This game took place on Jan. 8, 2009 after the Avs/Blackhawks game. The event was a great success and it was a tightly played game with The KBPI Guild winning by a score of 5-4.

After Hours Game v. Sydney Pirates from Brad Stabio on Vimeo.

Shot by Joe Movick on his Sony EX-1 and edited at Stabio Productions studio, the video below is a great way to learn more about The Avalanche Guild and the unique programs we run. Some local celebrity players on the KBPI Guild team include Uncle Nasty from KBPI, Brian Maass and Alan Gionet from Chanel 4 News and goalie Jim Gromer from Comcast Entertainment TV.

Prior to the Avalanche’s 5-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, Nov. 8, two adult hockey teams comprised of friends and employees from Dry Dock Brewing company hit the ice for the fourth After-Hours game of the season.

Owned and operated by Kevin DeLange, who also captains a hockey team in the Rocky Mountain Hockey League (RMHL), Dry Dock Brewery is a small pub located in Aurora off of Hampden road. They are the only microbrewery in Aurora and hands-down one of the best, as they have won numerous annual awards for their tasty brews. 

As you can see, Kevin and his crew had an awesome time on Pepsi Center ice before the Avs game, as the two teams battled to another shootout that ended in a 5-4 victory for the Spitting Camels.

Be sure to watch the video, as Kevin invites all of you to check out Dry Dock Brewery and even gives you a free brew on the house if you mention this video! A special thanks to Kevin and his boys for being a great After-Hours group!

The Vail Mountaineers adult hockey club made the long trek down to Denver last night to catch what turned out to be one of the most bizzare Avalanche games of the season in a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Like all of our After-Hours teams, the boys took advantage of a great Guild discount on tickets and in return for their support, they received a rare opportunity to hit Pepsi Center ice following the game for an hour of shinny, Vail style.

Here’s an interview we shot with Gary Defina, the captain of the Vail crew. Gary is also a coach for Battle Mountain High School’s hockey team, so he’s well-connected in the Vail hockey community and a great guy with some great stories. He’s a big supporter of The Hockey Guild and The Avalanche Guild, so we thank Gary for his passion and are proud to have him be a part of the exclusive After-Hours club!

As a way of saying thanks to Gary’s crew for their support, we granted him two free shootout teams in our third-annual Battle for the Banner Colorado Avalanche Shootout Tournament, which takes place every March right on Pepsi Center ice. The tournament brings together shootout teams comprised of players that participated in After-Hours games throughout the year. The two teams that advance to the final shootout game actually play the championship on Pepsi Center ice during intermission of an Avalanche home game!

If your adult (or youth) hockey team is interested in setting up one of our exclusive Avalanche Guild events, just contact us at info@thehockeyguild.com and we will do our best to make it happen!

For all of the Avalanche fans that attended last night’s Joe Sakic Retirement Ceremony, it’s probably very tough to put into words just how emotional, entertaining and memorable the entire night turned out to be.

Simply put, the Colorado Avalanche organization proved why they are the most classy team in the league, as the entire ceremony was picture perfect from the moment Joe Sakic entered Pepsi Center to the moment he dropped the ceremonial first puck with Avalanche captain Adam Foote and Sharks captain Rob Blake.

The entire Avs Board Bash group had bright eyes as wide as dinner plates throughout the entire night, as they caught the Retirement Ceremony and then a dominating offensive performance over an extremely rusty Sharks club. The first two periods were filled with brilliant plays by Wojtek Wolski, Paul Stastny and Matt Duchene, while the final frame was all about the focused goaltending of Craig Anderson. The result? A 5-2 victory worthy of Sakic’s retirement night.

Once the game was over, it was time for 30 members of the Avs Board Bash group to hit the ice for our first After-Hours game of the season! Here’s a short video for everyone to enjoy…and we apologize for the jittery video, but it’s a little tough to video tape a hockey game in all that goalie gear

No After-Hours game is complete without thanking the Colorado Avalanche fan development staff, especially Matt DeLuzio and Jason Schofield. Without their support, programs like ours could not exist. Thanks to everyone that joined forces to be a part of the Avs Board Bash, including Jill Jurca, Brian Holt and David Clark. We speak for everyone when we say we can’t wait for the next one!

The new NHL season begins at Pepsi Center on Thursday afternoon starting at 6:45 pm when the Colorado Avalanche presents the historic Joe Sakic Retirement Ceremony. And in order to bring Sakic fans from all over the country together for a night of entertainment only the Guild can provide, we proudly bring you the first-annual Avs Board Bash!

Members from the Avalanche Message Board will be attending the game as a massive group in order to celebrate Joe Sakic’s career together while having the opportunity to take advantage of some great discounts throughout the night.

Then we turn things up a notch by hosting one of our exclusive After-Hours games for the group as well. So once the Avs are finished wiping the floor with Dany Heatley and the Sharks, you can catch close to 30 die-hard Avalanche fans playing in a friendly game of drop-in hockey on Pepsi Center ice, which caps off what will easily be one of the most memorable home games in Avalanche history!

Click above to learn more about the first-annual Avs Board Bash and remember, it’s still not too late to join us at the game. Just purchase your discounted tickets by clicking here!

We are proud to announce available dates for our third year of Avalanche After-Hours games. As you can see, we have more opportunitites to skate on NHL ice than ever before!!

Please contact us at 720-273-0444 if you are interested in securing one of the dates listed below!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
San Jose vs. Colorado

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
Carolina vs. Colorado

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
Detroit vs. Colorado

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Chicago vs. Colorado

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Edmonton vs. Colorado

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Philadelphia vs. Colorado

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11
Tampa Bay vs. Colorado

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13
Calgary vs. Colorado

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
Washington vs. Colorado

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19
Columbus vs. Colorado

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26
Dallas vs. Colorado

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6
NY Islanders vs. Colorado

MONDAY, JANUARY 18
Edmonton vs. Colorado

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
Nashville vs. Colorado

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
Dallas vs. Colorado

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28
Minnesota vs. Colorado

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31
NY Rangers vs. Colorado

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Edmonton vs. Colorado

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Phoenix vs. Colorado

MONDAY, MARCH 1
Detroit vs. Colorado

TUESDAY, MARCH 9
Vancouver vs. Colorado

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
Calgary vs. Colorado

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31
Anaheim vs. Colorado

FRIDAY, APRIL 9
Chicago vs. Colorado

On behalf of the Colorado Avalanche and The Avalanche Guild, we would like to welcome you all to our third season of Avalanche After Hours games. We have a lot of great benefits planned for Year #3, including more options and opportunities to play on NHL ice at Pepsi Center!

Some of you are already quite familiar with the After Hours program, yet others have only heard about the experience from players on other teams. For those that are unfamiliar with this exclusive on-ice program, our official welcome letter will give you some basic information on how it works and what you can expect in the coming months as we prepare for the 2009-10 season. Click to download and then learn more by clicking on the After Hours tab at the top.

An After Hours game takes place either before or after an Avalanche home game. You and your teammates will literally play a hockey game on Pepsi Center ice, while also attending the game at a great group discount. Everything from the jumbotron and PA announcer to the locker rooms, your team is a part of a real game on real NHL ice!!

We are proud to offer available games for both pre and post-game ice, so now you have more opportunities to sign up for your own After Hours game. Remember, it doesn’t just have to be for your hockey team. It can be for your business or co-workers, a group outing with your hockey friends and family or just a good ol’ game of shinny with the weekly drop-in crew. Regardless of your playing level or ability, you’re welcome to play in our After Hours program.

And yes, we’re still giving away FREE team entries for our third-annual “Battle for the Banner” shootout tournament, coming in March 2010.