Ice hockey - The Durango Herald

Avalanche and Wild swap defensemen

Cole leaves Colorado, Pateryn joins Avalanche

DATE: Jan 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Gabriel Landeskog scores 200th goal, Avalanche pummel Blues 8-0

DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog scored two goals to reach 200 for his career, helping the Colorado Avalanche rebound from an opening-night loss with an 8-0 rout of the St. Louis Blues on Friday. ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche tripped up in season-opening loss to Blues

Colorado offense generated shots but no goals in final two periods

DATE: Jan 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Sakic credits late Lacroix for assist

GM pays homage by building a Cup contender

DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche get one of two Lake Tahoe outdoor NHL games

Boston vs. Philadelphia the other pond game

DATE: Jan 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado Avalanche have great expectations for 2021

MacKinnon, Avs embracing contender role

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

U.S. upsets Canada to win world junior hockey championship

EDMONTON, Alberta — Heavy underdogs against a hockey powerhouse on home ice, Spencer Knight and his United States teammates snatched away gold for the red, white and blue. Knight ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

U.S. hockey beats Finland 4-3 to reach world junior title game

EDMONTON, Alberta – Arthur Kaliyev scored with 1:16 remaining and the United States advanced to the championship game of the world juniors, beating Finland 4-3 Monday night. Alex ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

The 10 best sports stories of 2020

Memorable accomplishments unite athletes in year spent apart

DATE: Dec 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

NHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game season

The National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021 beginning Jan. 13, pending the approval of each side’s executive board and Canadian he...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Chicago Blackhawks sticking with team name

Cleveland Indians decision doesn’t change mind of hockey team

DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pierre Lacroix, architect of 2 Avalanche Stanley Cup titles, dies at 72

DENVER – Pierre Lacroix, the astute executive who was the architect of two Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup championship teams, has died. He was 72. The Avalanche confirmed his deat...

DATE: Dec 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Avalanche and Wild swap defensemen

Gabriel Landeskog scores 200th goal, Avalanche pummel Blues 8-0

Avalanche tripped up in season-opening loss to Blues

Sakic credits late Lacroix for assist

Avalanche get one of two Lake Tahoe outdoor NHL games

Colorado Avalanche have great expectations for 2021

U.S. upsets Canada to win world junior hockey championship

U.S. hockey beats Finland 4-3 to reach world junior title game

The 10 best sports stories of 2020

NHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game season

Chicago Blackhawks sticking with team name

Pierre Lacroix, architect of 2 Avalanche Stanley Cup titles, dies at 72

Videos & Photos

Search Directory Plus

Most Popular

Most Recent

Ballantine Communications, Inc.

Contact Us

Find Us