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Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar will remain behind while his team travels for their next two road contests after suffering facial fractures and a corneal abrasion when struck by a puck during Saturday’s 3-2 overtime defeat against the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>

The 54-year-old coach will be absent from the bench when Colorado faces Calgary on Monday and Edmonton on Tuesday. The injury occurred early in the third period when a puck deflected off Vegas forward Keegan Kolesar’s stick and struck Bednar in the face.<\/p>

During Bednar’s absence, assistant coaches Dave Hakstol and Nolan Pratt will take charge of the team’s operations for the upcoming road swing.<\/p>

Since taking the helm of the Avalanche a decade ago, Bednar has compiled a coaching record of 442 wins, 262 losses, and 75 overtime\/shootout losses, achieving a .616 winning percentage. His most notable achievement came in 2022 when he guided the franchise to a Stanley Cup championship.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar will sit out two upcoming road games after suffering facial fractures and a corneal abrasion from a puck strike during Saturday’s overtime loss. Assistant coaches will take over team duties while the 54-year-old recovers from the injury sustained in the third period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776021645794.jpg?fit=450%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-dfJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65181,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/avalanche-star-mackinnon-bloodied-by-teammates-puck-returns-to-score\/","url_meta":{"origin":50947,"position":0},"title":"Avalanche Star MacKinnon Bloodied by Teammate’s Puck, Returns to Score","author":"Admin","date":"May 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon suffered a bloody nose after being hit in the face by a puck from his own teammate during Monday's playoff game against Minnesota. 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