The Avalanche were defeated by Utah Hockey Club 6-3 in Sunday's preseason matchup at Ball Arena. Miles Wood, Sam Malinski, and Calum Ritchie scored for Colorado while Justus Annunen made 32 saves.

Sunday evening brought another win to the Utah Hockey Club’s preseason campaign, this time against a Central Division rival in the Colorado Avalanche. It was the team’s first road preseason win against an Avalanche team that had Justus Annunen in net who is expected to be the Avalanche’s backup this season.

The Colorado Avalanche started hot, but unlike next month’s predicted record-high temperatures, they hit a massive cold front. Colorado was defeated by Utah Hockey Club 6-3 in Sunday’s preseason matchup at Ball Arena.

The Avalanche fell 4-2 to the Dallas Stars in their second preseason game at American Airlines Center on Friday. Ivan Ivan and Parker Kelly were the Avalanche's goal-scorers while Alexandar Georgiev made 14 saves in 31:06 of action for Colorado.