SEATTLE -- The Colorado Avalanche did not comment Friday on either the status of forward Valeri Nichushkin, who has been away from the team for a few days, or on a police report about an incident at the team hotel in Seattle last weekend.
Colorado coach Jared Bednar again said Friday that Nichushkin is away from the team for personal reasons. Asked later if Nichushkin was not with the Avs because of a violation of team rules, Bednar again reiterated the personal reasons.
"It's not a professional decision. It's a personal decision why he's not here," Bednar said before the Avalanche faced the Kraken in Game 6 of their first-round series, which Seattle leads 3-2.