Adrian Dater

Adrian Dater covered the Colorado Avalanche for 20 years for The Denver Post, before moving on to become the lead NHL columnist of Bleacher Report.

Dater, born in Barre, Vt., attended Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Canaan, N.H., and Keene State College, where earned a degree in journalism.

Dater, who started out at the Concord Monitor in 1988, also was a lead NHL writer for Sports Illustrated and its website from 2011-13. He is the author of seven books, including the forthcoming "100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die."

He is the husband to Heidi and father to Tommy.

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