Avalanche extend Stienburg

(Denver, CO) -- The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed forward Matthew Stienburg to a one-year contract through the 2025-26 season.

Stienburg, 24, missed the majority of the 2024-25 season due to an upper-body injury he suffered on Nov. 1. Prior to the injury, he skated in three regular season contests with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League and finished the regular season with three points (1g/2a) over five total games. The centerman also made his NHL debut with the Avalanche on Oct. 16 vs. Boston and finished his NHL stint with eight games played. He appeared in three Calder Cup playoff matchups after returning from injury.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native joined the Eagles following the conclusion of his senior season at Cornell University and from 2022-25 has totaled 17 points (6g/11a) in 63 career AHL contests. During the 2023-24 campaign, Stienburg posted career highs in goals (5), assists (8) and games played (54). He has added one point (1a) in seven career Calder Cup playoff games.

Selected by the Avalanche in the third round (63rd overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft, Stienburg recorded 46 points (20g/26a) in 73 career NCAA games at Cornell. He appeared in 18 games as a senior in 2022-23 (2g/5a), missing 16 contests due to an injury sustained in late December. As a junior in 2021-22, Stienburg was named to the All-ECAC Hockey Second Team after leading Cornell with 29 points (13g/16a) in 28 games. During his freshman season in 2019-20, Stienburg registered 10 points (5g/5a) in 27 games and ranked first among all ECAC rookie forwards with a +12 rating. He did not play during the 2020-21 campaign due to the cancellation of the Ivy League season.

Prior to joining Cornell, Stienburg played for St. Andrew’s College in Ontario from 2017-19, collecting 128 points (60g/68a) in 93 CAHS league games and producing 32 points (11g/21a) in 20 CISAA (Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association) outings. He also recorded 10 points (5g/5a) in eight total postseason contests to help St. Andrew’s win the league championship two years in a row. Stienburg served as team captain his second season in 2018-19. The 6-foot-1, 182-pound center joined the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL following the conclusion of that campaign and registered one point (0g/1a) in three games.

Matthew’s father, Trevor, played nine years of professional hockey, including 71 games with the NHL's Québec Nordiques.

By Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche / ColoradoAvalanche.com

June 20, 2025