Trent Miner
Trent Miner is a minor-league goalie for Colorado right now and only matters to NHL managers if one of the two Avalanche goalies above him gets hurt.
Role
Colorado announced on Oct. 11, 2026 that Miner cleared waivers, was activated and was assigned to the AHL Colorado Eagles (Avalanche post on X, per search snippet). He began the season on the injured non-roster list after an undisclosed preseason injury. Prospective call-up work would be the NHL backup job behind the Mackenzie Blackwood/Scott Wedgewood pairing. An ESPN line-combo snippet indexed about 12 days ago listed Blackwood as starter and Wedgewood as backup. I did not fetch that page or Daily Faceoff's live page, so I can't confirm today's goalie order. Last season he played 4 NHL games with no starts, going 1 W, 0 L, 3 OTL, with 97 saves on 104 shots against. No AHL ice-time split for this season turned up.
He is described as the primary call-up option if Blackwood or Wedgewood is hurt (Yardbarker, Oct. 2026). Last season's 97 saves on 104 shots in four NHL games suggests he has held his own when he has been called up. Colorado has called him up repeatedly when its goalies were hurt. He also posted four playoff shutouts for the Eagles in May 2026 (RotoWire headlines).
He has never held a regular NHL role and has no NHL start to his name this season. He is on the AHL roster behind an established NHL pairing. He was recovering from an undisclosed injury in September and early October, and I found no report on how he has played since his assignment. Last season's AHL numbers were middling, though the sources I found disagree on his exact record.
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