Chris MacFarland

Chris MacFarland was hired by the Colorado Avalanche on May 21, 2015 and finished his sixth season as Assistant General Manager in 2020-21.

MacFarland, 50, works closely with Executive Vice President/General Manager Joe Sakic regarding all hockey-related matters.

A member of the Columbus Blue Jackets' hockey operations department for 16 years, MacFarland most recently assisted the team in scouting at the professional and amateur level, player contract research and negotiations, salary cap management and arbitration, collective bargaining agreement administration, budgeting and team scheduling issues. He also served as a liaison to the National Hockey League regarding matters pertaining to the collective bargaining agreement and oversaw the hockey operations efforts of the Blue Jackets' minor-league affiliates.

MacFarland joined Columbus prior to the 1999-00 NHL campaign and seved as the club's manager of hockey operations from 2001-07 before being promoted to assistant to the general manager in July 2007. He moved to the position of assistant general manager a year later in July 2008.

Born on March 28, 1970 in the Bronx, New York, he played college hockey at Pace University where he received a bachelor's degree in business in 1992 and later graduated from the university's law school in 1998.

He began his career on the business side of the sport as an intern in the National Hockey League's New York office from 1993-94 and worked in the NHL Productions office while attending law school.

Chris and his wife, Chandra, have three sons, Jake, Gavin, Sawyer, and a daughter, Cara.