DENVER — Mackenzie Blackwood grew up an Avalanche fan. His childhood bedroom was even painted in the team’s colors. Now, he’s wearing that same sweater and climbing the franchise record books.

Blackwood, who hails from Thunder Bay, Ontario, picked up his seventh shutout with Colorado on Saturday night, stopping every shot in a 4-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings at Ball Arena. It was also the 18th shutout of his NHL career, moving him into a tie for sixth on the Avalanche’s all-time list with Alexandar Georgiev and Craig Anderson.

He’s already had a couple of memorable stretches in Colorado. Last season, Blackwood recorded back-to-back shutouts twice. He first did it on January 31 and February 2, including a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Blues. He repeated the feat in November, shutting out the Nashville Predators 3-0 and the San Jose Sharks 6-0.

That put him in a pretty exclusive group. Only Patrick Roy and Darcy Kuemper had recorded multiple sets of consecutive shutouts for the Avalanche before Blackwood.

Blackwood is tied for sixth with seven shutouts. Peter Budaj has nine, Phillip Grubauer 12, David Aebischer 13 and Semyon Varlamov 21. Roy leads the way with 37.

The Hockey News asked Blackwood what it meant to represent the organization and move up the franchise’s all-time list.

“It’s awesome,” he stated after the game. “This was my favorite organization growing up as a kid, so it means a lot to me. My room was painted the colors of this team right when I was a little guy, so it’s pretty special.”

Blackwood has been putting together a strong season, too. Through 14 appearances, he’s 9-3-1 with a 2.60 goals-against average and a .901 save percentage.

Over his last 10 games, he’s gone 7-1-1 with a 2.20 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage after working through some early-season struggles.

If he keeps it up, a Vezina Trophy nomination isn’t out of the question.

Not a bad place to be for someone who grew up dreaming of playing in Colorado.