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10.08.08Game on! Season opener is tomorrowOne thing about hockey: these long offseasons are unbearable! We last saw the Avs on May 1st and now, finally, after a long 5 months (yes, I'm kidding)...hockey is back. The Avalanche host the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. The game will be on Versus. As some of you are aware, this is a double header game. Last year on opening night, the early game went to a shootout and didn't end until 9:48 eastern, so the Avs-Stars game was joined in progress about 10 minutes in. Thankfully, someone has finally figured out that 2 ½ hours is not enough time ...
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11.30.07Preview: Avalanche at Sharks, Avalanche at KingsThe Avs take a quick trip to the left coast this weekend, taking on San Jose on Friday and then Los Angeles on Saturday, before returning home to host the Sharks on Monday. Programming Alert: I meant to mention this in my original post: I probably won't have any notes or recap for the San Jose game. I probably won't even watch the game until tomorrow afternoon. I may post something when I do, but I'm not making any plans to do so. I should have the Kings game covered as normal. The big news is that TJ Hensick has been recalled. ...
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11.16.07Preview: Avalanche at StarsAfter a four day layoff, the Colorado Avalanche visit the Dallas Stars tonight. The Avalanche are hoping to find their road mojo. I think the Avs home / road story has been told enough, so I won't fatigue your eyeballs with that today. The Stars are struggling around the .500 mark, and recently took the somewhat unorthodox step of firing their GM mid-season. The Stars have the usual names at the top of their scoring list - Brendan Morrow and Mike Ribeiro have 18 points, Jere Lehtinen has 17, Sergei Zubov has 14, and super-hunky Mike Modano has 10. ...
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11.05.07Preview: Calgary at ColoradoThe Avalanche hope to rebound from a disappointing effort against the Canucks on Saturday. The 2nd place Avalanche (16 pts) face the 3rd place Flames (15 pts) in a key divisional matchup. Some might even say "must win". Both teams lost on Saturday. The Avs have won the first two meetings this year, even though the Flames had leads in both games. Both games went beyond regulation. The Avs have outscored Calgary 8-6 (7-6 when you take out the shootout goal). Not surprisingly, the Flames have won 53.3% of the faceoffs in the two games so far. With the man advantage, ...
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10.07.07Quickie Avs-Sharks previewPer the Post, (and to the surprise of no one) Joel Quenneville will change the Avs lines tonight, reuniting Milan Hejduk with Paul Stastny and Andrew Brunette with Milan Hejduk. Also, Ryan Smyth will swap with Jaroslav Hlinka and Marek Svatos will move up to the 3rd line, with Ian Laperriere dropping to the 4th line. Honestly, these lines make a lot more sense than the way they were... Hlinka, Sakic, Brunette Smyth, Stastny, Hejduk Wolski, Arnason, Svatos Smith, Guite, Laperriere Peter Budaj is expected to get the start tonight for the Avs, with Evgeni Nabokov in net for the Sharks. I assume Jose Theodore ...
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10.03.07The most wonderful time of the yearIt's Hump Day in cubicle land. I'm in New Hampshire - Red Sox Nation - and everyone in the office is decked out in their favorite Sox gear and thinking about today's playoff game. But not me. I'm wearing my favorite Avalanche jersey (the old Center Ice-style black practice jersey), and I'm focused on the important stuff - opening night for my favorite hockey team. Continue Reading...
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02.17.072/17 Avalanche at FlamesJust a quick preview of another critical NW match-up. These teams met on Thursday, with the Avs giving a full 60 minute effort and winning 7-5. Continue Reading...
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02.13.072/13 Pregame: Avalanche @ DucksThe Avs are 1-4 in the month of February, and, it won't be easy to reverse their fortunes. The Ducks are currently 2nd in the Western Conference, and are 6-3-1 in their last 10 home games. Both teams can score (Anaheim is 5th in scoring, Colorado is 7th). But only one team can stop the puck (the Ducks are 5th in GAA, Colorado is 22nd). Peter Budaj gets the start for the Avs; he has a GAA of 3.42 and a Save Pct of .899 in the 2nd half of the season (and yes, those numbers are better than Jose ...
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02.08.072/8 Thrashers @ Avalanche PreviewPeter McNab has Rick Nash. Don Cherry has Jordan Staal. Me? The guy not on the Avs that I most enjoy watching? Ilya Kovulchuk. Kovulchuk is part of a formidable one-two punch for the Thrashers - he and Marian Hossa each have 31 goals for Atlanta this year. That can't be great news for the Avs. If our defense had trouble containing Chris Gratton and Olli Jokinen...what will happen against Hossa and Kovulchuk? Despite that up-front firepower, the Thrashers are just an average 14th in scoring (Colorado is 9th). Atlanta is 21st in goals against to the Avs 17th. Again, despite ...
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02.06.072/6 Panthers @ AvalancheColorado hosts the Panthers tonight in the 4th game of a 5 game home stand (1-2 so far). Jose Theodore starts tonight for the Avs. No word on whether it will be Alex Auld or Ed Belfour in net for the Panthers. Auld started Saturday and got shelled...with Belfour getting hammered in relief. Colorado's Magic Number is 9. The Panthers are 14th in the Eastern Conference...but just 9 points out of the final playoff spot. Still, with 6 teams to overtake in the final two months, Florida is expected to be a seller at the deadline, with a lot of veterans hearing ...
