It doesn’t matter who plays better longer, it matters who makes it count. The Ducks were in control for most of the game, but they couldn’t get the puck in the net. The Avalanche played a slow game by their standards, but when they had momentum they made the Ducks pay.
Coming off of twin 2-3 road losses, both of these teams are in desperate need of a win this evening to keep their playoff aspirations alive.
The Avalanche are anything but comfortable at third in the West. They have 62 points on 49 games, with Vancouver and Phoenix breathing down their necks in the division and conference respectively.
Two wins last week would have been nice, because the Avalanche start a tough week on the road in one of the toughest arenas to land a visiting win…
Here we go Avalanche… two wins in a lightly scheduled week, and the second half of the season starts looking very, very manageable.
Knocking off the Flames three times in three tries with a trio of three-to-two victories (two of them at Calgary) has the Avalanche alone atop the division nearing the halfway point in the season.
Over the five-game road trip, the Avalanche grabbed 7/10 possible points and returned to the #1 spot in the Northwest Division. Kiss off, Krazy Keith, you can’t ruin our party.
Read in as PSC celebrates the triumphant return of Daniel “The Real Dan” Olson. This week we publish the first entry in Dan’s four-part series on the unexpected success of Colorado’s four major sports franchises… and why the sugar high won’t last for one or more of these teams.
What do you get when you take an outstanding Goaltender, a subpar Defense, and a 4-line-deep Offense and throw them onto a sheet of ice? I have no idea, but I think they’re calling themselves the Colorado Avalanche.
Colorado will play an unprecedented five games in eight days, starting tonight and ending next Monday. Plus the Avs’ new 3rd Jersey
