In a game that pitted two NHL All-Star Teams against each other, nothing less than North American bragging rights was on the line. Matching up on NHL-sized ice for the first time in Olympic Hockey history, Canada & the US fought a frenzied battle for the Group A title.
With a third consecutive W, the Colorado Avalanche will move ½ game up on the Vancouver Canucks in the Northwest.
They used to be the Colorado Rockies, before that they were the Kansas City Scouts, now they’re the New Jersey Devils, & they’re coming to Denver this weekend as the top team in the Eastern.
There’s something extraordinary about this Avalanche hockey team that causes them to win games that they have no business winning.
