A week that began with a rousing 4-3 win over the league-best Vancouver Canucks sputtered into futility after it was learned that speedy Czech winger Tomas Fleischmann will miss the rest of the year due to blood clots in both lungs.
The Avalanche are as dangerous as any team in the league playing from behind. The Coyotes maintained an excellent flow from shift to shift right up to the closing minute of the 2nd Period, but Colorado never quieted down. The Avs continued to fight hard and that transitioned to good Offensive Zone possessions.
Just over 24 hours after Paul Stastny & Brian Rafalski played as teammates in Vancouver, they will face off as competitors in Denver. Stastny will lead his Colorado Avalanche against Rafalski’s Detroit Red Wings in a rivalry game tonight.
A big win over the Coyotes kept the Avalanche on-pace with Vancouver. Now Colorado will try to stretch their league-best win streak to 5 games against the Kings
What’s red and blue and shares a time slot with the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics? The 2010 Colorado Avalanche!
With less than a week left before the Olympic Break, I’m shifting my Avalanche coverage to individual player profiles. Even in Denver, many of these Avalanche players are unknown for two main reasons.
The quick, confident team that was creating space between itself and the hoards of conference playoff hopefuls has once again devolved into a tangle of rookies.
NHL 1st Star for October Craig Anderson The first month of the season saw the Avalanche touring the far reaches of the NHL landscape. Colorado traveled to every Canadian city except Ottawa (Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary & Vancouver), winning each game except the last. They played on both coasts and in three mid-western cities, and [...]
