Last night seemed like one of those games that was too good to be true. The Vancouver Cancucks had repeatedly stomped our Colorado Avalanche and it was time for some payback. Despite what people seem to think, this team is fighting for a playoff spot, and the window for making the post season is rapidly diminishing with each loss. Yet what happened last night was nothing short of soul crushing for this team.
What a game by the Avalanche! We saw seven goals by four different Avalanche and hats fell to the ice for fan favorite Chris Stewart. Though the steam seemed to run out in the 3rd period, the Avs held on long enough to win the game with a four goal lead to stop the St. Louis Blues winning streak at five.
Tonight the Colorado Avalanche will see the triumphant return of veteran superstar Milan “the Duke” Hejduk, who has been sidelined with knee surgery and more recently back pain. To be honest, his talent and vision on ice have been missed of late, with the Avs dropping 2 of their last 3 games.
One o’clock this afternoon marked the end of trading for the rest of the 2009-2010 NHL season. It was a busy time for a lot of teams and one team in particular made a couple of moves I didn’t expect. The Avalanche acquired Peter Mueller and Kevin Porter from Phoenix for Wojtek Wolski, as well as Stephane Yelle and Harrison Reed from Carolina for Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll and a 6th round draft pick. Mueller was present for the game tonight against the Anaheim Ducks.
The Colorado Avalanche are in Anaheim tonight, taking on the (formerly Mighty) Ducks in what seems to be a must win situation to maintain the race with the Vancouver Canucks for first place in the Northwest Division. There will a bit of a different roster tonight.
Looking for some cheap tickets to an Avs game? Sick of all of the talk about Colorado Avalanche tickets being too expensive? Well we have a deal for you! Get lower level seats for only $45 and upper level seats for just $25. Come and watch Craig Anderson take on his former team and mentor Tomas Vokoun when the Burgundy and Blue take on the Florida Panthers, March 11th at the Pepsi Center!
Welcome back! How was everyone’s Olympic break? We at the Burgundy Blog tried to keep busy with some Olympic coverage and trade speculations, as well as stressing ourselves out over that Gold Medal game between Canada and USA. The Avalanche, on the other hand, all spent their time doing things to take it easy. In all honesty, they deserved the break. Especially net minder Craig Anderson.
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