I’m going to go ahead and say that this is going to be a different blog. I’m not going to separate myself from what happened tonight to give you a story like everyone else. How the Avalanche blew this game. How they gave up the Northwest Division. Or how they’re a bad team. Call me a die hard fan, but I saw a few things that really changed the momentum of this game
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.
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.
Welcome back to our regular coverage of the Colorado Avalanche. It was a long, strange trip through them there Olympics and needless to say I’ve written some very long winded diatribes, which I will spare you here. Really, the point of this article is to expose you to the roster situation for tonight’s game against the loathed Detroit Red Wings.
In case you haven’t noticed, the 2010 Men’s Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament is fully underway and has thus far gone as many have predicted. Pundits and most people with any working knowledge of the current and semi-recent NHL atmosphere have essentially determined who will be the top contenders for the gold medal this time around, and what an exciting day of hockey we’ve seen.
Throughout the Avalanche 2009-2010 season, we’ve seen a lot of highlights. Having been predicted to finish last in the Western Conference and in the basement of the overall NHL standings, the Avs have surprised everyone this season. They currently sit 2nd in the Northwest Division, 6th in the Western Conference, and 8th in the NHL. No one, not even die hard Avalanche fans expected these kind of results, especially during a rebuilding year.
The Avalanche pulled a win last night against the Coyotes out of their collective rear ends. It seems that Lady Luck didn’t bless the Boys tonight in Los Angeles against the Kings. With Adam Foote and Kyle Cumiskey out of commission, John Michael Liles and Ruslan Salei were in the lineup. I thought Salei did a pretty good job, but I found myself face-palming over Liles.
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