It has already been a brutal Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Colorado Avalanche, who have seen key players drop like flies to various injuries. If you go back to the Peter Mueller injury, things have been pretty bad. So much so that Coach Sacco has been forced to perform a game 4 roster shuffle.
This had to have been one of the most insane games at The Can this season. We saw Craig Anderson shut out the San Jose Sharks. We saw the Sharks put the puck on Andy 51 times and Andy blocked them all. That’s one short of his all time career record. The fans in Denver saw three scoreless periods and 51 seconds of overtime before something quite odd happened.
Game Two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Colorado Avalanche and the San Jose Sharks. The Avs upset the Sharks in Game 1, outplaying the #1 Western Conference seed and winning 2-1. It was a night of upsets as the Montreal Canadiens also defeated #1 Eastern Conference seed, the Washington Capitals. So far these 2010 Playoffs have had more upsets than “what’s supposed to happen.” I like it that way. That’s real Playoff hockey.
“Now the fun begins.” Those are the words that came out of the mouth of Colorado Avalanche winger Milan Hejduk when asked about the team’s first round match up against the San Jose Sharks. While the Avalanche dropped their final regular season decision to the Los Angeles Kings, they’re already looking forward to the postseason – and so are we!
The Chicago Blackhawks came into Denver with the possibility of overtaking the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference standings. A win for Colorado, icing on the cake. The Avs had some key players sitting out again tonight, among them Adam Foote and Milan Hejduk. Paul Stastny was back in the lineup after a night up, but his number of minutes was cut from normal.
So if you been watching any hockey lately, or even just television in general, you might have noticed the new ad campaign by the NHL -History Will Be Made. These are amazing, emotions commercials that should excite and inspire fans about the postseason. Ray Bourque was featured in one of these already and there is one for Patrick Roy on it’s way.
It was a gorgeous day in Denver today and throughout the day the Avalanche fans were both anticipating and dreading tonight’s game against the San Jose Sharks. Not only are the Sharks one of the high scoring teams in the west, they’re also in 2nd place in the league. After a bad loss against the Calgary Flames on April 2nd, the Avs needed win to gain some ground on the coveted 8th place spot in the Western Conference Standings.
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