While the Colorado Avalanche greatly improved over a dismal season last year, shattering expectations left and right and arguably putting up more of a fight than the Detroit Red Wings against the San Jose Sharks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Avalanche were bogged down throughout the regular and post-season by their defensive situation.
The Colorado Avalanche, also known as the underdogs, have been giving the San Jose Sharks a run for their money. The Avs have had to transition their game to nearly 100% defense to shut down the Sharks top two lines and they’ve been doing a good job of it. Unfortunately tonight in the Shark Tank, they were never once called for too many men on the ice. The Sharks had 9 total on ice at all times, not including Evgeni Nabokov, and four of them were wearing black and white stripes.
“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!
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.
After a great win in OT last night in Vancouver, the Avalanche headed to Edmonton to see what the Oilers were up to. For those who have never followed the NHL this season and have just happened upon this website by happenstance, the Oilers are last in the league and are pretty much guaranteed to get the 1st draft pick in Los Angeles this summer. However, the Avalanche still have a chance to move up in the standings, so every game still has meaning.
The Avalanche went up against the LA Kings tonight at the Pepsi Center for the third time this season. John Michael Liles would be a healthy scratch again and Ruslan Salei would still be in the lineup. Even though Salei’s penalty allowed the Kings to convert in OT to win Monday night, coach Joe Sacco has liked the veteran’s play as of lately. If you ask me, he should have been benched for losing his cool in such a need-to-win situation. The Avs were also playing sans Darcy Tucker for his hit on Greene Monday night.
Much to the amazement of Adrian Dater, and those of you who blame Ruslan Salei for the loss in OT Monday night, Colorado Avalanche head Coach Joe Sacco has said that John-Michael Liles will be a healthy scratch in favor of Salei for tonight’s rematch against the Los Angeles Kings.
Are you as excited for this upcoming season as you were last year?
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