This year’s postseason, playoff hockey is sure to be a great battle for Lord Stanley’s cup. You have the Washington Capitals dominating the East, and the San Jose Sharks atop of the West. Predictions from the “experts” are pouring in left and right and suddenly it feels like we’re back at the beginning of this year’s season – with everyone ragging on the Colorado Avalanche.
Twas a warm night in Arizona as the Avalanche took on the Coyotes. With Calgary’s loss last night, it guaranteed the Yotes a playoff spot. The Avs, however, still have some fighting to do. They need to win 5 of the next 9 games to solidify a playoff spot for the 2009-2010 season. Seeing how well they’ve done, it’s possible. But they’re still plagued with injuries, Peter Mueller being the most recent Avalanche player to join the list with a mysterious hip injury.
The air was abuzz in St. Louis as the Avalanche and Blues would face each other for the final time this season. The Avs had three games up on St. Louis, one of which was a shutout. In their last meeting, St. Louis goaltender Chris Mason was pulled in a 7-3 loss. Mason had a better game last night, but it wasn’t enough to pull a win.
Two words, people: Craig Anderson. He was the solution, the primary variable, in the equation that led to the Avalanche win over the Dallas Stars earlier this afternoon. Anderson hadn’t seen more shots than this since October 24th vs. the Red Wings when he stopped a season high 48 of 49 shots. This afternoon in Dallas, Andy tied his 48 saves, but this time out of 51 shots. No matter. The Avs won this one thanks to Anderson.
It was a great win for the Colorado Avalanche coming off a 6-4 loss to Vancouver on Tuesday. Craig Anderson got his 7th shutout of the season, tying goaltenders Tomas Vokoun, Ilya Bryzgalov, and Marty Brodeur for most shutouts of the season. It was a great accomplishment by the Avalanche as a loss like they had on Tuesday can run like poison through the veins of a team, but the Avs shook the loss off and played some hockey tonight. And though Sid&Ovie.com doesn’t bother covering the Avalanche when they win, but tend to jump on the Burgundy Boys when they lose, that’s why you come here.
I don’t think any of us saw that coming. In typical ironic fashion, the Avalanche fell to the Coyotes off a shot from Wojtek Wolski, a guy who’s had a problem shooting the puck and before this game had two goals in the last twenty-five. One of those was a mercy goal empty netter given by Chris Stewart. It was a little strange to see, honestly.
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.
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