Posts Tagged Avalanche
Lemieux Returns to Avs?!
Claude Lemieux is coming out of retirement to play with the Avalanche this season the Denver Post reported today.
More on this later. And I will be posting after the Rangers/Lightning pre-season game tonight where i will get my first look at Steve Stamkos.
Add comment September 25, 2008
Avs Remain Roy Free
***News Bulletin***
Patrick Roy announced he will not take a coaching position with the Avalanche next season. It was never clear if the team was pursuing the option further. According to the Denver Post, it is because he wants to remain in Quebec to coach his sons.
Add comment May 16, 2008
So Much News, So Little Time…
There is so much hockey news that I want to write about, but I am taking a three week long intensive journalism “boot camp” course, and I am having to devote all of my time to the massive amounts of homework they have assigned me. So far today:
- I sat in class for more than eight hours.
- I participated in a mock press conference
- I got my new Flip in the mail! (Expect some cool Vlogs soon)
- I wrote an article based on the press conference
I have one more article to write tonight, a book to read, and an apartment to unpack (which will have to wait until the weekend I suppose). If I survive the night I will post something NHL related.
But I can’t resist mentioning this: Patrick Roy might actually be considered for the Avalanche’s head coaching position! Imagine what this would do for the Avs publicity? Who knows, maybe the Pepsi Center will even sell out a few games next season.
1 comment May 14, 2008
The Cup Changes Everything – Round Two
The Avalanche, Rangers and Sharks all find themselves down two games and battling to hang onto their playoff hopes tonight. Before the games start I will share a few quick thoughts:
On the Red Wings vs. Avalanche series: If the Avs have any hope of advancing (which they pretty much don’t) They need Forsberg to play (I don’t care if he is on his death bed!) and Theodore to stop goals. It seems so simple, yet, so impossible. The Wings are looking hot, scoring goals, drawing penalties, scoring short handed, playing defense–basically they are playing hockey. Something the woebegone Avalanche could aim for. Sadly, apart from Cody McCormick’s scrap with McCarty, neither team is doing much to rekindle the rivalry.
On the Rangers vs. Penguins Series: Both teams fought hard on Sunday afternoon but the Ranger’s simply couldn’t get the puck in the net (before the whistle that is). Expect more physical play, and energy from the young Penguin’s team. Lundqvist was good on Sunday, but his team needs to help him out. As for Fleury, I’m still not convinced that he is a Cup caliber goalie, but he has proven himself so far.
On the Sharks vs. Stars Series: I expect the Sharks will come back now that they have had a chance to feel out the Stars. I’ll be honest though, I have been so busy following the other games I haven’t watched any of this series.
Add comment April 29, 2008
The “Blood Feud” Continues
My first live NHL game was an Avalanche Red Wings tilt at the Pepsi Center in Denver. I was a gangly fourteen-year-old with braces and high waters. My family could only afford individual tickets in the nose bleeds. My Dad helped me find my section before leaving for his seat. I had seen tons of hockey, but never like this.
I was sitting between some drunk college guys and two women brave enough to don Wings Jerseys. The Guys kept shouting things like, “Go back to Russia you Commies!” Some other drunk fans poured beer on the Red Wing’s fans when the Wing’s took the lead. I loved the intensity. In the third period I remember the electric atmosphere when Patrick Roy skated to center ice to fight Dominik Hasek. It was history.
The rivalry between the Avalanche and the Red Wings is epic—no doubt about it. Round two is going to Rock! Adrian Dater, an Avalanche beat writer with the Denver Post since the beginning of the franchise, describes the anticipated round two as, “a renewal of one of the league’s most notorious playoff rivalries — or rivalries, period — in the past 20 years.” Dater is also the author of the book, Blood Fued. If you love hockey you must read this chronicle of the Wings Avs bitter rivalry. I couldn’t put it down, and I have to confess that I was a little misty eyed by the end of the book–just the thought of the rivalry being over. The good news is that the old rivalry is about to be defibrillated to life with this Western Conference semi final.
The rivalry that started when Avalanche Claude Limieux re-arranged the face of Red Wing Kris Draper will be re-kindled because:
- The Avalanche still has Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, and Adam Foote.
- The Wings still have Daren McCarty, Kris Draper, and Niklas Lidstrom.
- Last time these teams met in the regular season Ian Laperriere contributed to a hit that had Wings’ Captain Nicklas Lidstrom out for several games with a sprained knee. The Wings want revenge.
- The Avs want revenge for their embarrassing 7-0 loss to the Wings in their last post-season match up.
- The Denver media and the Detroit media have a history of hating each other in this series. (Note the Detroit Free Press’s reaction to a Rocky Mountain News opinion piece from 4.23.08 )
One thing is for certain: I will be cutting out of my Rhetoric class early on Thursday night to catch the game on TV!
2 comments April 24, 2008
