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Colorado Avalanche GM Joe Sakic: ‘There’s No Quit In This Team’
By Justin AdamsFebruary 11, 2022 at 12:05 pm DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Avalanche returned from the All-Star break and continued their hot play by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Thursday night at Ball Arena. The Avs extended their franchise-record home points streak to 22 games (20-0-2) and won for the 11th time in the last 12 games, and it’s a winning streak that has impressed Avalanche General Manager Joe Sakic.
New York Rangers Continue To Be Haunted By Joe Sakic
NHL Hall of Famer Joe Sakic never delivered much in the way of on-ice heartbreak to the New York Rangers, the star center spending 13 of his 20 NHL seasons in the Western Conference and thus mostly facing them sparingly during the regular season. In his only playoff matchup with the Blueshirts, Sakic’s top-seeded Quebec Nordiques were stunned in the opening round in six games in 1995 by the defending Stanley Cup champion, Mark Messier-led Rangers.
8 teams that won the Presidents' Trophy and Stanley Cup in the same season
BarDown Staff Everyone wants to finish first, but finishing first in the season doesn’t always guarantee postseason success. But when it comes to the NHL, you’re almost better off going into the playoffs as the underdog than the top dog. The Colorado Avalanche have a chance to clinch their third Presidents’ Trophy in franchise history on Thursday night and all they need to do is win the game.
Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon named finalist for Lady Byng Trophy
For the second time this week, Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon was named a finalist for a prestigious NHL award. On Thursday, it was for the Lady Byng, which is awarded by the National Hockey Writers’ Association “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.” Earlier in the week, MacKinnon was named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award, given to “the most outstanding player” by NHL players.
Count the Hurricanes in for a Whalers-Nordiques game with throwback uniforms next season
Per a recent report in The Athletic, the Colorado Avalanche have held some internal discussions about bringing back the classic Quebec Nordiques jersey to celebrate their 25th anniversary next season, a prospect which obviously has hockey fans everywhere excited.
You'll be feeling nostalgic seeing which players were current NHLers favourites growing up
We've now reached the age in hockey where millennials are starting to take over the NHL. Young talents such as Patrik Laine, who is still technically a teenager, are becoming some of the most dominant forces in the game. This means that millennial fans can connect with their favourite NHL superstars on a level they wouldn't have been able to as kids. One area they are able to connect over is hockey fandom growing up.
Sakic, Selanne among inductees into IIHF Hall
COLOGNE, Germany — Joe Sakic was one of eight inductees named to the 2017 class of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame on Sunday. Uwe Krupp and Teemu Selanne — two of Sakic's former teammates — were also inducted in a ceremony held prior to the medal round games at the world hockey championship. Saku Koivu, Austrian hockey legend Dieter Kalt, U.S. women's star Angela Ruggiero, Tony Hand and Patrick Francheterre rounded out the inductees.
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