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| Hurricanes at Avalanche, Game 56 Preview |
| 2012-02-10 08:01:04 |
The Avs broke free from their scoring woes with Tuesday night's big win over the faltering Blackhawks and will look to continue their uphill climb towards the post season tonight as they take on the Eastern Conference worst Carolina Hurricanes.
Despite only amassing only 50 points thus far, the Canes have been coming on strong of late and are 5-2-3 in their last ten, so even when they're not winning they're still earning loser points. Speaking of loser points, Calgary and Phoenix went to OT last night before Shane Doan ended it, Dallas won, and Vancouver settled the Wild, meaning that with a win tonight the best the Avs could do is jump into 9th place.
The Avalanche are 10-2 against the East this season, and 3-1 against the Canes' Southeastern brethren. Carolina is 4-4-2 versus the West, but 2-1 against the Northwest. This will be the one and only meeting between the two clubs this season. Carolina is coming off an overtime loss Wednesday to the Ducks and are in the midst of a 3 game ...
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| Northwest Check - "I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost" Edition |
| 2012-02-10 06:04:26 |
Demons.
We're all haunted by them in some form and we either rise to the occasion or succumb to the depths the demons so desperately seek to drag us into. This truth extends to the hockey rink and reaches into players and teams alike. Every year there are multiple story lines that revolve around a player or team either exorcising their past demons or falling victim to them yet again. For example, Scott Gomez scoring last night means one less demon floating around the ice in a haunted Montreal season.
Closer to home in the Northwest Division, each team faces their own demons as they head into the stretch run of the season and the questions of whether or not they will exorcise them ring louder and louder with each passing game.
Calgary has finished each of the last two season in 10th place, missing the playoffs by 5 points two years ago and 3 points last year and with them currently in 11th place it's become obvious the team in Calgary may not be built to achieve much more ...
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| Daily Cupcakes - February 10th, 2012 |
| 2012-02-10 05:01:11 |
Gordie Howe's family doesn't think that his brain will be donated towards science.
Marty Howe has no doubt the concussions his father sustained during his legendary 32-year professional hockey career had an impact on his current mental issues, but says there are no plans for Gordie Howe to donate his brain to science.
"We haven’t," Marty said Thursday, when asked if the family had discussed following the path of Reggie Fleming and Bob Probert – former NHLers who gave their brains to Boston University researchers after they died in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The scientists discovered Fleming, Probert and another deceased NHL player, Rick Martin, all had the degenerative brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Fleming and Probert made their NHL livings as fighters but Martin, who died of a heart attack at 59 in March of 2010, was strictly a scorer during his career in the 1970s.
A preview of the Colorado Avalanche vs Carolina Huricanes game...
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| The Ultimate Sports Social Media Contest |
| 2012-02-10 04:00:29 |
Here at Mile High Hockey, we don't always shill sponsored contests, but when we do we always choose XFINITY. That's probably not the introduction I was supposed to add. Let's leave it to the marketing experts to share the rest.
Have you ever watched one of those TV shows where from thousands of hopefuls, one star is born? Well, Mile High Hockey readers, here's your chance to play "starmaker" and help pick the new voice of sports in social media! XFINITY is looking for the next renowned sports social media star through its Ultimate Sports Social Media Job contest. The winning candidate will serve as the new voice of XFINITY in the sports social media space and go behind-the-scenes at some of the biggest sporting events in 2012, sharing exclusive insights and updates with fans. From February 9-19, you can review qualified entry videos and vote for the contestant you'd like to see advance to the finals of the XFINITY Ultimate Sports Social Media Job contest. The five entrants with t...
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| Want to see the Avs and Canes on Friday? |
| 2012-02-09 06:50:00 |
The Burgundy Brigade has a deal for you! Here's the quick link to buy tickets: http://www.pepsicenter.com/groups/avalanche/bb210/
There's also a promo through TiqIQ, MHH's ticket partner where you can get a lower bowl "4-star" ticket for $59 using their "make an offer" feature. This particular deal is good through 11 eastern tonight (Thursday) and can be accessed through the following link: http://tiqiq.us/7ez
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| Daily Cupcakes - February 9th, 2012 |
| 2012-02-09 05:01:12 |
As some of you know, I love to highlight the good deeds that hockey players do. The Avs will be auctioning off the camouflage jerseys soon.
The Colorado Avalanche will auction off a set of camouflage practice jerseys. The jerseys were worn as part of the pre-game warm-up for the Feb. 10 NHL game at the Pepsi Center. The jerseys were worn as part of the Avalanche’s first-ever "Military Appreciation Night."
"The Avalanche organization is proud to honor those who have served and continue to serve our country," said Avalanche General Manager/Executive Vice President Greg Sherman. "It will be an exciting night for our team and all of our fans, but more importantly a chance for us to give back to the men and women who have given so much to us."
Sheldon Kennedy is being recognized in Swift Current.
Sheldon Kennedy has been back to Swift Current before, the site of some of his most memorable moments (helping the WHL Broncos win the 1989 Memorial Cup) and his worst. Hi...
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| Stastny's Value (Not what you think, and a little positive mojo about our team and where we are headed) |
| 2012-02-08 22:00:10 |
Honestly just about everywhere from here at MHH to HF-Boards and including periodic chatter from actual NHL insiders has speculated as to Stastny being on the trade block. His value has been discussed over and over as well..
Hopefully what comes next reminds us all how valuable and rare a top flight center can be. Him struggling (in my mind due to lack of a finisher since Stewy left) has everyone hoping they could pry him from our hands at a discount price. It's been going on so long that some of us fans are jumping on the bandwagon of destroying a core of center depth teams dream about.
Most of these stats people are probably fairly aware of.. but I am hoping that this reminds all of us to maybe be a little more patient as thankfully our GM has been.
Since his draft year he ranks 4th in production.. Let me give you the names ahead of him.
Sidney Crosby
Anze Kopitar
Nicklas Backstrom
Paul Stastny (Even struggling the last couple of years his PPG. AVG. is still .887 and he has scor...
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| Northwest Check - "Here We Go Again" Edition |
| 2012-02-03 07:00:39 |
The current weather in Denver seems to be particularly symbolic of how the direction the Avs season seems to be headed in and after last season I'm absolutely terrified of potentially losing all of the next 22 games. So uh...yeah. Let's talk about other teams. Immediately.
Calgary! I love talking about them. Their fans are passionate, their history rich....ish, their GM feisty, and the team is mediocre enough to torture the Calgary Corsiatti Contingent into believing their might be hope on the horizon and they could be more than a perennial 10th place team. The Flames have been consistently mediocre all season and I could honestly get away with copy and pasting this paragraph every week and it would still be accurate.
Edmonton has finally caught fire after two straight months of futility. I imagine their recently-improved health has played a big role in their recent record leap (who knew having your best players play their best would lead to wins!?). Also an outrageous 8 ...
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| Daily Cupcakes- February 3rd, 2012. |
| 2012-02-03 06:58:00 |
It should come as no surprise that Patrick Roy is in trouble, for talking, again.
Patrick Roy is in hot water again after accusing the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's commissioner of pressuring an injured player into participating in this week's top prospects game.
The QMJHL has fined the Quebec Remparts $5,000 over comments made by the former star goaltender, who serves as the Remparts' head coach and general manager.
Roy laced into QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau last Friday, accusing him of placing his own interests and those of the QMJHL above those of players.
The Avs made a small trade with the Capitals.
The Washington Capitals have made a pair of minor-league deals, acquiring defenseman Kevin Marshall from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forward Matt Ford and picking up center Mike Carman from the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Danny Richmond.
Gordie Howe is trying to do good for the world after losing his wife- of 56 years- to Alzheimer'...
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| Wild at Avalanche, Game 53 Preview |
| 2012-02-02 08:01:00 |
Must win. I'm afraid that we're going to be saying that about a lot of games from now until the end of the season. And while it will probably be true each time it's said, this game really goes beyond that. Prediction: if the Avs win tonight, they stay in the race for the playoffs, but if they lose, the playoffs ain't happening. Yes, I realize that one loss isn't going to ruin the team's post-season hopes. However, a loss to this team right now will be indicative of the basic character of this team. If the Avalanche cannot find a way to beat a division foe that's in the hunt for the same spot in the standings, then there's no way we can expect them to get that ridiculous win streak they need. This game will show if these young players have what it takes to dig deep inside themselves and find the killer instinct they must have to be a playoff team.
Here are the standings. Yes, Dallas jumped the Avs. Did I mention how important this game is?
Giguere is in net tonight.
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