C.J. Jarecki
The frozen pond, the frigid winter mornings, the sound of the blades shredding through the ice… I was 6 years old when I first strapped on a set of blades, and took to the lake ice in Evergreen, Colorado. Ever since, I’ve had a sort of love affair with the sport of hockey.
In the late 70’s and early 80’s I was trying my best to emulate the likes of Joel Quinville, Mike Kitchen, and Lanny MacDonald, because the Colorado Rockies were my home team. I loved sitting on the glass at “Rockies Hockey” games, even though the team was horrible.
Fast forward to today – the Rockies are the Devils, there’s a baseball team named the Rockies (a travesty in my book), and Colorado has the Avalanche. It fits.
Welcome back to the regular season, hockey fans! I know I’ve been anxiously waiting for the 2011-12 NHL season and now that it has begun, life can resume its normal course. I’m not sure about any…Read More
What a horrible summer for the NHL and hockey in general. First, Derek Boogaard, then Rick Rypien, and now Wade Belak… The former Nordiques/Avalanche draft pick and player was found…Read More
In this installment, I would like to discuss change. Yes, our beloved Avalanche club looks a lot different now and the team has changed dramatically since even last year, but the change I would like…Read More
Here we are, smack dab on the middle of the dreadful off-season… UGH!!! I don’t know about any of you, but I am seriously jones-in for some hockey action. Anyway, as the off season drags along,…Read More
Now that the draft is behind us and the free-agency buzz has calmed to that of a hum, how do you think the Avalanche will fair against their division rivals? Let’s take a look at the other four Northwest…Read More
And more..
Well, Greg Sherman and Joe Sakic have been awfully busy. We have quite a few new faces to welcome…Read More
Is there some relief in sight? Could the Avalanche be signing a “top flight” netminder?
Well,…Read More
Scoring goals. That’s what this game of hockey is all about, really. You have to score and our…Read More
Who do you think of when you hear the term “mucker” or “grinder” or “team player”? I think…Read More
As we all know, the Avalanche are in SERIOUS need of some defensive help. They need some guys that…Read More
Let’s start talking about some of the free agents that will potentially hit the market beginning July 1st, 2011. I say ‘potentially’ simply because some of them may sign a contract with their team…Read More
Hello, fellow puck-heads. Yes, our beloved Avs are sitting idle, waiting for next season to begin (it can’t happen soon enough if you ask me), but they are still making news.
Unrestricted Free…Read More
It is so damn difficult watching the second season roll on while our own team sits idle. I truly miss the days of perennial playoff competition that used to engulf the entire Rocky Mountain region. …Read More
Well, you can call me “The Swami”, you can call me “The Great Prodigy”, you can call me ”The Master”… I really don’t care what you call me, but I did…Read More
It’s very unfortunate that our beloved Avalanche are not participating, but there is plenty of intrigue heading into the playoffs this season and some of the match-ups look like they will be hard…Read More
Here we are, grinding down toward the end of the horrific thing known as the 2010-11 Avalanche season. Starting tonight, they have 3 games to go – 2 versus the Dallas Low-Stars and 1 versus the Edmonton…Read More
With 8 games left in this dismal season, will our Colorado Avalanche be able to eclipse the 70 point mark??? Should they resort to tin-foil laden knuckles and bench clearing brawls? This very well…Read More
If I would have told you at the beginning of the season that our young, promising, hometown hockey team would be battling for 1st with 13 games to go in the season, you just might have believed me. But,…Read More
According to the Avalanche Facebook page, Peter Forsberg will be holding a press conference today at 2:30pm MST to announce his retirement from the game of hockey. I’m sure there will be a myriad of…Read More
Well, it’s official.
According to the Avalanche website, Foppa will be making his much anticipated return to the ice in tonight’s game versus the Columbus Boo Jackets…
Welcome back,…Read More
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