Colorado Avalanche Forward Tyson Jost Scores 1st Eagles Goal

Colorado Avalanche forward Tyson Jost scores his first AHL goal with the Colorado Eagles, and it’s a beauty.

Colorado Avalanche forward Tyson Jost has spent the last four games playing with the AHL Colorado Eagles. He was sent to the Avalanche’s AHL affiliate to work on his development so he could get a lot of ice time.

He’s been getting just that. Unfortunately, the AHL keeps wildly inaccurate records. However, BSN Avalanche’s AJ Haefele attended the first two games, both against the Tucson Roadrunners, and stated in his podcast that Jost has been getting ice time in all situations — even strength, power play and penalty kill.

Unfortunately, in the first three games, Jost failed to make the scoresheet. According to Haefele, his play was responsible for at least one of the goals as he kept lanes open for AJ Greer to score. However, Jost himself didn’t get an assist because he didn’t touch the puck. (It’s a situation we’ve seen him been in with the Avalanche — he’s doing the hard work in front to screen the goalie or keep lanes open, but gets no official recognition.)

Haefele also offered two more nuggets. One is that Jost is as snake-bitten in the AHL as he has been in the NHL. Not even just hitting the post snake-bitten — we’re talking the puck stopping right on the goal line snake-bitten. I mean, that’s Matt Duchene-level snake-bitten.

Anyway, AJ also said Jost was the best player on the ice — on either team — both nights. Indeed, I can see it here in Jost’s first AHL point, an assist on AJ Greer’s goal:

Those are some moves from Tyson.

The assist, Jost’s first as an Eagle, happened in the January 23rd game against the Bakersfield Condors. So, yes, Tyson went three games without an official point and, yes, that sent some people in Avs Nation into conniptions.

Well, last night, Tyson Jost got his first AHL tally. It was a hard-working goal that requires some gymnastics from the young forward. It also highlight what I’ve said all along about Jost — he’s a bulldog on the forecheck:

Source of the video: Mars, apparently.

Anyway, I get it. Some people are going to say it’s just one goal and one assist in five games in the AHL. You’re right. Well, Mark Alt had a hat trick in last night’s game alone. Maybe the Colorado Avalanche should call him up to the NHL and play him instead of Sam Girard, who has just two goals on the entire year.

I double dog dare you to say that’s a good idea. No? That’s because you know Alt isn’t the talent that Girard is. And he isn’t the talent that Jost is.

The Colorado Eagles have just one more game tonight, against the Ontario Reign again, before the AHL goes into its bye-week. It’s thought Jost might return to the Colorado Avalanche at that time to play in the February 2 game against the Vancouver Canucks.

A part of me hopes not. If Jared Bednar is going to continue to under-utilize the young forward in favor of inferior veterans like Gabriel Bourque, then leave Jost in Loveland a little longer. Tyson deserves to have his development attended to.

And we all have it in our best interests to wish our top-10 draft pick success.