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Colorado Avalanche: 3 Things I’d Love to See at the Rookie Faceoff

By Nadia Archuleta

DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 24: Conor Timmins #68 of the Colorado Avalanche brings the puck out from behind the net against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on September 24, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 24: Conor Timmins #68 of the Colorado Avalanche brings the puck out from behind the net against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on September 24, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 24: Conor Timmins #68 of the Colorado Avalanche brings the puck out from behind the net against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on September 24, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

The Colorado Avalanche young hopefuls are participating in the Rookie Faceoff in Anaheim. Here are 3 things I’d like to see.

The Colorado Avalanche prospects and rookies concluded a successful day of rookie camp yesterday. They’ll have one more day of training, on Monday, before eventually joining the veterans for training camp proper.

Today is the first day of the Rookie Faceoff. This event is a tournament taking place between the Avs youngsters and those from other teams. These are the teams participating with Colorado:

  • Anaheim Ducks
  • Arizona Coyotes
  • Los Angeles Kings
  • Vegas Golden Knights
  • San Jose Sharks

However, the Avs rookies are only playing against the Knights, Kings, and Coyotes. The games are taking place at Great Park Ice in Anaheim. This is the fourth year the Avs are participating in the tournament, with the first taking place here in Denver at the Ice Centre at the Promenade in Westminster.

The rosters will be composed of amateur tryouts, unsigned draftees, and signed prospects. Here’s how that works out with the Avalanche roster:

Amateur tryouts/AHL contract:

  • Logan Barlage, forward, amateur tryout
  • Bryce Kindopp, forward, amateur tryout
  • Felix Lauzon, forward, amateur tryout
  • Navrin Mutter, forward, amateur tryout
  • Brandon Saigeon, forward, AHL contract
  • Joe Wegwerth, forward, amateur tryout
  • Kevin Davis, defenseman, AHL contract
  • Nolan Kneen, defenseman, amateur tryout
  • Sasha Larocque, defenseman, AHL contract
  • Wyatt McLeod, defenseman, amateur tryout
  • Samuel Regis, defenseman, amateur tryout
  • Peter Tischke, defenseman, AHL contract

Unsigned draftees:

  • Alex Beaucage, forward, drafted 2019
  • Luka Burzan, forward, drafted 2019
  • Sasha Mutala, forward, drafted 2019
  • Trent Miner, goalie, drafted 2019

Signed prospects:

  • Travis Barron, forward, Avs drafted
  • Shane Bowers, forward, acquired in trade
  • Josh Dickinson, forward, signed free agent
  • Nick Henry, forward, Avs drafted
  • Martin Kaut, forward, Avs drafted
  • Ty Lewis, forward, signed free agent
  • Logan O’Connor, forward, signed free agent
  • Igor Shvyrev, forward, Avs drafted
  • Josh Anderson, defenseman, Avs drafted
  • Bowen Byram, defenseman, Avs drafted
  • Conor Timmins, defenseman, Avs drafted
  • Adam Werner, goalie, Avs drafted

So, let’s look at three things I personally would like to see happen at the Rookie Faceoff this year. (Full disclosure — this post was inspired by my sister site, Stars and Sticks.

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