March 20, 2013 - Stars at Avalanche

 

 Stars visit, I take some pictures. Jaromir Jagr is still playing well in his veteran way.

March 3, 2012 - Penguins at Avalanche

The goalies were in on the intimidation in this 5-1 Penguins blowout.

Avalanche goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere (35) fights with Penguins left wing Matt Cooke (24) and earns a penalty for the Avalanche.

Penguins defenseman Deryk Engelland (5) shoves Avalanche right wing Steve Downie (27) after Downie shoved Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29).

November 15, 2010 - Blues at Avalanche

The crowd, the team, and Duchene himself were all so happy about Duchene's first NHL fight.

The young superstars joke about the bout after the 6-3 win.

March 11, 2010 - Panthers at Avalanche

Not the most inspired effort I've seen (read: yawn) but the Avalanche pulled off a 3-0 shutout of MVP goalie Craig Anderson's former team.

The high moment of the first was a nice little fight at center ice between Cody McLoed and Gregory Campbell of the Panthers.

Colorado Avalanche left wing Cody McLeod (55) and Florida Panthers center Gregory Campbell (11) fight during the first period.

It was Anderson's first effort against the team that let him walk as a free agent after the 2008-09 season. He shut them out for his 7th of the season. As of Thursday, this tied for the NHL lead as of last week. He's since been passed by Brzgolov of the Coyotes, who now has 8.


Colorado Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson (41) works against his former team during a regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Florida Panthers at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche shut out the Panthers 3-0. Anderson earned his NHL-leading (tied) seventh shutout.

February 8, 2010 - Blues at Avalanche

A nice win for the Av's. They blew the game open in the 2nd period, and the final score was 5-2.

Here's Olympian Paul Stastny showing happiness after a nice goal.



Key enforcer David Koci busted his hand pretty bad in an early fight. With him unavailable in the 2nd period, power forward Chris Stewart policed the ice. His opponent, B.J. Crombeen, is apparently a Denver native.

December 15, 2009 - Ovechkin and the other guys at Avalanche

When a star like Alexander Ovechkin plays in front of my lens, its hard for me to focus on any other aspect of the game at all. His shifts all seem too short, even though the score sheet has him in the game for a solid 19:12.

My favorite image of #8 was taken in the 3rd period, before a face off, when he and I had a staring contest (which of course he won). That's the image below:

The wizard, Alexander Ovechkin, participates in a staring contest with a photographer.

Another photo that is a favorite of mine but probably won't ever be published (other than here) was when the Av's new enforcer, David Koci, threw down the gloves and laid a solid beat down on Capitals defenseman John Erskine. A pair of fans right on the glass were pumped up as well. After, Koci and Ovie exchanged some words. Koci is a beast. I don't even think he plays hockey.


Colorado Avalanche fans cheer as Colorado Avalanche left wing David Koci (28) and Washington Capitals defenseman John Erskine (4) fight near the glass during a regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Washington Capitals at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

November 14 - Canucks at Avalanche

8-2 loss. Sedin had a hat trick. The Avalanche will want to forget this one.

New jerseys apparently not "lucky".

The 1st period lasted (seriously) 40 minutes. 3 goals and three fights. Here's a picture of an angry Adam Foote.



Next up are the Flyers on the 23rd.