Today in Colorado Avalanche History

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Nov 26, 2009 6:38 AM MST in NHL News

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November 26th, 2008. Speaking of things we're thankful for, this date marked the final home game for Super Joe Sakic. Sakic was returning after missing 6 games with a back injury. Unfortunately, he re-aggravated the injury during the game and missed the final 9 minutes. He took the ice again two days later in Phoenix, but only managed one shift. He would miss the rest of the season to injury and, I'm told, retired the following summer (I still don't believe that rumor, however).

As for the game, the Avalanche won 3-1 on goals from Daniel Tjarnqvist, Ryan Smyth and Ian Laperriere. Peter Budaj turned away 21 shots and was named first star of the game. Sakic skated on a line with Wojtek Wolski and Milan Hejduk, but was held scoreless (his final NHL shot was on Manny Legace). The game also marked the first NHL meeting of the Stastny brothers - Yan and Paul.

Thanks again, Super Joe.

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I miss Superjoe.

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by Tommelot on Nov 26, 2009 9:55 AM MST reply actions

Unfortunately we’ve been missing him for 2 1/2 (almost 3) seasons already. :(

The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.

I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.

by Americanario on Nov 26, 2009 10:06 AM MST up reply actions

i feel so…empty :(

happy thanksgiving to you all though!

'I googled what the white stuff in a Ho-Ho was, i found out it has NINE cups of sugar..that will KILL YOU, it would turn your blood into fruit punch!'

by horbayj on Nov 26, 2009 10:36 AM MST up reply actions

Oh man, don’t remind me of the loss of Joe Sakic. Maybe in a few years we can look back at this day in history as the one where things turned sour for the Avalanche?

I don’t know, they’ve looked like a different team as of late. I’ve enjoyed their tremendous start, Duchene and O’Reilly look like they can carry this crew with Statsny for a number of years. I’m still not sold on the goaltending, though.

I blogged about Craig Anderson’s recent play, don’t hate on it… I’m just saying:
http://hockeyheadblog.com/?p=657

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by hockeyhead on Nov 26, 2009 11:25 AM MST reply actions