GDT: Avalanche vs Wilds 1/30/2014, game 53

Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Your Colorado Avalanche face off against the Wilds of Minnesota tonight at the Pepsi Center.

No big news today although Patrick said 'shit' in the daily briefing and that was pretty fun. PA is still with the team but not in the lineup for reasons that have been beaten to death elsewhere. Same lines/pairs that were victorious in the Lone Star state will go nuts for the home crowd tonight.

BREAKING: Ok, there was some big news today! The Avs have signed Semyon Varlamov to a 5yr/$29.5M extension. Righteous bucks! Press release from the team.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>BREAKING: The <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Avs&amp;src=hash">#Avs</a> have signed Semyon Varlamov to a 5-year contract extension through 2018-19: <a href="http://t.co/NTFmquQFMP">http://t.co/NTFmquQFMP</a> <a href="http://t.co/MxakYRnNcG">pic.twitter.com/MxakYRnNcG</a></p>&mdash; Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) <a href="https://twitter.com/Avalanche/statuses/429040319674335232">January 30, 2014</a></blockquote>
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If you haven't seen this yet, watch. Painting class with Julie, Keefe, Radar and Fatso. Radar's depiction of Fatso is funny as all get out.

Tonight's Cast of Character:

Strikers:

Radar/Dutch/Fatso

Landy/Stats/Tangs

Malkin/Mack/Talbot

McLeod/Cliche/Bordy

Stoppers:

Big Jan/EJ

Holden/Barrie

Balls/Guenin

Keepers:

Varly

JSG

Scratch: PA, Wilson

Hurt: Sarich, Vandy

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Tonight's trivia: Minnesota native Erik Johnson is the latest Avalanche player to wear #6, who was the first?