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Goals, Goals, and More Goals
The Colorado Avalanche pulled out a narrow and late win in DC over the Washington Capitals, putting us two up on our current four-game road trip. Now, it's off to the Sunshine State for games against both teams, and first off, it's the Florida Panthers--the reigning, defending, undisputed Stanley Cup Champions. Now, it's no secret that I don't really think too much of the Panthers' Cup win. After all, they beat a Lightning team who we wrecked two years prior, they beat Boston because everyone does, they needed favorable calls to beat the Rangers, and they beat Edmonton--the ultimate "fool ya" team in the NHL. So yeah, the road wasn't as perilous, but that's irrelevant. The relevant thing is, they won it.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Alexandar the Great
It was a Thursday night in Our Nation's Capital, and the Colorado Avalanche headed there after getting a big road win over the Flyers in Philadelphia. This was the second game of the road trip, and with this meeting, the season series was over already. The first meeting was at Ball Arena, and that was the game where the Avalanche's top players returned to the team for the first time, but even so, the Avalanche were not victorious in what was the last game of a four game homestand.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
CrossFit: The Sport of Fitness | An Inside Look at CrossFit Exercise
In the world of fitness, CrossFit has emerged as both a cultural movement and a sport, revolutionizing how people approach physical fitness. Launched in the early 2000s, CrossFit combines high-intensity functional movements that range from weightlifting and cardiovascular workouts to gymnastics. It's defined as “constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity,” and it aims to build strength, Flexi This essay explores what makes CrossFit unique, its core components, its benefits and challenges, and the reasons behind its massive popularity worldwide.
By Housekeepingabout a year ago in Unbalanced
The Greats Make it Look Easy
For the Colorado Avalanche, the four-game homestand was done. We won three of the four games, and now, it's time to travel. After two days off, the Avs landed in Philadelphia to face off against the Flyers, with both teams entering the meeting with .500 records. For the Avs, this is our second game since a lot of our key players returned to action.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Molly Gallagher Wall isn’t Enough to Beat Lakeland Again
Please see tip, pleedge and subscribe buttons Two weeks ago, John Jay traveled to Lakeland to possibly face another loss against the 15 time defending Section One Champs. Instead, Molly Gallagher put up 19 saves, and the Wolves earned their first ever victory versus the Hornets. So with the rematch on Saturday October 5, Gallagher gave Lakeland fits again. But this time there was a blemish, and one was all it took.
By Rich Monettiabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Reinforcements
It was a happy day for fans of the Colorado Avalanche. The team won all three games in this homestand at this point, and it was finally happening: the key players are coming back. Miles Wood had been sidelined for a bit, but he was coming back. A bigger one was Jonathan Drouin, he had been out for pretty much the whole season. Drouin was part of our top line with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen, and he had quite the first season with the Avs last year. Him being back is a huge boost.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Moose Tracks
The Colorado Avalanche's four-game homestand reached the halfway point, and so far, so good. The Avs are coming off a very awesome overtime win over the Nashville Predators on Veterans Day, and now, we were on TNT and still at home against the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings are on quite a good start this season, they've been straddling the first place fence for a good bit, and they've had quite a good start to this season.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Breaking Away
The Colorado Avalanche's form has returned in grand fashion, as the team is coming off a huge win over the Carolina Hurricanes--a win that saw the Avs score five goals in the second period. The Avs are maneuvering victories; something we saw a lot in the last three years with this team, and we took that to our second game of this four-game homestand. In this go-around, it was a Division Rivalry meeting against the Nashville Predators--the second meeting between the two clubs in less than two weeks. The first meeting did not go so well for the Avs, who looked to rectify that in this second go-around.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Storm Hunters
After a tough 1-0 loss in Winnipeg, the Colorado Avalanche returned home to Ball Arena, where we would spent the next week. It's an interesting schedule we have in the month of November. After going back and forth between home and the road, the Avs have a four game homestand, followed by a four game road trip. The homestand began with Game 15 of our season, and it's our first of two meetings against our WHA brethren, the Carolina Hurricanes. And yes, that fact is true. The Hurricanes used to be the Hartford Whalers, and we used to be the Quebec Nordiques. Both teams started in the WHA in 1972, moved to the NHL in 1979, were foes in the old Adams Division, had hard luck years, relocated, and won Stanley Cups.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Helle in a Handbasket
Remember last year's playoffs? Remember when the Colorado Avalanche had to start the playoffs on the road against a Winnipeg Jets team who owned us in the regular season? And in spite of that, the Avs dismantled the Jets at every turn? Even the Game One loss saw the Avs score six goals. The Avs won in five games and all of them in dominant goal-scoring fashion.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
The Bright Side
Despite a 0-4 start to the season, the Colorado Avalanche ended up with a borderline respectable record once October ended: 5-6-0. Not bad at all, considering that a lot of our players were out. This is why the respect is there. We've been playing with newbies and punk kids for the near most part, yet we're only a solid game under .500 after the first month of the season. That's pretty good.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
