All Entries Tagged With: "Joe Sacco"
Quenneville And Hawks Prove To Be Best
It took the Chicago Blackhawksquite a while to conquer the Detroit Red Wings, the club they set out to emulate a few years ago. Thursday night in Colorado, the Avalanche appeared to have become the team they wanted to pattern themselves after. In the opening frame, it looked as if Colorado would handle the class [...]
Rask’s 35 Saves Not Enough, As B’s Fall 1-0 To Avs
On Monday afternoon, the Boston Bruins (1-1-0) played host to the visiting Colorado Avalanche (0-1-0) , for a Columbus Day Matinee contest at the TD Garden. Boston’s 24-year-old Finnish net-minder Tuukka Rask got the start for the B’s, his first of the 2011-12 campaign. In net for the Avs was young Russian goaltender Semyon [...]
Blues vs. Flames Gameday | Tarasenko Injured
Quick Blues @ Avs Thoughts There is little that can be said regarding the St. Louis Blues 4-3 loss to Colorado on Monday. Not because it was a boring game or anything of the sort. Just that the play of the Blues was standard issue for the month of January. If I’ve put it in [...]
Joe Sacco – Tough SOB
A. Dater said the other day in his Twitter feed that Sacco is a tough SOB. I’ve suspected as much for a long time now. Here and there I’ve seen interviews and such that made me think that he projects this persona, or perhaps it is not a persona, that you don’t want to mess [...]
Western Conference Round Table
Over the Holidays I conducted a Q&A session with several bloggers covering Western Conference clubs for various websites. Engaging several points of view to gain a better understanding of the tougher of the NHL’s two conferences. The Panel Josh Sargent (@Josh_Sargent)- Minnesota Wild correspondent for NHLHotStove.com. Andy Ajer (@FightNightAtJoe) – Detroit Red Wings blogger. Runs [...]
On the Defensive
Well I think I got one thing right recently. And Coach Sacco agrees. With the Colorado Avalanche no longer experiencing a dearth of defensemen it was time to decide who plays and who sits. Sacco sat Jonas Holøs and he has now been returned to the farm. And really the choice was only between Holøs [...]
Avalanche Wildly Inconsistent
The Colorado Avalanche are starting to get healthy again. Perhaps a few players recently back from injuries are a bit rusty still. That might explain the inconsistency of play as of late. But in truth, this team has displayed this tendency going back to last season. It’s still presumable that it is a product of [...]
An Avalanche of Questions
With the 2010-11 NHL season fast approaching I thought I would take a brief look at the Colorado Avalanche and ask a few questions. These are the things that I think will make a difference in the success and failure of the team as the season progresses. There were a lot of stellar performances on [...]
Those Damn Kids, Can’t Tell Them Anything!
The Colorado Avalanche came out flying around in their first playoff game and looked great. That wasn’t supposed to happen. Did someone forget to tell the Avs they have no chance? Was it just plain ignorance? Maybe these guys haven’t been reading the papers? Cause if they were they would know better. They aren’t supposed [...]
The Avalanche Control Their Own Clichés
In a game Wednesday night where the Colorado Avalanche still “controlled their own destiny,” it turns out they didn’t “play a full 60 minutes” or “do the little things” that they needed to do to “stay in the driver’s seat.” That would be the playoffs driver’s seat in case you aren’t current with locker room [...]
Joe Sacco’s Party Trick
You know that friend of yours that tells the same joke or does that same cheesy trick at every party? Everyone knows a guy like that, right? And the thing about it: it’s one of those “funny-once” things. Joe Sacco is one of those guys. But it’s no joke and the trick isn’t working. Sacco’s [...]
John-Michael Liles in a No-Win Situation?
A few years ago Avalanche fans, the media and management, in other words everyone, couldn’t stop talking about the speed and scoring ability of the Avs young defenseman. JM Liles was going to be the new Sandis Ozolinsh. Who cared if his defensive skills were… shall we say, average? Eventually people care, especially after a [...]
The Curious Case of Marek Svatos
Svatos seems to be playing his NHL career in a rather curious fashion. Svats first year in the league saw him playing like a crafty veteran, slipping between the defense to set up in front of the net. Snipping was his game and he was good at it, putting up 32 goals in the 2005-06 [...]
Avs Hammer the Oil
After a great performance on Saturday against the New Jersey Devils, Avs fans were wondering if this team would keep their foot on the pedal against the Oil or play down to the competition. Going into tonight’s game against the Oil I couldn’t help but be a bit surprised by this quote by Ethan Moreau, [...]
Avalanche Split the East Coast Trip
Friday night the Colorado Avalanche continued their road warrior ways, leading the NHL in road games the Avs played back-to-backs at Carolina and Buffalo. Joe Sacco appears to be warming up to the conventional thinking of most coaches of playing the backup in these situations. Previously Sacco has ridden Craig Anderson through nearly every game [...]
Tough Road Trip for Liles, Not Bad for the Avs
The Colorado Avalanche hit the road on a 3-game trip, facing Ottawa, Detroit and Columbus. But for John-Michael Liles, it was a road trip to forget. Youngster Kyle Cumiskey returned to the line up from an injury and Coach Joe Sacco found himself with too many healthy defensemen. Someone had to sit. Not too many [...]
A little 1st place in your stocking
Frank Sinatra sang: I’ll be home for Christmas You can plan on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents ‘neath the tree Here in Colorado we have snow, mistletoe and the best present ‘neath the tree a hockey fan could ask for, 1st in the Northwest. But who’s at home for Christmas isn’t who [...]
Colorado Avalanche at the halfway mark in division
The Colorado Avalanche wrapped up the back-to-back against the Minnesota Wild this weekend in poor fashion. Limping away with a mere one point, the Avs aren’t the only ones limping. David Jones, second on the team in goals is effectively done for the season with a torn ACL. The winger has been struggling with injuries [...]
Avalanche Have Great 2nd Period Against Nashville
The Colorado Avalanche got a point tonight in another up & down game. With the Nashville Predators in town for a pre-Thanksgiving game, the Avs decided to take the first period to work on tomorrow’s menu. Just 3 minutes into the period the Preds were on the power play and made good on it for [...]
Dual-Personality Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche are officially nuts. They have two personalities. Last Saturday the Avs played the first of four-straight divisional games. Coach Joe Sacco called the game a “must-win”. The Avs failed to even show up for the game, leaving the head coach looking like a big dummy. The Avs went through both goalies and [...]