Medal of Honor recipient among those honored at Avalanche game Friday

Official White House Photo The Avalanche is honoring members of the military at the Friday night game against Carolina, and one of them will be a young father now attending Colorado State University in Fort Collins. His name is Salvatore Giunta. He’s 27 and has gone back to school after leaving the service last July. He and his wife, Jennifer, were married in October 2009 and they have an infant daughter. On December 15, 2010, I was among a small group of reporters who briefly interviewed Giunta between periods of the Avalache-Blackhawks game at the United Center. At the time, he still was in the Army. Here’s the pasted passage of the Avalanche briefs from that night: CHICAGO — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta, 25, the first living member of the armed services to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, was honored at the Avalanche-Blackhawks game Wednesday night. Along with fellow Staff Sgt. Brett Perry, Giunta was introduced before “The Star-Spa...