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Found January 01, 2012 on Denver Post:
PLAYERS: Milan Hejduk
TEAMS: Colorado Avalanche

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Milan Hejduk came into the final day of the year with only one goal for the month of December.
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Via Hockey Fan Land  |  December 31, 2011
The Colorado Avalanche will be without Matt Duchene for a month -- minimum. But the situation could be much worse. According to the Denver Post, Duchene's knee injury is likely just a bad sprain and surgery isn't needed. Duchene is currently second on the Colorado Avalanche with 24 points, (12-12) in 39 games this season. This is the biggest possible loss for an Avalanche...

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Via Pro Sports Daily  |  December 30, 2011
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Giguere leads Avs to win in Anaheim

Via AP on Fox  |  January 01, 2012
Jean-Sebastien Giguere still has fond memories of nearly a decade spent between these pipes, winning and losing a Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks. With signs, chants and multiple standing ovations, the grateful Anaheim crowd showed it hasn't forgotten "Jiggy." The goalie then reminded his former team he can still stop pucks for the Colorado Avalanche. Giguere made...

Giguere and Avalanche Set Ducks Adrift

Via On the Duck Pond  |  January 01, 2012
Welcome back Jiggy! Too bad you were not in net for Anaheim. If so, the Ducks might have had a better chance at getting a win. Instead Jean-Sebastien Giguere helped the Colorado Avalanche secure a 4-2 victory over his former team. Giguere was traded away to Toronto on January 31, 2010, nearly two years ago. He has since meandered to Colorado where he has thrived in a back up...

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Via Fox Sports West  |  December 31, 2011
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Via AP on Fox  |  December 31, 2011
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Via LA Times  |  December 30, 2011
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AVALANCHE-DUCKS NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE CHAT

Via All Things Avs  |  December 31, 2011
Happy New Year’s Eve. For those of you choosing to stay in and watch some hockey, I implore you to seek counseling invite you to join me for some Avalanche-Ducks live chat. Please click the thingy below to join the chat. David Jones back in the lineup for the Avs, in J.S. Giguere’s homecoming to Anaheim. AVALANCHE-DUCKS

Avs beat Ducks in Giguere's return to Anaheim

Via ESPN  |  December 31, 2011
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 18 saves in his first game in Anaheim since the Ducks traded him nearly two years ago, and Milan Hejduk scored two goals in the Colorado Avalanche's 4-2 victory on Saturday night.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere returns to Anaheim in style, leading Avs past Ducks 4-2

Via Star Tribune  |  December 31, 2011
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Via AP on Fox  |  December 30, 2011
Because they've struggled on the road so much, the Colorado Avalanche will face a huge challenge in the coming weeks. A difficult stretch of games won't be made any easier if standout center Matt Duchene misses any length of time. The Avalanche seek a seventh win in eight games Saturday night when they open a four-game trip against the last-place Anaheim Ducks. Colorado...

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Via Miami Herald  |  December 31, 2011
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Varlamov in net tomorrow vs. Kings

Via All Things Avs  |  January 01, 2012
ANAHEIM – Avalanche just wrapped up practice here at the Honda Center. I’m sitting inside a completely dark building typing this. They literally have turned out the lights inside the building. But sun is streaming through the alcoves of the building, creating a very cool, creepy effect. You should be here. In fact, I just snapped a pic of it: Adrian Dater Semyon Varlamov...

Avs' Giguere wins in return to Anaheim (AP)

Via Yahoo! Sports  |  December 31, 2011
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 18 saves in his first game in Anaheim since the Ducks traded him nearly two years ago, and Milan Hejduk scored TWO goals in the Colorado Avalanche's 4-2 victory on Saturday night. Kyle Quincey and Chuck Kobasew also scored for the Avalanche, who are surging into the new year with eight wins in their last 10 games.

Aaron Musick: Avs ring in New Year with win in Anaheim

Via HockeyBuzz  |  January 01, 2012
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