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Avalanche not too concerned about increase of contact for goalies

Goal- tenders are definitely receiving more contact from opposing skaters than in recent seasons, with some wondering if it's time to reintroduce rules to protect them more.
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Avalanche defeats Flames 3-2, stays in first place

Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson's nickname is "Sauce," not because of any special love for marinara or the white clam variety, but for some great airborne "saucer" pass he made back in his junior hockey days.
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Avalanche defeats Flames 3-2, stays in first place

Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson's nickname is "Sauce," not because of any special love for marinara or the white clam variety, but for some great airborne "saucer" pass he made back in his junior hockey days.
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Avalanche defeats Flames 3-2, stays in first place

Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson's nickname is "Sauce," not because of any special love for marinara or the white clam variety, but for some great airborne "saucer" pass he made back in his junior hockey days.
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Avalanche defeats Flames 3-2, stays in first place

Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson's nickname is "Sauce," not because of any special love for marinara or the white clam variety, but for some great airborne "saucer" pass he made back in his junior hockey days.
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Scoring problem compounds Duchene's transition to NHL

Compound words were the homework lesson the other night in the Foote household.
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Dater: Foppa's body continues to betray

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There are two things you always feel toward Peter Forsberg: envy and pity.
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Canucks GM: Forsberg staying in Sweden

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An NHL general manager says Peter Forsberg is going to stay in Sweden this season.
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Avalanche's Stastny playing well but looks for more

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Through 20 games, center Paul Stastny has four goals and 14 assists for the Avalanche. That's nearly a point-a-game clip, and he's Colorado's leading scorer, so it's not as if he has been invisible.
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Avs Mailbag: Time to buy a new jersey

The Post's Avalanche writer responds to your questions in Adrian Dater's Avs Mailbag. In this installment, Adrian takes eight Q's, including two from Lafayette.
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Avs' Sherman staying put with salary cap

No management member of a pro sports team is ever going to admit to being surprised at how well its team has played.
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Avs buried in ugly loss

The Avalanche hit the 20-game mark, or roughly the end of the 2009-10 season's first quarter, on Saturday night.
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Avs looking up to Anderson

In the driveway in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, young Craig Anderson suffered the fate of so many "little" brothers, before and since.
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Frei: As a coach, Thibault mines relationships

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Former Avalanche goaltender Jocelyn Thibault was ahead of Craig Anderson on the depth chart at Chicago for the three pre-lockout seasons, and then eventually was traded to Pittsburgh in August 2005.
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Preissing eager to return

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Defenseman Tom Preissing was in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals after a 38-point, plus-40 season with the Ottawa Senators.
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Shanahan, Sakic lead Hall class

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The selection committee of the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame went into the recent past for its top two inductees, picking former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan and former Avalanche captain Joe Sakic.
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Something new, borrowed and blue

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When the Avalanche unveiled its new predominantly blue "third" jersey Thursday at the Pepsi Center, center Paul Stastny was reminded of the past.
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DEVILS 4, PENGUINS 1 Road streak nearing record

Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists and the Devils closed within a victory of tying the NHL record of 10 consecutive road victories to start a season, beating the slumping Penguins 4-1 on Thursday night.
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Red Wings 3, Canucks 1

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Henrik Zetterberg scored midway through the third period and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves as Detroit dealt Vancounver its third consecutive defeat Thursday night.
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Avs unveil third jersey

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When the Avalanche unveiled its new predominantly blue "third" jersey today at the Pepsi Center, center Paul Stastny was reminded of the past.
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Oilers fail to capitalize on five-minute boarding call

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Ryan Miller made 28 saves, and the Sabres killed off a late five-minute penalty to snap a two-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Oilers on Wednesday night.
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Avalanche put positive spin on shootout loss

Matt Duchene struck more iron than a blacksmith Wednesday night, and that was a big reason the Avalanche was on the losing end of a 3-2 shootout to the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Player safety is a hot topic at GM meetings

The news out of the NHL's general managers' meetings in Toronto? Not much.
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Tucker back for Avs, but Hejduk out vs. Blackhawks

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Avalanche forward Darcy Tucker, who missed the past eight games after a concussion, was activated from the injured reserve list and will be available tonight in Chicago. But Milan Hejduk is still out.
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Avalanche's Hejduk might return tonight vs. Blackhawks

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Milan Hejduk, a late scratch against Edmonton on Sunday with a back problem, didn't practice Tuesday with the Avalanche at the Family Sports Center.
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