Feature on Avalanche fourth-line forward and alternate captain Cody McLeod, the first player in club history to reach 1,000 penalty minutes, . The couple met in Portland when Cody was playing major-junior for the Winterhawks, and Cody finished second on the team in penalty minutes behind a guy named Robin Big Snake.
Here’s the advance chart for Sunday’s afternoon game at Winnipeg:
COLORADO AT WINNIPEG
1 p.m. Sunday, ALT; 950 AM
Spotlight on Blake Wheeler: The Jets’ 6-foot-5, 205-pound right wing is the team’s highest-paid forward, with a $5.6 million cap hit. Wheeler, from Plymouth, Minn., and a three-year player at the University of Minnesota, was a 2014 U.S. Olympian who has a history of producing big goals against the Avalanche. He has three goals in seven games this season and, like his teammates, has yet to really find his stride.
NOTEBOOK
Avalanche: Semyon Varlamov will open in goal, his second consecutive start after coming off the seven-day disabled list (groin). … Defenseman Zach Redmond will play in his second game of the season after making his Avs debut Friday. Redmond, who had an assist and two shots in 12:18 against Vancouver, was drafted by the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise and played his first 18 NHL games with the Jets over the past two seasons.
Jets: They are minus-7 in goal margin, the second Central Division team in minus territory. The Avs are division-low minus-8. … Winnipeg is completing a five-game homestand and looking for its second win there. The Jets are 1-3 and have been outscored 11-6 on the homestand.
Here’s the link to on Jarome Iginla.
