Patrick Roy — with Ray Bourque, Bob Hartley and Joe Sakic — won the Stanley Cup twice with the Avalanche after the trade from Montreal. (Denver Post photo)
The Avalanche (somewhat surprisingly) didn’t practice Sunday and with skiing’s World Cup, bowl announcements and a lot else going on besides the Broncos to claim space, we went with just the advance box on the Minnesota-Colorado rematch tonight at the Pepsi Center. Adam Foote was the Spotlight element, heralding the honoring of the 20th anniversary team at the game.
Mike Chambers will pick up the coverage this morning, when there is a media availability for the 20th anniversary team in conjunction with the Avalanche skate, and then cover the game tonight.
I had done a lot on the 20th anniversary team and Monday night’s events in the past few days, though.
Here are the highlights and links:
— Sunday “NHL” “Column” on Alex Tanguay as the bridge between eras and on the other current members of the Avalanche who also were selected. That’s .
— Keep scrolling and underneath that is the Spotlight on the 20th anniversary of Patrick Roy’s trade to Colorado.
— Catching up with Peter Forsberg — the Peter Forsberg — in New York on his way to Denver. That’s . Plus the Avalanche briefs from Saturday night in Minnesota, explaining the identity mixup. That’s .
— All Things Avs blog on the 20th anniversary of Roy’s final game in Montreal, recounting the whole thing and my coverage at the time. That’s .
If you’re going to the game, have fun. The Avalanche/Kroenke organizations do presentations of these sort very well. And I’m sure Altitude will do a good job on the broadcasts and Mike Chambers will capture the spirit of the thing.
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or @TFrei
