Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy after Friday’s alumni game at Coors Field, a 5-2 Avalanche victory:
Gameday: Detroit Red Wings (30-20-11, 71 points) at Avalanche (32-27-4, 68 points), at Coors Field.
Terry Frei’s Friday alumni game story, Mark Kizsla’s column and my Avalanche practice story is at , along with everything else we do.
Some notes from the NHL:The Avalanche is the 21st NHL team to participate in an NHL outdoor game, and this is the 17th all-time: eight Winter Classics, six Stadium Series and three Heritage Classics. … Colorado residents Dave Jackson and Brad Watson are the referees at Coors Field. … Ten regular-season outdoor NHL games have been hosted by football venues, seven have been hosted by baseball stadiums. The NHL s 17 regular-season outdoor games have drawn total attendance of 970,960 – an average of 57,115 per game. Outdoor game attendance will surpass the 1-million mark at today s game. … Road teams are 12-4-1 in NHL outdoor games. … The first regular-season outdoor game in NHL history took place on Nov. 22, 2003, when the Canadiens defeated the Oilers 4-3 at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton in the 2003 Molson Canadian NHL Heritage Classic. The 2003 Oilers-Canadiens clash also rates as the coldest NHL outdoor game. The temperature at puck drop was 0°F/-18°C with severe wind chill.The warmest game-time temperature for an NHL regular-season outdoor game was 62°F/17°C when the puck dropped at 7:16 p.m. local time for the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series game between the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Ray Bourque after alumni game:
Center ice press box seat. Coors Field is packed for – alumni
— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers)
Avalanche practice video Friday:
