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Avlalanche Regular Season Game #1: Avs Handle Business Behind MacKinnon's In Opening Night Matchup · Altitude Sports Radio Game Replays and Highlights

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  Speaker 1: Greetings, programs, and welcome back to Ball Arena with the
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  Speaker 1: magnificently mulleted Mark Rycroft. I'm Connor McGehee, and this is
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  Speaker 1: a new season of Colorado Avalanche Hockey. Well, last year,
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  Speaker 1: the Avalanche were the best team in the NHL. They
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  Speaker 1: scored the most goals and allowed the fewest. That earned
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  Speaker 1: them the President's Trophy as the top seed in the
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  Speaker 1: Stanley Cup playoffs. After domination of these LA Kings and
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  Speaker 1: the Minnesota Wild, all dreams of a fourth Stanley Cup
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  Speaker 1: were dashed in the Western Conference Finals. But today is
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  Speaker 1: a new day that starts a new season. And even
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  Speaker 1: though there are new faces and new hope, the standard
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  Speaker 1: is still the same. And the standard is the Stanley Cup.
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  Speaker 1: So put on your listening sweaters for the Avs and Kings.
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  Speaker 1: Force of Nature versus... chess piece live for your listening
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  Speaker 1: pleasure around north america and around the world on the
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  Speaker 1: altitude sports radio network entry working along those same boards
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  Speaker 1: keeps himself down low for sports creeping into goal line
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  Speaker 1: back door shot they.
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  Speaker 2: Score can you smell what the brock is cooking.
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  Speaker 1: Brock Nelson, 33 goals a season ago. And he strikes
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  Speaker 1: first to light the lamp for the first time in
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  Speaker 1: 26-27 for Colorado. It's 1-0, and the power play is
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  Speaker 1: smoking red hot. And he'll arc it to the neutral zone.
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  Speaker 1: Kings will get it. Leferriere this time, around Burns. Now
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  Speaker 1: behind the net, Leferriere with it. Wanted to drop pass,
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  Speaker 1: now he'll give it off to Dumoulin. To the far circle,
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  Speaker 1: he shoots and he scores. Blackwood screened in front. And Dumoulin,
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  Speaker 1: an unlikely candidate for the first goal of the season
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  Speaker 1: for the LA Kings, but he ties it at one.
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  Speaker 1: Five shots in that first period, the most shots he's
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  Speaker 1: had in an opening period in his first game of
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  Speaker 1: the season in his career. McCarr with it, hold it.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's Kadri, waiting for someone to commit. McKinnon, a one-timer,
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  Speaker 1: and he scores! Right on cue, the Mac attack is back,
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  Speaker 1: scoring goals, Jack! Now Yoel Armia back for Haula, disrupting
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  Speaker 1: that is Marty Natchez. Hughes left it for Armia. He
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  Speaker 1: shoots and scores, and it's a shorthanded goal surrendered by
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  Speaker 1: the Avalanche. 3-2, not even a minute and a half
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  Speaker 1: into the second period. Habs have the puck behind the
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  Speaker 1: Kings net. Nicholas Waugh. Manson lets it go. Tip save
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  Speaker 1: made by Kemper. Puck is loose. He can't cover it up.
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  Speaker 1: Now it trickles in. Schwartz was there. Waugh was there.
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  Speaker 1: The goaltender was not. It trickles in, and it's 5-2 Colorado. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: Gordon Nelson walking the goal line. Lekkonen lets it go.
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  Speaker 3: He scores! We're up all night to get lucky. Three
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  Speaker 3: power play goals for the Avalanche, and they lead the
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  Speaker 3: Kings 6-3 late.
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  Speaker 1: In the second period. by Kale McCarr, pushes it off
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  Speaker 1: the near side boards, McCarr, three on two into the
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  Speaker 1: King's zone, McCarr at the circle, McCarr, towards the net, McCarr.
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  Speaker 2: Missed, land is gone, wide open, he scores! Oh, captain,
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  Speaker 2: my captain! McCarr creates. Landeskog finishes. The touchdown is good.
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  Speaker 2: So is the extra point.
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  Speaker 3: 7-3 Avalanche.
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  Speaker 1: Schwartz backdoor.
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  Speaker 3: Lekkonen gets his own rebound.
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  Speaker 1: And he shoots. And he scores. We're up all night
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  Speaker 1: to get Lekking. And we've gone to ludicrous speed at
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  Speaker 1: Ball Arena. Abs have put in eight goals. He'll wind
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  Speaker 1: it in. Right to left. Near side wall. McKinnon leads
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  Speaker 1: it for Nate. Just kicks it to his stick in
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  Speaker 1: the corner. McKinnon getting harassed. And then he chops down
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  Speaker 1: Brant Clark. I'm telling you, word around the league is McKinnon.
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  Speaker 1: Is he going to go? He tosses the glove.
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  Speaker 2: McKinnon's going to go at Brant Clark.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see what's coming here at the dog.
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  Speaker 3: The dog throws a right.
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  Speaker 1: Right by McKinnon.
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  Speaker 3: Right by McKinnon.
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  Speaker 1: Another right by McKinnon.
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  Speaker 2: Right by McKinnon.
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  Speaker 1: Another right by McKinnon. And down goes Clark.