AVALANCHE NOTES CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS
JOHNSON PLAYS 400TH GAME WITH AVS: Erik Johnson appeared in his Team GP W L OT PTS
400th game as a member of the Avalanche on Saturday night in Florida, St. Louis Blues 31 21 8 2 44
joining Adam Foote (760) and John-Michael Liles (523) as the only Winnipeg Jets 31 18 8 5 41
defensemen to play 400 regular-season contests in an Avs sweater. EJ
Nashville Predators 29 18 7 4 40
appeared in his 600th NHL game on Dec. 3 against Dallas, becoming the
Dallas Stars 31 17 13 1 35
first defenseman from the 2006 draft class to play 600 games.
Minnesota Wild 29 15 11 3 33
BUSY DECEMBER: The Avalanche will play 15 games this month, including Chicago Blackhawks 30 14 11 5 33
nine at Pepsi Center, which equals their busiest home December ever. Only Colorado Avalanche 29 14 13 2 30
twice before have the Avs hosted nine games in this particular month, also AVALANCHE LEADERS
doing so in December of 2000-01 and 2011-12.
Category Player No.
UPCOMING GAMES Goals Nathan MacKinnon 11
Tuesday, December 12 at Washington Capitals Assists Nathan MacKinnon 22
Capital One Arena, 5 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Points Nathan MacKinnon 33
The Avalanche closes out a four-game road trip against the Power-Play Goals Mikko Rantanen 6
Penalty Minutes Nikita Zadorov 30
Washington Capitals, the second and final meeting of the season
between the two teams. Colorado won the first meeting on Nov. 16, Time on Ice/Game Erik Johnson 26:13
as Gabriel Landeskog picked up his first career hat trick and the GWG Nathan MacKinnon 3
Avs topped the Caps 6-2. SHG Blake Comeau 2
J.T. Compher 2
Thursday, December 14 vs. Florida Panthers Goals Against Avg. Jonathan Bernier 3.05
Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Save Percentage Semyon Varlamov .905
Less than a week after their first meeting of the season, Colorado
hosts the Panthers to open a three-game homestand. The Avs PLAYER SPOTLIGHT
came away with a 7-3 win on Saturday, getting multi-point
Blake Comeau
performances from five different players.
Position: Left Wing
Height: 61
Saturday, December 16 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Weight: 202 lbs.
Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM
Shoots: Right
The Avalanche hosts the leagues top team on Saturday night for
their second and final matchup of the season. Tampa Bay won the Born: February 18, 1986
first contest 5-2 on Thursday night. Colorado owns a 10-3-3 record Birthplace: Meadow Lake, SK
at home in the all-time series against the Lightning and is 6-1-1 in
the last eight at Pepsi Center. Comeau helped propel the Avalanche to back-to-
back wins over the Florida Panthers and the
Pittsburgh Penguins, registering three points (1g,
Monday, December 18 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
2a) in the two victories. Hes has totaled 14 points
Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 The Wolf
(7g, 7a) in 29 outings this season and is tied for
The Avs host the defending Stanley Cup champions exactly a week
the team lead with two shorthanded goals.
after beating the Penguins 2-1 at PPG Paints Arena. Mondays
contest also wraps up a stretch that began on Nov. 29 that has the
Avalanche playing 11 games in 20 days. QUOTABLE
"I felt pretty good. Got some really good
PRACTICE SCHEDULE practices as of late. I think when you do that, it
allows you to just go into the game and not
Day Date Location Time
really think and just play."
Wednesday Dec. 13 No Practice
Goaltender Jonathan Bernier following a
Thursday Dec. 14 Morning skate at Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m.
39-save performance in a 2-1 win over
Game #31 vs. Florida Panthers 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh on Monday night
Friday Dec. 15 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m.
Saturday Dec. 16 Morning Skate at Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m.
Game #32 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 7 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 17 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m.
Monday Dec. 18 Morning skate at Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m.
Game #33 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 7 p.m.
*All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times Mountain
