Spring Training...Practice

Well, after four straight losses our Colorado Avalanche make up for it by beating the 2008 Stanley Cup Champions, the Detroit Red Wings, on the road in a shootout, 6-5. The winning goal was scored by none other than Jordan Leopold, who happens to be from my home state of Minnesota. Yah Minnesota hockey! Oh, and yah Jordan, too! It was a pretty high-scoring, intense game, which, in this hockey fan's opinion, are the best to watch. And that leaves me optimistic for our team, even though they've had a rocky year, because it shows that our Colorado Avalanche roster is still putting their hearts into the way they play the game. The next game on the Colorado Avalanche schedule is at home on Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center versus the Ottawa Senators. Need some cheap Avalanche tickets for the game? They're still laying around, and since it's a Tuesday night game you'll probably be able to find some really good deals around town.

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The Colorado Rockies roster has arrived in Florida for Spring Training. At least for the practices leading up to Spring Training. I'm pretty excited to see what happens throughout the next six weeks before the regular season kicks into high gear, especially with all of the off-season changes that were made to the Rockies roster. Hopefully I'll be able to get a quick update on the progress that they're making down there later on this week.

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This weekend was the NBA All Star game. Actually, the game might still be going on, I didn't tune in to check it out. And despite the break for the Denver Nuggets schedule, I do want to add a note that they're still (seemingly) on their game and headed towards a probable NBA playoff run. Which would be super fabulous. They're currently in the middle of a six game road series, and have won eight of their last ten games. That's a pretty serious statistic for a team that was highly criticized early in the season for the last minute roster changes that took place in early November. Can't wait to see what the next week brings for this team!

WOAH there

Wow. What happened to the Denver Nuggets in New Jersey last night? Seriously, coming off of some really HUGE wins over the last few weeks, the Nuggets got SLAMMED by the Nets - 114 to 70. And the New Jersey Nets aren't even that good. I don't understand what went on there, but according to Denver Nuggets roster star Chauncey Billups, it's kind of something you have to expect a few times a year:

"To be honest with you, of course I wanted to win, but I'm not disappointed.
I've been in the league a long time, and you're going to have three or four of
these nights a year, on both sides. It's over with. Wash it off with the
shower."

Yeah, everyone has their off nights. And I can see how a couple of the guys having an off night could potentially rub off on the other players. And yes, we are still sitting in the number one spot in the division (woohoo!). But that's quite a loss for a team that is playoff material. I just hope that the guys are able to wash it off with the shower, cause this is not the kind of energy these guys want to have around if they really want to push it to the playoffs.

Next up on the Denver Nuggets schedule: the boys head to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. Send positive Denver vibes in that direction, por favor.