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| Matt Duchene had a dominating performance vs. the Hurricanes |
COL - Erik Johnson (2) - from Paul Stastny and Alex Tanguay (11:30 1ST)
COL - Matt Duchene (7) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Steve Downie (17:33 1ST)
CAR - Drayson Bowman (1) - from Jordan Staal and Andrej Sekera (0:12 2ND)
COL - Alex Tanguay (3) - from Matt Duchene and Andre Benoit (10:11 2ND)
COL - Matt Duchene PPG (8) - unassisted (0:36 3RD)
CAR - Andrej Sekera (1) - from Jiri Tlusty and Alexander Semin (2:40 3RD)
The Avalanche improved to an NHL-best 9-1-0 with a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, a very impressive feat considering the Avs have a rookie Coach in Patrick Roy. But after 10 games can anyone take this team lightly anymore? The Avs have been pushed around in the past under Joe Sacco, and it looks like under Patrick Roy that isn't going to happen very often. Simply put, the Avs are buying into Patrick Roy's system and Roy is buying into the players, they keep using the phrase "it's a partnership." The Avs opened the scoring in the 1st, as a 2-on-1 with Tanguay and Stastny left a puck in front as a sliding Erik Johnson knocked it into the cage. It was review as it hit Johnson's skate, but the goal counted. The Avs would then go up 2-0 on the highlight of the night, as Matt Duchene scored an absolutely beautiful goal. Duchene is a human highlight reel, the guy keeps scoring these amazing goals and he has been simply fantastic so far this season. The Hurricanes would get one back 12 seconds into the 2nd, as Drayson Bowman beat Varlamov after a nice pass from Jordan Staal. Midway through the period the Avs would restore their 2-goal lead, as a nice move by Duchene to get in the zone, stop and feed a streaking Tanguay who beat Peters five-hole. Duchene would make the game 4-1 in the opening seconds of the 3rd, as a he made a nice play along the boards to keep the puck in and cut to the middle, beating Peters high-glove. Andrej Sekera would make it 4-2 minutes later, but that's as close as the Hurricanes would get. At 4-2 the Hurricanes were pressing and on the PP, first Eric Staal nailed the crossbar and then Varlamov made a huge glove save on former teammate Alex Semin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpNrm-yD-YY). The Avs are rolling right now at 9-1-0, and while it is impressive it still is very early in the season and they need to keep their foot on the gas.
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| The Avs celebrate Matt Duchene's first of 2 goals on the night |
3. Semyon Varlamov - Tonight wasn't Varly's best performance of the season, but he made 28 saves on 30 shots and really made some big saves at the right times.
2. Alex Tanguay - Tanguay had a solid game for the Avs in this contest, picking up 1 goal, 1 assist and the GWG.
1. Matt Duchene - Man is Matt Duchene on a roll right now, he continues to be the Avs best player every game. Dutchy scored 2 goals, and added an assist to improve his Avalanche best goals to 8 and points to 12.
Play of the Game - Matt Duchene's first goal get's it tonight, what a beautiful spin move and finish: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/matt-duchene-scoring-video-game-goals-season-video-023014717--nhl.html
Game #11 - The Avs look to continue their hot start with their last October game, as the Winnipeg Jets are in town on Sunday night (@8PM ET)
-Joel Forman - Colorado Avalanche News
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