My Dad and I really like to go to at least one and sometimes two Colorado Avalanche games every season. We went over Thanksgiving break and decided to take in another game in the spring. I hadn't used any of my personal days off from school yet so we could basically pick any game we wanted. I have seen the Avalanche play just about every team in the NHL except for the Winnipeg Jets so that is the game we picked. It also happened to be the last home game of the regular season so we were hoping that it would be an exciting game with playoff implications. It was on both counts! The Avs only needed one point to clinch a playoff spot so they just needed to tie the game. They got a lot of scoring chances in the first period but the Jets ended up with two goals (one of them should not have counted). In the second period Tyson Barrie scored a beautiful goal to cut the deficit by one. The crowd went crazy and we were giving high fives to everyone around us! It was so much fun! In the third period Carl Soderberg tied it up with 9:25 remaining. The crowd went into hysterics at this goal because all we needed was a tie for the playoffs. I've been to a lot of exciting games before but I don't know if I've ever seen the Pepsi Center this wound up! With only 1:26 left in the game Colorado got a too many men penalty (which, in my opinion, is one of the stupidest penalties you can get) which left them down a skater at the end of the game. Every time the Avs iced the puck (sent it down the ice to kill time in the penalty) the crowd went absolutely crazy until the clock wound down. The Avs had to start overtime with more than 30 seconds left in the penalty but Erik Johnson took a pass from Nathan MacKinnon to score the winning goal. It was epic! The Avs needed one point but ended up with two and are going to the playoffs! It was such a great game!
Note: This was my first chance to see our new goalie Philipp Grubauer in action. He made 34 saves! I love him!
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