Parade of champs: Avs live it up as they celebrate Cup title
APTOPIX Stanley Cup Avalanche Parade Hockey Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog hoists the Stanley Cup and a flag of Sweden at a rally for the NHL hockey champions Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Denver. From “A” (alcohol, lots of alcohol) to “Z” (Zamboni drivers taking the road), the parade held Thursday to celebrate Colorado's Stanley Cup title offered a little bit of everything. It was Nazem Kadri who delivered the line of the day on stage as rain fell and thunder boomed. We come with the Avalanche, baby,” screamed Kadri, whose team dethroned the two-time defending champion Lightning in six games for the franchise's third Stanley Cup title. It was a sea of burgundy and blue at Civic Center Park, where the parade ended and the speeches took place.
wftv.comAvalanche win battle of attrition to reach Stanley Cup final
APTOPIX Avalanche Oilers Hockey Colorado Avalanche's Bowen Byram (4), J.T. He later scored the go-ahead goal in a back-and-forth Game 4 of the Western Conference final that the Avalanche won to sweep the Oilers out of the playoffs and move on to play for the Stanley Cup. “It’s a battle of attrition,” said Jared Bednar, in his fifth season as Colorado's coach. “A week off is going to help us with the banged-up players we have," Rantanen said. Landeskog gathered the Avalanche to stand around it, and he and MacKinnon each put a hand on it but didn't parade it around the ice.
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