Tag: ball arena
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Avalanche won’t limit Ross Colton’s physicality just as he finds consistency | Evan’s take
Ross Colton has been a difference maker over the past six games for the Avalanche. Now they’re looking to bottle that and keep it going for another month. The 29-year-old Colton was one of Colorado’s better forwards during their 4-2 Game 1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena Wednesday. He hit everything…
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Avalanche vs. Wild | 3 keys to Colorado closing out the series at Ball Arena
For the first time since 2008, the Colorado Avalanche will look to close out a playoff series at home Wednesday. The last time they were able to do so also happened to be against the Minnesota Wild. Here are three keys to Colorado finishing this series off in Game 5. Stay disciplined The Avalanche were…
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Timberwolves’ Jaden McDaniels unfazed by boos from Nuggets fans: ‘They can’t get in my head’
Nuggets fans serenaded Jaden McDaniels with vitriol and boos in Game 5 at Ball Arena on Monday night. “Ja-den sucks! Ja-den sucks!” “(Expletive) McDaniels! (Expletive) McDaniels!” The Timberwolves forward quickly has become the biggest sports villain in the Denver after his comments following Minnesota’s Game 2 win in which he called every member of the…
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Colorado Avalanche draw L.A. Kings in first round of NHL playoffs
It went down to the wire, but the Colorado Avalanche now know their first-round opponent. The Avalanche will take on the Los Angeles Kings when the playoffs get underway this weekend. Game 1 has already been announced for Sunday, April 19, with the time to be announced soon, along with the full schedule. The two…
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Avalanche drop another home game, fail to clinch division in 3-2 loss to Blues
The Colorado Avalanche better figure things out at home if they’re about to clinch home-ice advantage throughout the Western Conference playoffs. That clinching, however, did not happen on Sunday evening. Robert Thomas completed the hat trick with 2:50 remaining in the third period, taking advantage of the Avalanche getting caught up ice late and giving…
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Daniel Caesar coming to Denver headlining Ball Arena on summer tour
The ‘Best Part’ of Caesar bringing his ‘Son Of Spergy’ tour to a big arena — more tickets to go around We don’t stand in lines, we don’t pay for clubs, but we would stand shoulder to shoulder to see Daniel Caesar perform. Caesar begins his international tour in Singapore and will tour across Asia…
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Girls wrestling Peak Performer: Falcon’s Allison McDaniel thwarts all obstacles in dominant freshman season
Allison McDaniel is about that life. There’s no mountain too high, no valley too low and no river wide enough to keep McDaniel from whatever she aims to achieve. The Falcon freshman wrestler’s first chance to prove that came Dec. 6 at the inaugural Ice Queen tournament. McDaniel faced Pine Creek’s Gia Gabel in the…
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Air Academy finishes third, David Burchett secures second individual championship; Cañon City wins four titles
DENVER – David Burchett secured his victory, found his coaches and jumped in their arms. Then, the Air Academy senior dropped to the mat and left a few tears of joy that put an exclamation point on his night at Ball Arena. Yes, even more of a stamp than Burchett’s 4-1 overtime win against Pueblo…
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Peyton’s Micah Horowitz secures 2A boys wrestling title with late takedown
DENVER — Two years ago, Micah Horowitz didn’t place at state. Last year, he sat the season out after transferring from Falcon. As a junior at Peyton, Horowitz is a champion. Horowitz earned a 4-1 decision win and the 2A 126-pound title after he beat Las Animas’ Orion Martinez in the championship match. “This was…
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Air Academy sends three to finals, Kadets third in 4A after semifinal matches
DENVER – Thomas Martell pushed the pace and never relented. The Air Academy 165-pound wrestler trailed 1-0 most of the match Friday and nearly scored on a takedown in the second period of the semifinals against Pueblo East’s Logan Trujillo. But Martell settled for an escape point late in the third period and secured three…