Due to his wife’s critical remarks, the Colorado Avalnche head coach has decided to end his…
In British Columbia, Vancouver The Avalanche’s trip to Vancouver coincided with the peak of unsteady organizational turmoil.
For the past few days, there have been rumors circulating, courtesy of TSN’s Chris Johnston and others, that the Canucks are in the process of finalizing an agreement to appoint former Avalanche assistant Rick Tocchet as their new head coach. Meanwhile, Bruce Boudreau continues to be the team’s manager and head coach-in-waiting.
During Boudreau’s press conference on Friday, the seasoned coach first made the reporters laugh, but the questions nearly brought him to tears.
“You fooled me, huh?” he exclaimed upon showing up for the interview after missing the morning skate on the ice. “This place has a ton of media. My spouse called me and said, “You’re not on the ice!” Is everything alright? Thus, you are spreading it throughout the entire nation.
When asked what it means to him to be an NHL head coach, Boudreau—who has coached the Canucks, Capitals, Ducks, and Wild throughout his career—became a little emotional and graciously ended his availability. He said, “I’ll talk later.”
Regarding the awkward circumstances surrounding his probable firing, Boudreau said he didn’t discuss them with his players on Friday, “but there might be things said tomorrow.”
When asked if he would relish Vancouver’s impending back-to-back, he responded, “I’d be a fool to say I don’t know what’s going on.” “You come to work, and you realize how great the game is,” he continued, looking emotional.
Jared Bednar, the coach of the Avalanche, previously played for the South Carolina Stingrays, which coincided with Boudreau’s tenure with the Capitals. Bednar stated that he has enjoyed working with Boudreau over the years, but he declined to comment on the details of Vancouver’s predicament.
“I visited several of his camps and other places,” Bednar remarked. “Very nice guy. Excellent coach.
Boudreau has coached 1,086 games as the head coach of the Avalanche. His point percentage is.628. Despite their record of 18-23-3, the Canucks have defeated Colorado in their two prior meetings this season, including a two-goal comeback earlier in January.
Boudreau remarked, “It’s hard not to get up against the Stanley Cup champions.”
The Colorado Avalanche lost a winnable game in Chicago on Tuesday night due to a few mistakes made early in the game and issues with discipline in the end.
Following back-to-back penalties on the Avs, Tyler Johnson scored a power-play goal at 8:19 of the third period to help the last-place Blackhawks win 3-2 at United Center.
Being in the penalty box when Johnson scored, Miles Wood became incensed over the call and was given a 10-minute misconduct in addition to another minor penalty. In an attempt to find a game-winning goal, the Avs were awarded another dubious penalty in the closing seconds.
The Avalanche’s Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals, but this one will go unnoticed. Petr Mrazek, the goalie for Chicago, made 35 saves, 12 of which came in the last frame.
1. Nichushkin is one of the NHL’s top goal scorers; he currently has 40 goals for the year. So far this season, he’s played 11 games and scored one goal. On November 8, his wife Svetlana gave birth to their first child, Anna. In the 19 games he has since participated in, he now has 14 goals. Since November 9, that is tied for the most in the NHL.
Since November 8, he has easily had the most power-play goals in the league, with nine. His two goals on Tuesday night came right in front of the Chicago net, in the center of the high-danger area. For the first goal, Jonathan Drouin found him in the slot for a one-timer; for the second, Mikko Rantanen fed him, and Nichushkin scored his own rebound.
2. Nathan MacKinnon played catch with Drouin prior to the game-winning pass, contributing to Nichushkin’s first goal. He has now scored in 16 straight games with at least one point. It’s a peak in your career. He currently has four fewer than Paul Stastny’s franchise record.
3. After giving up goals on two of his first three shots, Alexandar Georgiev started to play well. The Avs had the better of the first part of the game, but Georgiev had to make some outstanding saves in the second and third periods to keep the score tied at 2-2. With the structural failure on the game-winning play in front of him, he didn’t really have a chance.
