Avalanche Looking Forward to Long Homestay
Colorado playing 15 of its next 17 at Ball Arena, starting with nine-game homestand
by
Ron Knabenbauer
@RonKnab
/ ColoradoAvalanche.com
The Colorado Avalanche will be spending a lot of time at home over the next month, allowing the players a chance to refresh from the grind of the road and give the team a prime opportunity to climb the standings.
Colorado opens a nine-game homestand tonight against the Anaheim Ducks at Ball Arena, the site of 15 of the squad's next 17 contests overall.
"It's an important stretch for us, no question," said head coach Jared Bednar after morning skate. "I feel like every year that I've been here we've had a stretch of five home games in a row that's always been a key point for our season. A couple years we didn't handle it very well and then bounced back on the road, and a few years we've handled that home stretch real well and it kind of set us up for success down the stretch."