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Mark Kiszla: Avs, Wild channel the 1980s in a Game 1 goalapalooza

Colorado Springs Gazette·Mark Kiszla [email protected]·29 days ago
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Dusting off their old fire wagons and rolling ‘em out of the barn, the Avalanche and Wild played classic 1980s hockey that got up and danced like Michael Jackson.  The Avs won a Thriller. Their 9-6 victory was a Sunday night tribute to the greatness of Wayne Gretzky and a throwback to the sport’s golden age. For those of you at home who had trouble keeping up with all the scores, Colorado defenseman Cale Makar scored a touchdown and teammate Nazem Kadri drained a 3-point jumper from beyond the arc. “Helter-skelter,” Minnesota coach John Hynes said. Words escaped Avs coach Jared Bednar to explain what he just saw. The script to this one made no sense. Or as Makar so aptly put it: “Weird.” But if this goalapalooza was any indication of where this best-of-seven playoff series is headed, sign me up for six more of these goalfests, a bottomless plate of nachos and a case of Surly Furious IPA. Please. And thanks. “I can’t even remember all the goals against at this point,” Bednar said.…

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