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‘It sucks.’ Avalanche forward Ross Colton steps in and steps up after being surprise scratch in first 2 games
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‘It sucks.’ Avalanche forward Ross Colton steps in and steps up after being surprise scratch in first 2 games

Colorado Springs Gazette·Evan Rawal [email protected]·about 1 month ago
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LOS ANGELES — Ross Colton was one of the first guys off the ice after morning skate ahead of Game 3. The first players off the ice are usually in the lineup, which was not the case for Colton in Games 1 and 2. He wasn’t about to spill the beans when asked, though, and neither was coach Jared Bednar. “I’m not going to talk about hypotheticals,” Bednar said with a smirk when asked by The Denver Gazette if Colton would draw into the lineup. Colton did get his opportunity and he played well. Like everyone else in that Avalanche locker room, he’s a competitor. And while he was still rooting for his teammates to get the job done, the press box wasn’t where he wanted to be for those first two games. “It sucks, honestly. Never been scratched in my life. That was the first time I’ve ever really been scratched,” Colton told The Denver Gazette on Saturday ahead of Game 4. “We’ve got a deep team, so it is what it is. When your number is called, just be ready to go.…

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