On a night where fans and the Colorado Avalanche celebrated the days of Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy, someone did something those icons never had a chance to do.
That would be scoring a goal in the still-quite-new 3-on-3 OT format.
John Mitchell did so for the Avalanche in a 2-1 OT win against the Minnesota Wild that may have been a little lacking in electricity otherwise. (You don’t see a ton of games where both teams combine for just 40 shots on goal.)
Still, that bit of 3-on-3 was fun and allowed fans to go home happy.
"I tried to bring out my inner Forsberg in overtime a bit." - John Mitchell on game-winner pic.twitter.com/jgYZhx0Lzy
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) December 8, 2015
A lot of the word boring floating around ...
Suter: it was tight, no one wanted to make a mistake. It was all in the neutral zone. It wasn't frustrating. It was just boring #mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) December 8, 2015
Parise: really slow, not a lot of flow, seemed like a lot of neutral zone. Didn't really for us anyways have a lot of entertainment, (1/2)
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) December 8, 2015
Then again, the Avs legends on hand for the 20th Anniversary Team celebration probably experienced a few nights like that in the meat of “The Dead Puck Era.”
Each player was given a special gift to commemorate being named to the 20th Anniversary Team. pic.twitter.com/2ZRXby9eJv
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) December 8, 2015