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Avs Bag Skate, Part Deux

Joe Sacco

Colorado Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco looks on during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Phoenix Coyotes Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Losers of three straight, the Colorado Avalanche enjoyed a nice, light skate today at practice. And when we say nice and light, we mean awful and exhausting. Coach Joe Sacco put the Avs through another bag skate, the team’s second in a matter of weeks.

Some video of the skating session, courtesy the Denver Post’s Adrian Dater:

One thing in particular that Dater noticed:

Sacco stood there and watched everyone pretty closely it seemed like. The guys who lagged behind probably didn’t help themselves – and rookie Brad Malone was one. He was totally gassed and seemed to take his sweet time getting back to the end line after Sacco gave everyone a brief break. The rest of the team was there at the end line ready to go again, but Malone kind of glided on in while everyone waited. That was noticeable to some veteran hockey people watching in the stands, not just me.

Malone, a North Dakota product, made his NHL debut Friday in a 4-1 loss to the Oilers.