After Tuesday night’s loss to the Nashville Predators, Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar called out several of his players for being “passengers” and not giving the effort required to win hockey games.
Flash forward to Thursday night and the very team called out for their effort and quality of play drops another two points in front of the home crowd, this time at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Avalanche center John Mitchell played in his 500th NHL game Thursday versus Columbus, so he has seen what it takes to win games in the National Hockey League.