DENVER, COLORADO — This weekend, for the first time since he joined the Colorado Avalanche at the team’s week-long development camp in Denver in late June, Alex Newhook returned to the city that drafted him 16th overall in this past summer’s NHL draft. But this time, however, Newhook was Denver’s adversary.
The No. 1-ranked DU Pioneers welcomed the No. 6 Boston College Eagles — and Newhook — to town for a two-game set over the weekend. Though Newhook’s Eagles lost in both contests, 3-0 and 6-4 in the two respective games, the Avs’ first-rounder enjoyed his brief vacation back “home.