Although Avalanche first-round draft choice Tyson Jost considered attending the University of Denver before deciding on North Dakota, the 18-year-old center was seeing the Mile High City for the first time on his whirlwind trip Sunday and Monday. He declined an opportunity to visit DU once he felt committed to North Dakota.
Tyson’s uncle, Ron Jost, who recently moved to the area, and his aunt picked him up at the airport and gave him a quick tour.
If it was typical, of course, it began with: See those mountains? That’s west.
“They showed me the rink, they showed me where the Broncos and the baseball team play,” Tyson said Monday afternoon in the Avalanche locker room at the Pepsi Center.