Talk about tough acts to follow ...
The night after Tesla, Styx and Def Leppard honored "Spinal Tap" and put the amplifiers all the way up to 11 in a potentially deafening Pepsi Center concert, the Avalanche closed out the home portion of its exhibition season Sunday with a 2-1 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
The Avalanche had returned from what amounted to a two-day preseason retreat to Vail, where the players went through activities together — including listening to guest speakers — and practiced Saturday.
"It was the players' idea to go there," Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said before Sunday's game.