Avalanche rookies win 5-4 in overtime

While they hope to spend this season as permanent fixatures in the NHL lineup, Bo Byram and Shane Bowers spent Sunday helping a team of prospects to a 5-4 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at the Arizona Rookie Faceoff tournament.

With two goals from Bowers and one each from Matthew Boucher and Jack O’Brien, the Avalanche rookies forced overtime against a very strong Anaheim lineup. In the extra frame, it was Byram who put the puck past an Oskar Olausson screen and into the back of the net for the game winner.

Coach Greg Cronin had a lot of praise for this top players. “I thought Bo was good, I thought Newhook was really good, it was his best game and I thought he was good in all three…