Fansided · Mar 10, 2018
Colorado Avalanche: Alexander Kerfoot’s Ideas for the Faceoff Problem
Colorado Avalanche center Alexander Kerfoot talks about the faceoff problem the team has and how they might fix it.
The Colorado Avalanche aren’t very good at taking faceoffs this season. In fact, they’re at dead last in the NHL with a win percentage of 43.9%. Now, winning faceoffs isn’t necessarily an indicator of success. Colorado was second in the NHL in faceoff win percentage with 53.6% but dead last by 21 points in the NHL standings.
The reason Colorado has seen such a marked decline in their faceoff win percentage is obvious — they lost their best faceoff player when they traded Matt Duchene. Say what you will of Duchene, he wins more faceoffs than he loses. Currently, he sits at 53.1%