When the Colorado Avalanche face the Anaheim Ducks, it’s always interesting. Now, “interesting” once meant Patrick Roy pushing down the stanchion to get at Bruce Boudreau on opening night. Or “interesting” can mean the two teams scoring nine goals in the second period — six by the Ducks — as happened in March of 2014.
The Ducks were who the Colorado Avalanche were supposed to be — big, skilled, gritty and fast. Anaheim has a lethal one-two punch in Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. They’re backed up by a defense that’s big and a little mean.
The one area in which the Avalanche always held the advantage was goal tending.