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CENTENNIAL, Colo.—Hockey is a sport meant to be played with a puck. So it might seem a bit strange to be on the ice with just skates and sticks.
That was what the Colorado Avalanche prospects were dealing with for the first two days of their morning power skating sessions at the team's development camp at Family Sports Center. But on the third and final day of working with skating consultant Tracy Tutton, they finally got to "play" with the little piece of vulcanized rubber.