Peter Forsberg needs pants.
He is checking golf clubs for the flight from Sweden, not hockey equipment. So a pair of breezers and some shoulder pads were his simple requests to play in the Colorado Faceoff — a benefit game pitting former Avs and DU greats against each other Sunday at 5 p.m. at Magness Arena.
“I told him not to worry. We could get him some hockey pants,” said John-Michael Liles, president of the Colorado NHL Alumni Association. “And, honestly, most of our guys don’t wear shoulder pads anymore.”
This event represents the culmination — but not the end — of seven years of tireless work.