Shane Bowers, penalty-kill specialist?
Hey, if that’s what it takes to stick on the Avalanche roster, the 23-year-old center is more than happy to donate his wiry, 6-foot-2 frame to the cause.
“I think that I skate well and I think I’m long,” the young Avs center and former first-round draft pick said before Colorado’s preseason finale Wednesday night at Ball Arena against the Dallas Stars. “And I think that helps (me) being on the penalty kill, trying to get in lanes and take down time and space from the other team.
“So I think, for sure, my skating works the best with that.