The Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche are headed to the playoffs with the Nuggets sitting in the number 4 position in the Western Conference while the Colorado Avalanche sit in the number 3 position in the Western Conference.
The stage is set for both teams with the Avalanche taking on the number 2 Dallas Stars and the Nuggets taking on the number 5 L.A. Clippers.
The Colorado Avalanche closed the regular season losing three of their last six with losses to the L.A. Kings, the St. Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks. The Denver Nuggets closed out the regular in similar fashion losing three of their last six with losses to the San Antonio Spurs, the Golden State Warriors and the Indiana Pacers.
After Denver announced that Coach Michael Malone and General Manager Calvin Boothe would no longer be with the organization, the Nuggets won three straight against the Sacramento Kings, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets.
The Nuggets will face the L.A. Clippers in Denver this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Ball Arena for game one of seven. The Colorado Avalanche will face the Dallas Stars in Dallas for game one (date of game has not yet been determined) of a seven-game series.
Colorado Avalanche team captain Gabriel Landeskog has been suited up with Colorado’s minor league team the Eagles over the past two games, where ‘Landy,’ scored and chalked up an assist in his second game. The Avalanche sent him to the Eagles for conditioning after spending some time on the ice with his teammates during practice over the past couple of weeks.
His return is hopeful for and Avalanche playoff run. The team Captain had this to say shortly after the Eagles win over the Henderson Silver Knights, “In terms of timing, touches, and things like that, [I am} not anywhere near to where I wanted to be, but I think it’s a good step in the right direction.”
In other sports the Colorado Rockies have now lost 13 games with three wins after losing 5-3 to the L.A. Dodgers on Monday. The Rockies have two remaining games with the Dodgers this week before returning home to host the Washington Nationals. Colorado is currently in last place 10.5 games behind the division leading San Diego Padres less than a month into the season.
The men’s University of Colorado Football team got some good news over the weekend when former Campbell wide-out Sincere Brown committed to CU for the upcoming season. Colorado also picked up offensive lineman Xavier Hill from Memphis. Coach Prime appears to be taking advantage of the transfer portal yet again to score quality players for Colorado’s football program.
