Last Friday the Colorado Avalanche were in St. Louis to face the Blues for game six in a series they led 3-2. On Wednesday, the Blues managed to beat the Avalanche at home at Ball Arena in overtime 5-4 pulling to within one game to tie up the series.
Colorado initially trailed 1-0 in game six after the Blues scored with a minute to play in the first period. Avs forward, J.T. Compher tied up the game at one apiece five minutes into the second period. The Blues answered back four minutes later and took a 2-1 lead.
The game remained 2-1 in favor of the Blues until a little more than halfway through the third when Compher scored his second goal of the game to tie is at 2 apiece. The game remained knotted up at two apiece and it looked as if both teams would be heading into overtime, however; the Avs were able to score the game-winning goal with 5.6 seconds left in regulation.
Colorado will now head to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 20 years. The Avs play host to the Edmonton Oilers (results of the game not available at the time of this writing) for game one on Tuesday and game two on Thursday at 6 p.m. Colorado then heads to Edmonton for games three (Saturday, June 4th at 6 p.m.) and four (Monday, June 6th at 6 p.m.).
In other sports the Colorado Rockies have won three of their last eight after beating the Miami Marlins Monday at Coors Field 7-1. The Rockies finish up their three-game series with the Marlins Tuesday for game 2 and Wednesday for game three. Later on this week the Rockies host the Atlanta Braves in a four-game series that kicks off on Thursday. Colorado is now 11 games behind the division-leading L.A. Dodgers and sit in last place in the National Leagues West.
The Colorado Rapids lost 3-1 to the Nashville SC in Nashville on Saturday. The Rapids are not back on the field until June 19th when they host the New York City FC at 3 p.m.
The Arapahoe County district attorney has dismissed all chargers against Denver Broncos wide-out Jerry Jeudy on Tuesday morning. According to the Arapahoe County Sheriffs’ office, no physical contact was made during the incident and it only involved property, which there was no damage to.
Jeudy is in his third year as a Bronco and is expected to be one of Denver’s top receivers after the Bronco’s acquisition of Russell Wilson in the offseason.
The acquisition of Wilson has sparked some new life into the offense with much of his receiving corps in early at Dove Valley to work out early with the quarterback and study the playbook before official work begins.
The Broncos regular season begins on September 12 when they travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks at 6:15 p.m. Monday night.
