The Avs Hockey Podcast

Two Fan's Perspectives on Colorado Avalanche Hockey...and jerseys too.

AHP Goal Pucks: Nathan MacKinnon’s Montreal Magic (2015)

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My passion for game worn jerseys and telling their stories has been well documented here for many years. I have quietly collected Avalanche game used and goal scored pucks throughout the years as well. These pucks, just like jerseys, have stories to tell. As expected, I really enjoy doing the research and exploring the details and figured it was time to share some puck history here too. Hoping you appreciate these small pieces of Colorado Avalanche history as much as I do.

There are times on eBay when something gets listed at a certain “Buy It Now” price and there’s this instinctive feeling that the item won’t last long at all on the site. This puck was one of those times and one of those pickups. Sometimes you’re on the app at the right time and you get lucky.

THE DATE: November 14, 2015

THE VENUE: Bell Centre. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

THE GOAL: Nathan MacKinnon at 18:38 of the first period of play.

THE DETAILS: This was MacKinnon’s eighth goal of the season, the 46th goal of his career, his second goal of the first period, and his second goal in 13 seconds. I’m guessing this puck has the least amount of actual game play on it as compared to any other puck in my collection. This goal made the game 3-0 at the time. The Avs eventually won this game by a final score of 6-1.

THE ASSISTS: Mikhail Grigorenko and Matt Duchene

THE HIGHLIGHT: At :45 of the video below. This was a very nice backhand.

When you get the chance to add a goal puck from one of the best players in the game you do it. Always fun to go back in time and watch some older footage too. Thanks for checking out the post. There will be more to come.

Until the next AHP goal puck, #GoAvsGo.

The Avs Hockey Podcast, #125

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In this show James “Tapeleg” Gralian and Jay discuss the triumphant return of Your Home for Almost Everything Avalanche, jersey changes, how Nathan MacKinnon is in need of much attention, and we share some very special news with you. Those topics and much more Avs and hockey stuff in episode #125 of The Avs Hockey Podcast. It’s good to be talking to you again, friends. Thank you for your patience.

NHL Uniform Database gives us a look at the uniform changes for the Avs this season.

Here are the jersey schedule details from the Avs themselves.

NBCSN will be shutting down at the end of 2021. Details here.

The Avs are good and they’re young too. This will be good to keep in mind as this season progresses.

Super Dave Osbourne hits the bridge. One time.

The Avs Hockey Podcast, #124

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In this podcast, James “Tapeleg” Gralian and Jay discuss the All-Star Game, the Stadium Series game in Colorado Springs, power play things, and hashtag high jinx. Those topics and much more Avs and hockey stuff in episode number 124 of The Avs Hockey Podcast. Please enjoy the show, Avalanche fans!

Links You Will Find Helpful

Who owns a hashtag? There was some #AvsTwitterPsychic drama since our last show. Kyle Clark and Steve Staeger told the story on 9NEWS NEXT on February 5.

Steve and Geoff were kind enough to invite Jay to be on the From the Cheap Seats Podcast not too long ago. Check that out here, on YouTube, or on Spotify.

This story is still developing at the time of this post, but there were some serious off-ice issues during the Stadium Series game in Colorado Springs on February 15. Scott MacDonald from Mile High Hockey covers everything here.

About Last Night’s #AvsTwitterPsychic

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For almost seven seasons now I have (on my own time and choice) “hosted” a game called #AvsTwitterPsychic on Twitter dot com. It’s a game day tradition that many people were invested in for all of the very best reasons. I don’t hesitate at all in saying that #AvsTwitterPsychic brought out the good in social media.

Things have now became somewhat complicated though. I wanted to reach out to all of you and address this. Last night the Avalanche chose to sponsor and monetize their #AvsTwitterPsychic tweet.

Addressing the social media aspect of things. Is it possible to legally “own” a hashtag? Absolutely not. But we all know who was as close to owning the #AvsTwitterPsychic hashtag as much as it could possibly be owned. It was us, the Colorado Avalanche faithful. We built it up to be something very special. It was something which couldn’t be ignored. #AvsTwitterPsychic even trended nationally on Twitter for some games. I NEVER wanted this to be about me or to be mine. I purposefully and intentionally created it to be ours. We are the people, fans, and friends who I have always lovingly referred to through the years as #TeamAvsPodcast.

Let me make something extremely clear, I had absolutely no idea the Avalanche was going to take what we created together and do what they decided to do with it. This, in no way, feels good, right, or fair. We were left a little blindsided, frustrated, somewhat confused, and definitely disappointed.

Let me also be clear in saying that I don’t feel like I am owed any compensation for anything I’ve done over the years. I chose to do it and have absolutely no regrets. Too much good has come from it.

So, friends, I’m honestly not sure what happens from here. I don’t know if we can “fix” this, but I’m sure we’ll figure something out. What I do know though is how much I appreciate what we’ve created together. It’s obviously very special and it has been a huge sense of pride for me and us. It’s all that I hoped it would become and so much more. Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your time and passion with me and with each other. All of the tweets of support (even from fans who don’t play the game but happily follow along and appreciate all it brings to the Avalanche community on game days) were amazing to read last night. The Avalanche rave about how great their fans are and I would never disagree with that. We simply want the team to be great to us in return. I don’t think that’s too much of an ask.

Here’s to hoping this doesn’t happen again in the future.

Again, you are appreciated, #TeamAvsPodcast.

Thanks for your support and take care,

Jay