The Colorado Avalanche toppled the Minnesota Wild by a final of 5-1 tonight. Below are the player grades.
Sven Andrighetto (A) – Beat Minnesota
Tyson Barrie (A) – Beat Minnesota
Gabriel Bourque (A) – Beat Minnesota
Blake Comeau (A) – Beat Minnesota
J.T. Compher (A+) – Beat Minnesota, scored two goals.
Samuel Girard (A) – Beat Minnesota
Tyson Jost (A+) – Beat Minnesota, scored a goal.
Alexander Kerfoot (A) –Beat Minnesota
Gabriel Landeskog (A+) – Beat Minnesota, dropped legendary “Go back on waivers you f***ing plug” chirp on Nate Prosser.
Nathan MacKinnon (A+) – Beat Minnesota, scored a goal.
Patrik Nemeth (A) – Beat Minnesota
Matt Nieto (A) – Beat Minnesota
Mikko Rantanen (A) – Beat Minnesota
Duncan Siemens (A) – Beat Minnesota
Carl Soderberg (A) – Beat Minnesota
Dominic Toninato (A) – Beat Minnesota
Semyon Varlamov (A+) – Beat Minnesota, kept Avs in the game during early-game onslaught by Wild.
David Warsofsky (A) – Beat Minnesota
Nikita Zadorov (A+) – Beat Minnesota, physically and emotionally. Was the crusher of souls, tormentor of the terrible, and pulverizer of pucks tonight. Also scored a goal (thus the pulverizer part).
0 Comments (33 conversations)
Gabriano
Haha…nice!
Bosser55
Lol! Love this!
Xoth
amazing
syrmatt821@live.com
I think Z should also have the line “pulverizer of pucks”. That was one hell of a bomb
You got it!
Snowhees
Beautiful
Brando Calrissian
Haefele is a beaut.
jpwheels
I don’t have have the level of hate for the Wild that many Avs fans do. But your grades had me laughin my ass off.
Sean.kells
Well done!
IowaAvsFan
I love you AJ. This is why I pay instead of going to that schmuck Chambers for Avs coverage.
Kerby
this is amazing
You nailed it with this article!!!
TheHoppyHacker
I couldn’t have been more charged up after blowing out the fricken wild at home . . . I thought. THIS, took it to another level! I may have to subscribe a second time, to leave a tip!
faydout
Just the tip? Damn what a great win tonight!
Cerveau
Succinctly put, AJ.
Thanks for the reasoned, well thought, and thought provoking coverage.
Johnny M
This is what we are paid subscribers for ?
gthurner55
Then your not an Avs fan…..yet
jbame
Where’s the grade for Coach?
Jared Bednar (A) – Outcoached the Wild
hopfenkopf
Mic drop!
dlbrysh
Loved the game; love the grades!
dominique mougin
I really enjoyed being alive today.
Such a beautiful day !
Spectre
And that’s all the news fit to print!
ThreeLeggedDog
Amaze
Avs425
Still a better love story than twilight!
Great player grades, especially if it’s true that they are posted for the players to read!
hockeyhacker5
Hilarious! But I hope you do real grades with comments, too. I enjoy them too much to miss out on a game.
Rufus_Leaky
Grading on the curve! They earned it. Fun win!
ljp78
Lololololol this was amazing
Colorado_Gary
I thought Siemens had a strong, smart game.
Colorado_Gary
Love the grades AJ. ROR trade – Big Z alone chalks that one up on the Avs side of the ledger. Kid’s gonna be a stud for years to come. Should bring in Rob Blake for DMan clinics, get Big Z to another level.
Nels
Friends, the Avs have become hockey porn at this point. I believe I achieved hockey orgasm tonight. Anyone notice the Kings got beat by the coyotes and dumb ass stars got beaten? Also, was there a game in MN? I wonder what would happen if the Avs were playing like this and they got THE CONDOR and King Bernie and Barbs back? Is it just me, or does JT Compher have as many goals as the MN CAPTAIN Koivu? Dater you gotta eat some of your recent negative words about Varly at this point. Hockey porn…
rb9cms
BEST. GRADES. EVER.
J.D. Killian
I second this. My all time favorite game grades.
As a Denverite and a huge Avs fan (and hate the Wild), I was at the game in person and it was beautiful. I think my favorite moment is when Comph scored from his knees to make it 4-1 and I watched over half the crowd rush for the exits. A sight I won’t forget for a long time. And love the grades A.J. – made my day!
Dan G
Pretty amazing win considering they had to play 5 on 7 most of the night.
Unit5
This is the frosting on the cake. Glad I’m a subscriber.
BK_Avs
This is everything.
gstpulldn
Truly, truly, awesome.
Chris DeMott
AJ Haefele – A+. These grades and dropped the Landy Chrirp that the DP would not have dared to drop.
brattazz
behind on my reading. Way to go out on the limb with those grades AJ. This is great.