Inside the Locker Room: Avs-Canadiens

Here’s the uncut audio of the postgame Avalanche locker room following the team’s 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.

Some of the interview below with Patrik Nemeth may seem a bit odd because he and I had briefly chatted before turning the recorder on as he was catching his breath and getting a few exhausted expletives out of his system. When the recorder did come on, we talked one-on-one for a few minutes about his role and suddenly playing significantly more than normal because of the game situations.

Here’s Nemeth:

Then we have Alexander Kerfoot, who had a roller coaster of a night of nearly notching a highlight reel assist, getting benched in the second period, and then finding his way to an unlikely game-securing second goal:

And lastly, an utterly wiped out Semyon Varlamov, whose 44-save shutout ultimately propelled the Avalanche to victory: