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Avalanche Notes Central Division Standings With his in the first period against the on Oct. Team GP W L OT PTS 17, tallied his 1,274th career point, tying Al MacInnis for 35th place on the NHL’s all-time scoring list. St. Louis Blues 6 4 1 1 9 Minnesota Wild 6 3 2 1 7 Avalanche forward recorded his first career NHL hat trick on Chicago Blackhawks 7 3 3 1 7 Opening Night. It marked just the second Opening-Night hat trick in Colorado Avalanche 5 3 2 0 6 Avalanche history (since the 1995-96 ) joining Paul Stastny, who scored three goals against Dallas to open the 2007-08 season on Oct. 3 5 2 2 1 5 at Pepsi Center. Nashville Predators 5 2 3 0 4 Winnipeg Jets 5 2 3 0 4 Upcoming Games Friday, October 28 vs. Winnipeg Jets Avalanche Leaders Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. (MT), TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Category Player Number The Avalanche returns home to face the Winnipeg Jets for the first Goals Matt Duchene 3 of five matchups this season, three of which will be played at Pepsi Joe Colborne 3 Center. Winnipeg will play a home-and-home series with the Dallas Stars on Tuesday and Thursday before traveling to Colorado to take Assists 4 on the Avs Friday. Nathan MacKinnon 4 Points Patrick Wiercioch 5 Saturday, October 29 at Arizona Coyotes Nathan MacKinnon 5 Gila River Arena, 7 p.m. (MT), TV: Altitude 2, Radio: 92.5 The Wolf Matt Duchene 5 Colorado hits the road for its final game of October, taking on the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena. This will mark the first of three Power-Play Goals Joe Colborne 2 matchups between the Avs and the Coyotes this season. Two will be Plus-Minus Patrick Wiercioch 3 played in Arizona, while the only tilt in the season series that will be Carl Soderberg 3 played on home ice will be Tuesday, Nov. 8 at Pepsi Center. Francois Beauchemin 3

Community Highlights Minutes Jarome Iginla 25 Time on Ice/Game Erik Johnson 22:43 Avalanche forward John Mitchell visited the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children on Goals Against Avg. Semyon Varlamov 3.25 Friday, October 21, playing games, signing Save Percentage Semyon Varlamov .902 autographs and bringing smiles to the faces of multiple children and their families. Player Spotlight

On Tuesday, defenseman Eric Gelinas and Patrick Wiercioch goaltender Semyon Varlamov skated with 30 Position: Defense boys and girls from the Centennial K-8 School Height: 6’5” of Lakewood as part of the Break the Ice Weight: 202 lbs. Program. The program provides a unique Shoots: Left skating experience for children, giving them Born: September 12, 1990 the opportunity to learn from Avalanche Birthplace: , BC players. Patrick Wiercioch is off to a strong start in his The NHL and NHLPA’s annual Hockey Fights first season in an Avalanche sweater. The Cancer campaign runs from Oct. 24 through defenseman’s four assists and +3 plus/minus Nov. 18 and is dedicated to raising money rating are tied for team leads. With five points and awareness for cancer research. on the young season, he ranks in a tie for first on the team and a tie for sixth among all NHL The Avs’ Hockey Fights Cancer game will defenseman. The former second-round draft take place on Friday, Nov. 5 when Colorado pick was signed as a free agent by Colorado on hosts the Minnesota Wild. July 1, 2016. Practice Schedule Quotable Day Date Location Time “It feels like it’s gone by quick. Some days you Wednesday October 26 Family Sports 11:00 a.m. wake up, you feel like you’re still a rookie, 18 Thursday October 27 Family Sports 11:00 a.m. years old, and other days you feel like you’ve Friday October 28 Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m. been around 500 games, I guess. Pretty cool. Hopefully the next 500 are even better than the Game #6 vs. Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. first.” Saturday October 29 Gila River Arena TBD —Avalanche forward Matt Duchene, on Game #7 at Arizona 7:00 p.m. becoming the fourth player drafted by Colorado to skate in 500 games in an Avalanche sweater Sunday October 30 TBD TBD *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times Mountain