Author Archives: Alaina Scarano-Isbouts

Guess What I’m Not Doing?

-by Alaina Scarano-Isbouts Beer?  Check.  Pizza?  Check.  Altitude?  Check.  Nachos?  Check.  Tissues?  Check (it was Joe Sakic’s retirement, after all).  DirecTV?  Check. Tonight, my family and I sat down to watch what was possibly the biggest night in the Avalanche’s … Continue reading

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Joe Sakic to Retire from the NHL

-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts Avalanche captain Joe Sakic is expected to annouce his retirement from the NHL on Thursday.  Sakic has announced he will be holding a press conference Thursday at 1pm Mountain time to make an important announcement regarding his “hockey … Continue reading

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The Ever-Changing Roster

As most of us have figured out by now, there is some major rebuilding going on in the Avalanche organization.  This is a list of the players being added and subtracted, updated on a daily basis as necessary: Free Agents … Continue reading

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Free Agent Frenzy

-by Alaina Scarano-Isbouts Well, it’s July 1st.  And along with sweating through every shirt you own becasue of the ridiculous heat, it’s now time to start sweating over who your team did (or didn’t) sign during free agency.  The market … Continue reading

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I’m Not Ready To Move On

-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts Greg Sherman.  Joe Sacco.  Sylvain Lefebvre.  There have been a lot of new names thrown around the front office of the Colorado Avalanche.  But one thing is for certain: the message is loud and clear.  There is no … Continue reading

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Sacco Named Head Coach

-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts In more “what the f*^k” news from the Avalanche, Joe Stacco was named head coach today. For those of you who don’t know Joe Stacco, which I’m guessing is 90% of the readers here, until this afternoon he … Continue reading

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Greg Sherman New Avs GM

-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts Hi hockey fans.  My most sincere apologies for my absence – it’s been a very busy time!  Did anyone see the latest Avs headlines this morning?  While Tony Granato I’m sure had assumed his job wasn’t safe, I … Continue reading

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Rematch?

-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts Anyone starting to lose a bit of interest in the Conference Finals yet?  You aren’t the only one.  Fans from Chicago to Pittsburgh to Carolina to Detroit are probably thinking the same thing… “Wait a minute, this seems … Continue reading

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The New Hockeytown

-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts Ahhh, Hockeytown.  I’m not so sure it was a nickname deserved so much as it was a nickname that Detroitians (Detroiters?) gave themselves.  First, let’s do a little recap of the Detroit Red Wings history (remember Avs fans, … Continue reading

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Crosby Writes Ovechkin’s Obituary

-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts OF COURSE.  This would happen just hours after I published that “my money is on the Caps-Pens game” for an overtime game and a game 7 win.  The Pittsburgh Penguins absolutely killed the Washington Capitals tonight in DC … Continue reading

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