Table of Contents CHAPTER PAGE Meet the Avalanche 4 Glory Days 6 Home Ice 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Hockey 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Line Change 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
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Meet the Avalanche How long does a sports team need to play in a city before it can call that city home The players on the Colorado Avalanche wondered this when the team moved from Quebec City in Canada CCanadda to Denver Colorado That question was answered at the end of their of their first season when the Avs won hockey’s greatest prize the Stanley Stanley Cup They have been treated like family ever since The Avalanche began their hockey journey in the 1970s 0s Back then they had a different name Nordiques and many y of their fans spoke a different language French The team was located in Canada and played in a different league This book tells the story of the Avalanche Today they are as much a part of the Colorado landscape as the Rocky Mountains Fans travel from all over the region to watch them play When the Avalanche get rolling they truly live up to their name At their best there’s simply no stopping them Gabriel Landeskog congratulates goalie Semyon Varlamov after a victory 5
