Surging Avs riding high after recent road swing
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Posted: 9:52 PM Oct 22, 2009
Surging Avs riding high after recent road swing
Colorado sits in first place in the Western Conference with a 6-1-2 mark, the team's second-best start through nine games since relocating to the Mile High City from Quebec in 1995
Reporter: AP
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Rookie Matt Duchene isn't one to rattle easily on the ice.

Take him to a horror film, though, and the 18-year-old Colorado Avalanche forward is soon quivering in his seat.

On the Avalanche's recent road swing, Duchene and his teammates went to see "Paranormal Activity," a low-budget fright flick. Duchene hid behind his popcorn box the entire movie, petrified by fear.

These days, a horror film is about all that's knocking Duchene and the Avalanche off their game. Colorado sits in first place in the Western Conference with a 6-1-2 mark, the team's second-best start through nine games since relocating to the Mile High City from Quebec in 1995.

All this from a youthful Avalanche team that was supposed to be in rebuilding mode.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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