’AVI NG A
PART Y
Already in his ninth
season, Colorado’s
Nathan MacKinnon (29)
i s ju s t 26 y e ar s old , an d
he gives his teammates
ple n t y o f r e a s o n t o s l ap
fives. But the player
who could push the
Avalanche over the top
to their first Cup since
20 01 i s C ale M ak ar (8) ,
who in March set the
franchise record for
goals by a defenseman
in a single season.
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