Avalanche Face More Roster Uncertainty After Jonathan Drouin Injury, New Goalie Addition

Late this summer, before Columbine began defending its Class 5A football title, senior offensive/defensive lineman DJ Ironshell summed up the Rebels’ football philosophy. “We just run the ball and let the pads do the talking,” he said. The Rebels’ pads talked plenty of smack Friday in their 35-14 win over Arvada West at Jeffco Stadium.

Class 5A 1. Mountain Vista (6-0) vs. ThunderRidge, 7 p.m. Friday. Next week: at Fruita Monument, 6 p.m. Oct. 18. 2. Cherry Creek (6-1) won vs. Arapahoe, 41-7: Junior QB Brady Vodicka shredded Arapahoe to the tune of 303 yards and three TDs on 21-of-30 passing, junior Jayden Fox (15 carries, 110 yards, 2 TDs) topped 100 yards rushing for the fourth time this fall, and the Bruins cruised to their seventh straight Centennial League win dating back to 2022.

The Avalanche already had a massive challenge at the start of this season. One game in, it got tougher. Jonathan Drouin, a breakout player and one of the great stories in the NHL last season, will miss at least the next two games after being injured in the Avs’ season opener Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Avs coach Jared Bednar said it is an upper-body injury.

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