At 12 tense minutes past 11 o’clock, Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen dropped to a knee and fired a puck that answered the prayers of 18,102 faithful in this church of hockey. “I knew it!” exclaimed backstage supervisor Janet Roth, from her post in the hallway of the Pepsi Center. Out in the arena, the noise from the congregation was so loud I feared the ice might crack. It’s the best noise in Colorado sports.