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Alex Tanguay, Mikko Rantanen score for White in Avs scrimmage

Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)

Two forwards desperate to make an impression — rookie Mikko Rantanen and unsigned Jack Skille — both scored in Sunday's Burgundy/White intrasquad scrimmage at Magness Arena.

Rantanen, 18, tapped the puck in behind goalie Semyon Varlamov to give White a 2-0 lead and the 28-year-old Skille one-timed a rebound past goalie Spencer Martin in the third period for a 3-0 advantage.

Veteran Alex Tanguay, 35, scored the game's first goal off a beautiful play by Nathan MacKinnon and White went on to win 3-1. Burgundy's Joey Hishon scored his team's goal and centered what may have been the game's best line, with wingers Borna Rendulic and Dennis Everberg.