Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy after Friday’s alumni game at Coors Field, a 5-2 Avalanche victory:
Gameday: Detroit Red Wings (30-20-11, 71 points) at Avalanche (32-27-4, 68 points), at Coors Field.
Terry Frei’s Friday alumni game story, Mark Kizsla’s column and my Avalanche practice story is at denverpost.com/avalanche, along with everything else we do.
Some notes from the NHL: The Avalanche is the 21st NHL team to participate in an NHL outdoor game, and this is the 17th all-time: eight Winter Classics, six Stadium Series and three Heritage Classics.