CASTLE PINES — Logan O’Connor was well on his way to a breakout season for the Colorado Avalanche, and then a roadblock years in the making got in the way.
O’Connor set a career-high last season with 13 goals and was going to easily secure a new top mark in points before a torn labrum in his hip ended his campaign in early March.
“That was frustrating. I felt like a lot of things came together last year for me,” O’Connor said Monday at the Avs’ annual preseason charity golf tournament. “I guess I could take the positives from it and know that I did have a good year.