Intensity, effort, practice and hard work are a few words that have been bandied about at Colorado Avalanche Training Camp.
As 64 players spent the last two days running through drills, scenarios, mini-games and even a scrimmage, their remarks have been about the beginning of hockey season, how summer training was fashioned toward fall success and the pace of the on-ice activities.
While all of the learning and coaching and skating has been going on, the underlying story has been competition at camp.
Every single player is competing for a spot. For some, it is a job with the San Antonio Rampage.