Avalanche star center Nathan MacKinnon practiced Tuesday as if he was close to playing. Donning a red non-contact jersey, the team’s leading scorer was the first one on the ice in a pre-practice skate and was the last player to leave the ice after practice.
Here’s Nathan MacKinnon just now before #Avs practice, exactly two weeks after his shoulder injury. Was supposed to miss 2-4 weeks. He looks close but still in red non-contact sweater pic.twitter.com/a8JAPqqmBx
— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) February 13, 2018
It was his first full team practice since suffering a shoulder injury Jan.