The chants were so loud they could startle a ghost.
Var-ly. Var-ly. Var-ly.
After Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov stoned Vegas, turning away every shot by the Golden Knights in the shootout during a 2-1 victory that moved Colorado one giant leap closer to the playoffs, it sounded like old times at the Pepsi Center.
Var-ly. Var-ly. Var-ly.
“It was so much fun,” Varlamov said Saturday, sweat thick as rain on his brow, as the 29-year-old goalie slumped in the contented exhaustion of a job well done at his locker inside the Colorado dressing room.