Alex Tanguay looked up to the Pepsi Center rafters, stretched out his arms as wide as they could go and thought, 'Finally!'"
It's been a while since Tanguay had the taste of a goal from the end of his hockey stick, but the veteran forward broke out of his slump and came up big in the third period on Wednesday. Tanguay scored the tying goal midway through the stanza and assisted on Francois Beauchemin's winner with 32 seconds remaining to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
"Finally," Tanguay said of what was racing through his mind when he saw the puck hit the net's twine.