While the Colorado Avalanche season is over, eight Avalanche players are participating in the IIHF World Championship hockey tournament. Granted, it is not the Stanley Cup playoffs but after such a gut-wrenching season, one can hope some of the struggling players rediscover their joy of playing and go into the offseason with some confidence. With that in mind, an abbreviated version of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly outlines how the Avalanche players have fared through their first three games.
THE GOOD
1. Forward Nathan MacKinnon, playing for Canada, notched a hat trick and an assist in the second game and tallied two goals and an assist in the third matchup.