NEW YORK — Skipping the chance to attend one of New York's tourist highlights of the year, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting, former Avalanche teammates Peter Forsberg and Patrick Roy Wednesday night went out for dinner in Manhattan and talked over old times.
Forsberg, 42, also was scheduled to attend the Colorado-New York Rangers game in Madison Square Garden Thursday night, then will travel to Denver and participate in Monday night's ceremony honoring the Avalanche's 20th anniversary team.
That will precede the Avalanche-Minnesota Wild game at the Pepsi Center.
"When you're voted by the fans as one of the top 20 players, it feels great to be part of that group," Forsberg said Thursday morning.