In the middle of a stretch that has the team playing four games in six days, the Colorado Avalanche held a 30-minute practice on Wednesday to prepare for its first back-to-back set of the season.
The Avs are coming off a 3-2 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night and Colorado will face the Kings again on Thursday before visiting the Anaheim Ducks on Friday and Sunday.
Thursday's contest opens the first of seven back-to-back matchups for the Avalanche this season. The Avs played 12 of these sets last year, finishing with a 9-3-0 record in the first contest and a 6-5-1 mark in the second.
Colorado Practices Ahead of Southern California Back-to-Back
Avs set to play Kings on Thursday and Ducks on Friday
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