The Avalanche are taking three goalies with them on their four-game road trip after all. Ahead of their flight to New York on Wednesday, the team recalled goalie Trent Miner, who originally started the season as the backup.
Miner joins a healthy Mackenzie Blackwood and the recently injured Scott Wedgewood on Colorado’s trip. In the second period of Tuesday’s 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks, Scott Wedgewood departed with an upper-body injury and did not return.
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After the game, head coach Jared Bednar said it was more of a precautionary pull due to tightness in the back. The team had Blackwood finish the game, and Colorado’s No. 1 netminder stopped all 10 shots he faced.
Bednar confirmed Wedgewood would join the team for the road trip. He didn’t know after the game if they’d need to bring a third goalie, but Miner’s call-up confirms that we might not see Wedgewood to start the trip.
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The Avs face the New York Islanders on Thursday before playing back-to-back against the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers over the weekend. The trip ends the following Tuesday in Nashville.
Expect Blackwood to get the start on Thursday. If Wedgewood can return for the back-to-back, it would be wise to give him the Sunday game after allowing an extra day of rest. if not, Miner could be getting his second start of the year.
