Meadow Lake’s Blake Comeau big part of resurgent Avalanche
Thursday’s game at Rogers Place in Edmonton for the Colorado Avalanche was highlighted in many ways by the talented youngsters on the club.
Nineteen-year-old Sam Girard notched his first goal in an Avalanche uniform in the first period, 22-year-old J.T. Compher netted the overtime winner, and 19-year-old St. Albert, Alta. native Tyson Jost showed flashes of his vast potential with his mom, sister, and grandparents in attendance.
But there was another player who made his presence felt, a player who is the second-oldest on the Avalanche this season: Meadow Lake’s own Blake Comeau.
Comeau, who was born in Vancouver but moved to Meadow Lake at four-years-old, scored his third shorthanded goal of the season to give the Avs a 3-1 lead, and clocked 2:30 of ice-time on a penalty kill that went 3-for-3.