The United States Air Force Academy's a cappella group and America's Got Talent Season 12 semi-finalist In The Stairwell performed the anthem prior to puck drop while country music artist Sam Hunt performed during the first intermission.
Due to traffic issues getting into Falcon Stadium during that day, a number of fans ended up missing large portions of the game. Both the league and the Air Force Academy had sent out traffic advisories throughout the week beforehand. But several accidents, and lane closures on Interstate 25 for emergency pothole repairs combined with delays getting through security at the academy's two main gates turned what is normally about a 45-minute drive from Denver to over four hours. A fatal accident then occurred after the game at the north gate, causing all vehicles to be rerouted through the south gate. The academy later issued a statement saying that it did all it could to ease the congestion, but "despite our best efforts, all of these, added to the already challenging traffic conditions along the I-25 corridor, combined and unfortunately impacted some fans travelling to the game".[4][5][6] In addition, fans complained about long waits and shortages of food and apparel at the Academy as well.
Game summaryEdit
The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3–1, with Kings forward Tyler Toffoli recording the first hat trick in an NHL outdoor game. Toffoli opened up the scoring at 14:01 of the first period. Colorado defenseman Samuel Girard tied the game less than a minute left in the second period. Toffoli then scored the game-winning goal with 55 seconds left and then added an empty-net goal with five seconds remaining. Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick made 32 saves in the win. Colorado goalie Philipp Grubauer made 14 saves before leaving the game with an injury in the third period, while backup goalie Pavel Francouz made six saves.[7][8]
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^Kesting, Amanda (January 1, 2019). "NHL Stadium Series coming back to Colorado in 2020". 9News.com. Tegna. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
^"NHL announces plan to host outdoor games at military academies". ESPN.com. May 29, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
^Wyshynski, Greg (February 15, 2020). "Hockey fans miss large portions of Kings-Avs game at Air Force's Falcon Stadium because of traffic". ESPN.
^"Air Force Academy says accidents partly to blame for Stadium Series traffic". ESPN. Associated Press. February 16, 2020.
^"NHL, Air Force Academy release statement on Stadium Series game". KDVR. February 16, 2020.
^"Toffoli's hat trick leads Kings past Avalanche in Stadium Series". Sportsnet. Associated Press. February 15, 2020.
^"Toffoli scores hat trick, Kings top Avalanche at Stadium Series". NHL.com. February 15, 2020.
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The 2020 NHL Stadium Series was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League NHL game part of the Stadium Series of games that took place on February 15 2020 The game featured the Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche at Falcon Stadium located on the campus of the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado 1 2 The Kings defeated the Avalanche by a score of 3 1 This was the only game in the Stadium Series that has been scheduled so far for the 2019 20 season as opposed to multiple games in 2014 and 2016 2020 NHL Stadium Series123 TotalLos Angeles Kings 102 3Colorado Avalanche 010 1DateFebruary 15 2020VenueFalcon StadiumCityColorado Springs ColoradoAttendance43 574 20192022 The United States Air Force Academy s a cappella group and America s Got Talent Season 12 semi finalist In The Stairwell performed the anthem prior to puck drop while country music artist Sam Hunt performed during the first intermission Contents 1 Background 2 Traffic issues 3 Game summary 4 Team rosters 4 1 Scratches 5 ReferencesBackground EditThis was the second time the Avalanche have hosted the Stadium Series as they last hosted the event in 2016 at Coors Field as well as the second time a military academy has hosted the Stadium Series after Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium hosted the 2018 event 3 Also this was the Kings third NHL outdoor regular season game following the 2014 and 2015 Stadium Series This marks their second as the visiting team 1 Traffic issues EditDue to traffic issues getting into Falcon Stadium during that day a number of fans ended up missing large portions of the game Both the league and the Air Force Academy had sent out traffic advisories throughout the week beforehand But several accidents and lane closures on Interstate 25 for emergency pothole repairs combined with delays getting through security at the academy s two main gates turned what is normally about a 45 minute drive from Denver to over four hours A fatal accident then occurred after the game at the north gate causing all vehicles to be rerouted through the south gate The academy later issued a statement saying that it did all it could to ease the congestion but despite our best efforts all of these added to the already challenging traffic conditions along the I 25 corridor combined and unfortunately impacted some fans travelling to the game 4 5 6 In addition fans complained about long waits and shortages of food and apparel at the Academy as well Game summary EditThe Los Angeles Kings defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3 1 with Kings forward Tyler Toffoli recording the first hat trick in an NHL outdoor game Toffoli opened up the scoring at 14 01 of the first period Colorado defenseman Samuel Girard tied the game less than a minute left in the second period Toffoli then scored the game winning goal with 55 seconds left and then added an empty net goal with five seconds remaining Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick made 32 saves in the win Colorado goalie Philipp Grubauer made 14 saves before leaving the game with an injury in the third period while backup goalie Pavel Francouz made six saves 7 8 Scoring summaryPeriod Team Goal Assist s Time Score1st LA Tyler Toffoli 16 Alex Iafallo 19 Joakim Ryan 3 14 01 LA 1 02nd COL Samuel Girard 3 Mikko Rantanen 21 19 18 1 13rd LA Tyler Toffoli 17 Anze Kopitar 33 19 05 LA 2 1LA Tyler Toffoli 18 en Anze Kopitar 34 Alex Iafallo 20 19 55 LA 3 1Number in parentheses represents the player s total in goals or assists to that point of the seasonPenalty summaryPeriod Team Player Penalty Time PIM1st LA Jeff Carter Hooking 7 07 2 00COL Gabriel Landeskog Tripping 7 10 2 002nd No penalties3rd LA Blake Lizotte Holding 9 10 2 00COL Andre Burakovsky Interference 9 27 2 00Shots by periodTeam 1 2 3 TotalLA 7 5 11 23COL 15 11 7 33 Power play opportunitiesTeam Goals OpportunitiesLos Angeles 0 2Colorado 0 2 Three star selectionsTeam Player Statistics1st LA Tyler Toffoli Hat trick 3 goals 2nd LA Jonathan Quick 32 saves3rd COL Samuel Girard 1 goalTeam rosters EditLos Angeles Kings Player Position3 nbsp Matt Roy D6 nbsp Joakim Ryan D8 nbsp Drew Doughty A D9 nbsp Adrian Kempe LW10 nbsp Michael Amadio C11 nbsp Anze Kopitar C C12 nbsp Trevor Moore C19 nbsp Alex Iafallo LW22 nbsp Trevor Lewis C23 nbsp Dustin Brown LW26 nbsp Sean Walker D27 nbsp Alec Martinez D29 nbsp Martin Frk RW32 nbsp Jonathan Quick G40 nbsp Cal Petersen 1 G46 nbsp Blake Lizotte C51 nbsp Austin Wagner LW56 nbsp Kurtis MacDermid D73 nbsp Tyler Toffoli C77 nbsp Jeff Carter A CHead coach nbsp Todd McLellan Colorado Avalanche Player Position6 nbsp Erik Johnson A D8 nbsp Cale Makar D11 nbsp Matt Calvert LW13 nbsp Valeri Nichushkin RW16 nbsp Nikita Zadorov D17 nbsp Tyson Jost C27 nbsp Ryan Graves D28 nbsp Ian Cole D29 nbsp Nathan MacKinnon A C31 nbsp Philipp Grubauer G37 nbsp J T Compher LW39 nbsp Pavel Francouz G41 nbsp Pierre Edouard Bellemare LW49 nbsp Samuel Girard D72 nbsp Joonas Donskoi RW81 nbsp Vladislav Kamenev C83 nbsp Matt Nieto LW92 nbsp Gabriel Landeskog C LW95 nbsp Andre Burakovsky LW96 nbsp Mikko Rantanen RWHead coach nbsp Jared Bednar Cal Petersen dressed as the back up goaltender for Los Angeles and did not enter the game Scratches Edit Los Angeles Kings Derek Forbort Ben Hutton Nikolai Prokhorkin Colorado Avalanche Mark Barberio T J TynanReferences Edit a b LA Kings To Play Avalanche At Air Force Academy CBSLosAngeles com CBS Broadcasting Inc January 25 2019 Retrieved January 25 2019 Kesting Amanda January 1 2019 NHL Stadium Series coming back to Colorado in 2020 9News com Tegna Retrieved January 2 2019 NHL announces plan to host outdoor games at military academies ESPN com May 29 2017 Retrieved June 2 2017 Wyshynski Greg February 15 2020 Hockey fans miss large portions of Kings Avs game at Air Force s Falcon Stadium because of traffic ESPN Air Force Academy says accidents partly to blame for Stadium Series traffic ESPN Associated Press February 16 2020 NHL Air Force Academy release statement on Stadium Series game KDVR February 16 2020 Toffoli s hat trick leads Kings past Avalanche in Stadium Series Sportsnet Associated Press February 15 2020 Toffoli scores hat trick Kings top Avalanche at Stadium Series NHL com February 15 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 NHL Stadium Series amp oldid 1167338966, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
