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Nearly everyone who joins the Colorado Avalanche from another NHL organization has their own story about when they learned that this place was different. Josh Manson has been in Colorado since March 2022, so he’s had the chance to watch plenty of new teammates go through the same experience. The veteran defenseman’s own education came a few days after he was acquired in a trade from Anaheim — at his first morning skate. “I was tired,” Manson said.

See, ya feed a Moose in the wild, they get ornery. Then they want more. The last two times Avalanche winger Mikko Rantanen scored twice in a playoff game, he scored twice again the very next tilt. “I think you’ve got to elevate your game after every round. And like I said before, it only gets harder for the team, so it gets harder for individuals too,” Rantanen reflected in advance of the Avs’ second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series with the Dallas Stars, which starts Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. “I think we’re going to face a tougher team next round.

When Michael Malone peers down the sideline toward the opposing bench, he doesn’t see the Timberwolves coach everyone is familiar with. He sees someone even more familiar. Malone has always carpooled to work with assistant coach Ryan Bowen, but it used to be a three-man ride share during the first three seasons of Malone’s tenure in Denver.

(WASHINGTON) — An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, according to two U. S. officials. U. S. officials said the soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to Fort Cavazos in Texas. Instead, officials said he traveled to Russia. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel details. Cynthia Smith, Army spokeswoman, confirmed that a soldier was detained on Thursday in Vladivostok, a major military and commercial Pacific port, on charges of criminal misconduct.

Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces are now striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday. The move came hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, which could end seven months of war in Gaza. However, it’s uncertain whether a deal had been sealed.