Marty's Coming Home

CC Hobey Baker award winner Marty Sertich was acquired by the Avalanche yesterday from Dallas bringing the star Tiger back to Colorado. He was a ton of fun to watch while playing for the Tigers so hopefully he'll make the team and will be in an Avalanche Uni next season (as opposed to a Lake Eerie uni, which isn't all bad). In something semi-related, the Dallas Stars parted ways with the Iowa Stars, their minor league affiliate (Anaheim snapped them up). Don't understand how/why teams do this, but the Avs were without an affiliate one season, the one time they didn't make the playoffs...

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Gazette

Dallas Stars Blog

Denver Post

Wikipedia Entry on Marty (the team has already been updated, but look closely at the place of birth...)

Forsberg Returns to Avalanche

A little NHL news for ya as Peter Forsberg has announced he will return to the Avalanche for the remainder of this season. Great news to a team that has been struggling recently. Even if he's not the Forsberg of old, just his presence and energy should boost the team.
Full story here and here