Eagles Takeaways: Miner earns first shutout as Colorado is one point from first place
Colorado Eagles
Jake Wise had two goals while Tye Felhaber had two assists as Trent Miner secured his first shutout of the year. Loveland, CO — The Colorado Eagles returned home after a long four-game road trip that took them to Canada and Texas. Colorado could only grab three out of a possible eight points on the trip, which sets them up for an enormous battle this weekend. The Ontario Reign (LAK) is in town and is ahead of the Eagles by two points in the standings. Ontario sits in first place in the Pacific Division while Colorado sits in fourth.
Some reinforcements are coming back into the lineup with defenseman Devante Stephens returning from a lower-body injury. He has not played since the January 10th game against the Calgary Wranglers (CGY). He will provide some needed grit and weight on the blue line for the Eagles. The Eagles would win 4–0, to finish the night just one point shy of first place behind the Wranglers. Here are my takeaways from the shutout win over Ontario.
Jere Innala (13) buries the pass from Tye Felhaber (13) on the odd man rush and finally breaks open the scoring for the game in the second period. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @MileHighHockey pic.twitter.com/BUW0h35pr8— Brennan Vogt (@brennan_vogt) March 1, 2025
Takeaways
Oskar Olausson has improved his play since being a healthy scratch two games ago against the Texas Stars (DAL). He not only is at 20 points for the season (with 22 games left) but one more point would set a new career high for him. Olausson came back into the lineup then and immediately made an impact with a goal and an assist in the first game back. Tonight, he played high in the offensive zone and kept several pucks in the Reign zone to keep the plays alive for the Eagles.
SHORTY ALERT!!! Jake Wise (14) does a give and go with Tye Felhaber (14 and 2nd assist tonight) to put the Eagles up by two!!!!. This is Wise's first goal in 10 games!!!! #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @MileHighHockey pic.twitter.com/QUjm65lilH— Brennan Vogt (@brennan_vogt) March 1, 2025
“I thought we rebounded fairly well after the first,” said head coach Aaron Schneekloth. “I didn’t think our execution was very sharp in the first 13 minutes of the period. And then we got a little sustained opportunity in the last five, six minutes, and generated some chances. And then, obviously, the second period was filled with special teams. I thought the penalty kill was outstanding. And then we got some timely goals.”
Colorado played a heck of a physical game. Chris Wagner, who usually plays a physical game, spent two minutes in the box for elbowing and immediately came out and dropped the mitts with Jeff Malott. There was very little room for Ontario along the perimeter of the ice, with Wagner and Chase Bradley also doing damage. Bradley plastered Joe Hicketts against the boards after Wagner had dropped the mitts to keep the physicality going in the second period.
Chris Wagner drops the mitts with Jeff Malott after spending the previous four minutes in the box for two separate penalties! #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @MileHighHockey pic.twitter.com/in8K6PAszZ— Brennan Vogt (@brennan_vogt) March 1, 2025
Chase Bradley wanted to join in on the fun as he plasters a Reign player against the wall and makes sure he stays down. Bradley would get 2 for cross-checking on the play. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @MileHighHockey pic.twitter.com/9yuX53kGE8— Brennan Vogt (@brennan_vogt) March 1, 2025
Last week, the Colorado Avalanche brought Wyatt Aamodt up for practices, and he had a great game in the defensive zone. Aamodt is one of the Eagles’ key penalty killers and will not think twice about sacrificing his body. In one shift tonight, he had three blocks to help keep the load off of Trent Miner. The Colorado goaltender had himself a night as well. Miner earned his first shutout of the season, stopping all 29 shots by Ontario.
“Yeah, you definitely get the bruises,” said Aamodt. “But at the end of the day, that’s part of my job is blocking shots. And trying to be good on the PK and helping our goalies out. So it’s more just being selfless and buying the team role. It’s not about how it feels after, it’s just part of the game and part of my job. So no problem doing it.”
Chris Wagner (8) taps in the loose puck on the power play for the insurance goal with the help of Jacob MacDonald (17) and Mark Senden (11) #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @MileHighHockey pic.twitter.com/TRx87PGuDr— Brennan Vogt (@brennan_vogt) March 1, 2025
Upcoming
The Eagles will be right back at it tomorrow night against the Ontario Reign in Loveland at 7 p.m. MT at Blue Arena.
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