As a die hard Wild fan, I'm going to miss the Patrick Roy coached Avalanche team. They were almost always good for a "W" on the calendar with him behind their bench.

3:18 "There was no way Eric Johnson could make a play on that puck" - yeah and Zucker could that's why it wasn't an icing.

Shouldn't have been icing at all, Zucker was easily going to be the first player on the puck, so Varlamov did the right thing and went out of his net to play it.

Praise gets hit, gets up, and scores. True hockey player right there

Couldn't have happened/the comeback to a more appropriate guy. Patrick. Kind of why he's not coaching anymore in the NHL...Wild ended his player career and basically his coaching career. SWEET

6:47 That look on Roy's face is _priceless._

That wasn't Icing at all!! The commentator are rooting for Colorado and we can see this in this play, since Zucker would have been first on the puck...

Little did both teams know, this opening night game would determine who got the last wildcard spot in the playoffs.

I love zack parise

What I don't understand is why we can't play this way in the playoffs

I remember watching this game in Vista California in the shittiest little sports bar. Only hockey fan in the place, I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in the Marine Corps and I just remember losing my shit watching that game. Everybody looking at me like I was crazy while the Wild started teeing off. That was such a fun game to watch.

Zach parise is. My favorite player and I got to meet him at his house he is so good at hockey and is a great man and he never gives up even after taking hits

parise is awesome love u minnsota wild

when parise is healthy, hes a BEAST.

After all the crap I had to endure being a Hawks fan in the 90's and so on, I love seeing Patrick Roy pissed off. Such a baby

There's no way that should have been icing on the Nino goal! Zucker was easily gonna beat Johnson to the puck with the puck rappin around the boards and thats why Varlamov went out to play it. I love the Avalanche captains!! They really know how to lead a team to a lose. And it all starts with the coach. When Roy has a melt down and Landeskog's panties start getting really wet and then their captains start taking stupid penalties. But you gotta be careful with McLeod, he can really take a game over and put 3 in real quick haha!! Heads up Colorado, we're coming haha!!

I remember this game like it was yesterday❤️💚❤️💚👌😍❤️💚❤️💚

Hockey really has the sickest comebacks ever. The best one I ever recall is when my 12 year old team came back from 3-0 to tie 3-3 with 33 seconds left. There are MANY games I can recall where it's like 3-2 or 2-1 with under a minute left, and the losing team comes back with 2 goals to win.

Yup. Yet again the defense leaves me in tears on opening night.

This video is like exhibit A for Roy in evaluating the core. Min 2nd Goal: Big hit by Landeskog then he fails to mark Parise in front of the net Min 3rd Goal: Maybe an icing but he waived it off fairly early so either Varly needs to play it better or Johnson needs to show that playoff hustle (empty net save a year or two ago?) and make big money play Min 4th Goal: Duchene gets completly outmuscled by Coyle and turns it over outside his blueline. He backchecks ok but doesn't take a man/stick/anything Min 5th Goal: Landeskog in the box Pretty much every prime time Av's player is involved somehow in each of these goals.

Fitting that they play Cowboys from Hell by Pantera after the hat trick goal "we are taking over this town"

Shows you why the Wild will win a Stanley cup eventually!

Colorado fan think there better Really the wild are better

And now years later Parise has been signed by the Avalanche. Crazy how things come full circle.

I love the Minnesota wild

This never gets old

If Landeskog ever ate a crossbar and had to have dentures fitted, it would be justified

I love Zach praise soooo muchh😄😃😀😅🥰😍

You'd think Patrick Roy would be used to Minnesota comeback wins...

Absolutely awesome!

this is what domination looks like

the good ole' days

Let's Go Wild!

nice comeback damn

go MN go go

Imagine being one of those people who takes one long shit instead of 3 short ones and then coming back and then seeing the score

I was at that game!

Hockey is the best

That's what I'm talking about

Anyone who watches this, Do you know the song in the first goal for the wild

I will add this to favorite Colorado game at the X. I was in 2nd row behind the penalty box and I am not sure who tried hitting it out of the zone, I had a maybe 20 foot close up view of Landeskog getting hit in the left cheek with the puck and he needed to go off for a bit. And yes they won the game. Seeing Tom Wilson get hit in the face with a puck would however, be cooler to see.

The Wild absolutely love beating the powerhouse Avs teams.

I was at this game...

Holy..so much tentativeness coming from the crowd after the second Wild goal with their team still up by 2 and forcing a huge shift in the Wild end after the goal against. I blame the crowd for ice tilt lol.

Go wild

Let’s go wild!!

good job

Zucker won the icing

Who won

lol after watching this clip, it is amazing how much worse the Avalanche have gotten in a years time.

Nono is tuff

What is this guy smoking? icing???? If you pause it when the goalie gets to the puck, and you will see clearly that if he didn't there is a Wild player right there next to the net. Icing my foot. (keeping it PG here) In fact the reason we got it is because Colorado was playing lazy hockey.

If there is a race for the puck on a potential icing if the goalie comes out and plays it before the players get to the hash mark that is not icing

Lol Avs!

You’re blind if you think that was an icing

This was the biggest choke job in recent memory by the Avs. They deserved to lose this game after losing a 4-1 lead.

Does the wild win

04:42 "i got it" ---> fucks himself up against the boards

Who's watching the game tomorrow?

Is that Chris Cuthbert?

This was epic and I agree with everyone about the icing. That had to be one of the dumbest comments I've heard the NHL commentators make. Do they have any idea what icing is? Lol

Who else realized that Parise's goals what scored at 5:07 😳

Watch Vanek game tying goal closely. Looks to maybe have gone post post out never crossing the line.

Pominville made the Wild worse while he was in Minnesota.

At first I thought this was a Wild victory, but then I realized they were really just breaking a bunch of rules that haven't been established to help the Aves win yet and were getting away with it

Just face the facts avs fans, Colorado just isn't that good.

Nino cumrider

22 I hate him

Bruins did it better

Avalanche still won this game

Bull wild and avelanche I hate wild