Colorado Avalanche: Has a chance to clinch its first Stanley

Avalanche in Colorado With a win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday

Colorado has a chance to clinch its first Stanley Cup since 2001, and the Avalanche are handling their emotions properly.

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Coach Jared Bednar advises his players to embrace their natural nerves rather than avoid them in order to

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perform at their peak when the puck drops. "Controlled emotion is a concept you hear a lot. With our team, I'm

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somewhat the opposite "On Friday, Bednar stated. "I want us to use our nervous energy and emotion to go play

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the game with passion, play hard, keep on our toes, and get after it rather than running around and deviating

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from our game plan. That has always been my message to our team. I intend to use that. I want our group to

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start attacking." With two impressive home performances, the Avalanche established a 2-0 lead over Tampa Bay

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in the Cup finals. Colorado suffered its biggest playoff loss to date, a 6-2 thrashing at the hands of the Lightning

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in Game 3, but it bounced back with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory in Game 4. This created the chance to possibly raise

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