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Play of the Year Finals - Wolski vs. Budaj

Top-Ranked Plays Go Head-to-Head for Play of the Year Honors

Monday, 05.25.2009 / 2:00 PM / Features
By ColoradoAvalanche.com - Official Site of the Colorado Avalanche
After five weeks, 30 individual matchups and thousands of votes, the Avalanche's Play of the Year competition comes down to the top two seeds in the bracket. Wojtek Wolski's shootout goal versus the Minnesota Wild faces off against Peter Budaj's save against the Vancouver Canucks.

Semifinal Results:
#1 Wolski Bests Backstrom (58.27%) defeats #29 Budaj's Breakaway Stop (41.73%)
#2 Budaj Robs H. Sedin (56.90%) defeats #22 Lappy Runs Over Downey (43.10%)


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Play of the Year Finals: #1 Wojtek Wolski vs. #2 Peter Budaj
Wolski's goal was the top-rated play in the bracket, garnering nearly 66% of the vote during Week 22 of the competition. Budaj's stop on Henrik Sedin wasn't far behind, earning almost 63% of fan voting in Week 5.

Wolski Bests Backstrom - 3/12 vs. Minnesota (65.97% in Week 22)
Wojtek Wolski continued his shootout magic, netting the game-winner in the Avs’ 2-1 victory over the Wild. Wolski baited Niklas Backstrom out of the net and actually faked two shots before sailing an attempt over the Minnesota netminder.

 

Budaj Robs H. Sedin – 11/12 at Vancouver (62.96% in Week 5)
The Sedin twins teamed up in an attempt to foil Peter Budaj, but the goaltender was up to the task. Daniel made a feed to an open Henrik, who was stationed to Budaj’s left with a seemingly open net. Budaj quickly moved side-to-side and robbed the Canucks of a goal by getting a glove on Henrik’s attempt.

 

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WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

STATS

2012-2013 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
P. Parenteau 48 18 25 -11 43
M. Duchene 47 17 26 -12 43
P. Stastny 40 9 15 -7 24
J. McGinn 47 11 11 -13 22
J. Mitchell 47 10 10 5 20
R. O'Reilly 29 6 14 -3 20
G. Landeskog 36 9 8 -4 17
T. Barrie 32 2 11 -11 13
C. McLeod 48 8 4 4 12
M. Hejduk 29 4 7 -7 11
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
J. Giguere 5 4 4 .908 2.84
S. Varlamov 11 21 3 .903 3.02
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