Colorado Avalanche golden boy Andre Burakovsky is having quite the postseason. On Friday, with the Avs facing elimination, Burakovsky just scored the go-ahead goal.
And it was all him.
By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
The Colorado Avalanche staved off elimination in Game Five of their second-round series against the Dallas Stars on Monday. And they were led by someone you are very familiar with.
Former Capital Andre Burakovsky scored twice to help push the Avs to a 6-3 victory. The Avs named him their player of the game.
For most of their opening round-robin game against the St Louis Blues, the Colorado Avalanche drove play but couldn’t score. Then things got dire in the third period when former Caps/current infant-child Andre Burakovsky got popped in the face by Blues forward Ivan Barbashev, putting Burakovsky’s priceless grin in peril.
By Peter Hassett 4 months ago
Some NHL players brought guitars, video game consoles, and laptops into the bubble for the 2020 playoffs.
Andre Burakovsky brought 13 different pairs of shoes. The former Capitals forward’s haul was documented by current teammate and Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog.
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom is the latest star player on his way back to DC after returning to his home country during the coronavirus pandemic.
Backstrom was snapped in his window-side seat during his flight by former Caps teammate Andre Burakovsky.
“Good to see this Guy again @nicke19,” Burakovsky wrote in his Instagram Story. “Time to go back to work. Thanks Sweden for a good time.”
The more things change, the more things stay the same.
Wednesday, Andre Burakovsky took to Instagram to thank his hometown Mercedes Benz Malmo “for letting me drive this amazing (rental) car while you are taking good care of my own car.”
It seemed like an innocent sponsored post, but Burakovsky’s former best friend, Tom Wilson, suggested there was more to this story in the comments.
“The memories with that guy will be forever,” Tom Wilson said in July 2019 after Andre Burakovsky was traded to the Colorado Avalanche. “I was saying to my girlfriend, ‘Who am I going to go to dinner with on the road?’… Burky was a best buddy.”
Fast forward nearly a year later and it appears Burakovsky has finally moved on.
With a Roomba.
Braden Holtby gave a special shoutout to our dearly departed nephew, Andre Burakovsky – now of the Colorado Avalanche.
When asked which Capital player used to fire shots at his head during practice during an NHL interview, Holtby harkened back to the Burakovsky Era in DC.
By Ian Oland 7 months ago
The NHL gave permission to its players to return to their home country on Monday. Previously, it was requested to stay in their NHL city for hopes of the season picking back up soon.
Andre Burakovsky, Marcus Johansson, and a bunch of other Swedish hockey players all had the same idea and booked a private jet back to their home country.
By Cara Bahniuk 8 months ago
Our young son Andre Burakovsky has done something with the Colorado Avalanche that we always hoped he’d be able to do in the district.
The Swedish forward hit the 20-goal plateau for the first time in the Avalanche’s 3-1 win over the New York Islanders.
