. >>> the avalanche need to get things turned around quickly but as 9news sports reporter aaron matas shows us, they might be hosting the wrong team tonight. >> reporter: they're not exactly great but the new year begins with the avalanche fighting to get banning in a >> you know, we're six points away from catching nashville. this is important for us. >> reporter: it's the l.a. kings tonight, the hottest team five straight victories. >> we need to get back on track and we have two games left in the homestand. >> reporter: jarome iginla is still stuck on goal number 9599 and -- 599, and he did take part in the state but i think he is done talking about goal number 600 until it happens. >> it's something that will happen naturally. i remember trying to win the 300th game, and it took 3 or 4 games, and sometimes, i don't want to focus on that. i want to focus on the team. >> he wants to help the team any way he can. >> reporter: being, scoring a goal and reaching that with a much-needed win over los angeles. aaron matas, 9news. >>> the broncos are 5-1, it is 4th highest odds among the r

aaron matas, 9 news. >>> strange but drew, los angeles laker fan david loya who won $95,000 by sinking a half-court shop after randomly closeen has decided what he-- closeen has decided to-- chosen has decided to purchase 2 tickets to see the lakers play against the utah jazz, scheduled to be the final game of kobe bryant's career. >> strange but true. stocks made a few gain but nothing close to making up for monday's losses, the dow up roughly 10 points, >>> we are back at 9:00 and 10:00, in the meantime, have a dinner break. >> dinner? man. we have the exclusi photos. why he is making her smile? >> plus, bachelor ben today. the show paints him as the sweetest ever but why was this steamy kiss cut from the premier? >> is there an offer a kiss? >> tonight is that night.

aaron matas, 9 news. >> we are going to play drew's clues. >> yea! >> please, no cheering in the press box. clue 1, widely considered the greatest goal tender in hockey history with 551 victories and 4 stanley cups. 2, named nhl coach of the year. clear 3, with pickert sick, he put the pads on this morning and the answer is, hockey hall of famer patrick. there was a brief time this afternoon where it was thought he was going to have to be the emergency goalie tonight in san jose. but-- could have done it. but pickert is feeling bet sxr they called the guy out from the minor leagues. >> that is not illegal? >> nothing illegal, they would activate patrick for the back-up goalie. >> and then call joe. >>> the price of oil continue to drop, they surge today 4% and the stock market followed rising >>> it is dinner time at our house. >> yea! can we come to your house? >> this is my house. we will eat whatever you brought. >>> i'm not fan of megan kelley. megan kelley really the reason trump could drop out of thursday's livedebate? >> what fox news is sayin

aaron matas, 9 news. >>> nuggets rookie emmanuel mood yae has been chosen for the nba all-star game, nugs in washington, this sums up his season so far, sometimes sloppy, sometimes lucky, sometimes >>> 6 months after the rockies traded troy tulowitzki shay shipped out cory dickerson to tampa bay in exchange for pitcher jam mcgee, one of the-- jake mcgee, one of the better left handers, he has a chance to earn the closer job, an unconventional wind up earned him the nickname clock hands. >> you warned me but i am still not ready. >> no one else-- >> i am assuming this means the season will start with gonzalez and blackman on the rockies outfielder today. but you never know. >> great looking beard. >> isn't that fabulous? >> yeah, they sure do. things. they might be whieped out but-- wiped out but i think they will >>> oil prices climb for the third day in a row, dow climb 125, s&p picked up 10. >>> we are saying goodbye to january with spring-like weather and hello to grand hog day and going to make a lot of people happy, including our sports director on the end of the set. so for now

aaron matas is in stitches. >> and here we go. >> reporter: this is starting to get real. the official logo for superbowl 50 is now where it belongs. >> the patch is cool. time. and, it has gold on it. it is beautiful. it is really going to be shining. her day with needle, thread, orange, and blue. >> i have peyton manning's jersey. >> reporter: she plays an important role for the broncos. >> i do all of the jerseys starting in may. we do all the fittings for the coaches. and, we sew on all the patches. >> reporter: these are her favorite to stitch on. >> two years ago, of course, it was kind of a sad ending. and this time, we hope it will be a very happy ending. >> reporter: each logo takes about six minutes. >> and i have about 100 to do. so, it will take me some time. [ laughter ] >> reporter: 100 because everyone gets at least two jerseys. peyton manning, he gets six. >> they want him to look nice. [ laughter ] >> reporter: you would never want to patchwork approach to a superbowl game. but in this case, it is just fine. aaron matas, 9news. >> there was a brief period

sports reporter aaron matas is to confident the broncos are going to win, he is already in boston to ask whoever wins the patriots chiefs games about playing the afc championship game in denver. the chiefs are not used to practicing in january. last week, playoff win was their first in 22 years, despite the post season drought, andy reid is acting like his team is the patriots. >> ever since the day i walked in the building and my first team meeting was with them in our first year here, he made it clear that, you know, we are chasing the title. and that first year, we were chaseing the title. that is why we came out with the 9-0 start. it is one of those things where our vision has never dropped. where we want the big one right now. beat a team that has been on the opposite path. while kc struggled for years, the patriots have had nothing but success. the two teams have recent history. kansas city beat new england 41- 14. a game the patriots weren't that interested in talking about this week. >> they played really well that night. we didn't play really well. and, hopefully, we can wo

aaron matas, 9news. >>> and we finish with news that has nothing to do with the super bowl. we learned late this afternoon that denver will have one more home game in 2016. well, sort of. technically, the san diego game is not a home game, but boy, does it feel like it. the chargers are staying put for at least one more season. chargers chairman dean spanos announcing this afternoon that the bolts will remain in america's finest city through l.a. after that in 2017. at least one more road trip to diego. >> there you go. >> all the bronco fans love to go there. >> yeah. >> and kind of feels like we >> it does. >> it's so great. we have it. we know it won't last this time of year. we have a front coming in, christine, tomorrow afternoon. there will be a few snow showers tomorrow night. nothing that's going to be a overnight sunday into monday. allow for extra time for the drive monday morning and tuesday. if the low stays on its current path, heavy snow and wind will impact much of the area front range and eastern plains. some of the models have anywhere from 6 to 18 inches of

aaron matas, 9news. >>> the nuggets got blocked so have thought they were at lego land. nuggets opened up a lead over the miami heat. my new favorite player mudiay dunked one right in the face. that seemed to make him angry. he swatted every shot for the rest of the game. hassan had 11 blocks. most by any denver opponent in 30 years. nuggets lose 98-95. >>> oh, i'm all about the press. eagle press. eagles press. raptors beat cherry creek. colby ross, you are on 9news eagle press. avalanche had the evening offment they play play mbus tomorrow. college hockey. the pioneers ubeat western michigan extending their unbeaten streak to five game us. quentin shore scored twice. nick the sea lion predicted the their playoff game last year. again. denver zoo. it's time for nick's picks. >> that a boy. broncos. do not bring the steelers ball back to me nick. if you think the steelers are going to win, don't bring the bag back. there is nick the sea lion. he's got the broncos ball in his mouth! broncos! [ laughter ] i'm not falling in that water. it's too cold! [ laughter ] >> if it

aaron matas has that story. >> reporter: he was one of 77,000. >> section 100. row 38. >> reporter: cheering off his team that won the afc championship. >> getting super into it. >> reporter: an then, they literally were his team. i'm driving over here and signing a contract. >> reporter: nick costa went from cheering section to the practice squad. he was brought in to mimic tight end greg olsen for denver's defense. >> i just want to do everything i can to help. and i know they have already done a lot by themselves. i respect every one of them for that. i just done want to get in the way. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: he played at legacy high school and then signed with the buffs. he was drafted by oakland in 2013 and even caught a cud against the broncos two years ago. he was released last may only to be signed by his hometown team. >> watched every superbowl the broncos were in. watched john elway flip over the packers defense. i have been a fan forever. >> reporter: a fan that is now on the team and headed to the superbowl. >> it is a dream and it still f

aaron matas has that story. >> reporter: he was one of 77,000. >> section 100. row 38. >> reporter: cheering off his team that won the afc championship. >> getting super into it. >> reporter: an then, they literally were his team. >> next day ... i'm driving over here and signing a contract. >> reporter: nick costa went from cheering section to the practice squad. he was brought in to mimic tight end greg olsen for denver's defense. >> i just want to do everything i can to help. done a lot by themselves. i respect every one of them for that. i just done want to get in the way. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: he played at legacy high school and then signed with the buffs. he was drafted by oakland in 2013 and even caught a cud against the broncos two years ago. he was released last may only to be signed by his hometown team. >> watched every superbowl the broncos were in. watched john elway flip over the packers defense. i have been a fan forever. >> reporter: a fan that is now on the team and headed to the superbowl. >> it is a dream and it still feels like i a

aaron matas is in stitches. >> and here we go. >> reporter: this is starting to get real. the official logo for superbowl >> the patch is cool. it is bigger than the last time. and, it has gold on it. it is beautiful. it is really going to be shining. >> reporter: tilda myer spent her day with needle, thread, orange, and blue. >> i have peyton manning's jersey. >> reporter: she plays an important role for the broncos. >> i do all of the jerseys starting in may. we do all the fittings for the coaches. and, we sew on all the patches. >> reporter: these are her favorite to stitch on. >> two years ago, of course, it was kind of a sad ending. and this time, we hope it will be a very happy ending. >> reporter: each logo takes about six minutes. >> and i have about 100 to do. so, it will take me some time. [ laughter ] >> reporter: 100 because everyone gets at least two jerseys. peyton manning, he gets six. [ laughter ] want to patchwork approach to a superbowl game. but in this case, it is just fine. aaron matas, 9news. >> there was a brief period of time this afternoon when ava

we have sports reporter aaron made us -- aaron matas. >> reporter: the warriors on pace to break in 1995 shoop just double what the warriors have now and they are 72 and 4. golden state 3-0. they have been close and had some pretty offensive -- good offensive nights.>> we hope to neutralize that as much as possible. the last game shows they were never out of it. it has been another -- we expect another tough fight tonight.>> beating the bulls record. tonight, i am not rooting for them. we are going to try to go out there and give them their third loss.>> reporter: one thing that could slow the warriors team down a little bit is players. they are so far ahead of everybody else that they can afford to give guys the night off. tonight, drew, your guide -- taking the evening off.>> yeah right. do you know if curry is wearing that hat during the game?>> reporter: i think he will take that one off. although, the way he was hitting shots during a warm-up, he should keep it on.>> thank you.>> . he says he was motivated to be -- beats colorado because he wanted to stick it to corolla ski -- carro

and 2 warriors are in town to play the nuggets tonight and we are live, 9 news sports reporter, aaron matas at the pepsi center. >> reporter: final time these 2 play each other, one last hand golden state a rare loss, warriors are 3 and 0 verses denver already this year and currently on pace to shatter the mark for best record in nba history. the 1996 bulls went 72 and 10. double the warriors record right now and they are saeb 2 and 4 kaegs-- 72 and 4. they could attract a big crowd, something mike malone said he is not used to seeing at pepsi sent sxr fans didn't like the comment. -- center and fans didn't like the comment. >> facts speak for themselves, the fans that come, we appreciate that. one thing that gets lost in all of this, which, you guy with can challenge me if you don't agree, from the day i got hired in my press conference i have said repeatedly it is on me and this team and this organization to give our fans a product they can be proud of and feel good enough about coming out and supporting. not once have i said 14 and 24 because of our fans, i don't because i have done a ba

you can find me @aaron matas. >> we joined a long time ago. >> you 3. >> we were that surge you felt. yep. clanging the >>> oil prices went up today and so did the stock market, not enough to recover all the losses from yesterday but some, the dow >>> we started the week with week that way and actually start off the weekend with highs close to 60. of course, it is football season so we expect a little snow and cold during big football games and that is what you will have on sunday. i don't think it will be overly impactful and we won't have the wind scenario we dealt with last week which is good. light snow to kick off monday which i believe we did this past week as well. and then it is just smooth sailing the rest of the week. >> not bad. >> that system, though, creating surear weather in the south will create the monster blizzard in the northeast, side swiped colorado. how lucky are we? >> we will be reporting on that snow, however, along the east coast for the next few days. entertainment tonight is next, >>> celine dion in mourning in montreal today. >> inside the emotional public

aaron made us, 9news -- aaron made us -- aaron matas 9news. >>> true or false, kubiak was with the broncos for super bowl losses and now leads superbowl 50 is the man in charge. >> i think it is false. but it is true. >> you got us.>> several men have both played and coached in the super bowl including mike ditka and tom florence. kubiak, has performed both duties for the same team. >> you got us with that one. that was a good one.>> peyton manning will come out with 40 patches. >> because one has to stay clean for the broncos to win.>> because they are going to be white. >>> nbc nightly news is next. we will see you back here at 6:00.

call him up, yeah. >> aaron matas, live in foxborough, thanks so much. >> it's a good act. he's got a good act going. sometimes when you see him, he's very different. but it's not when he's talking football. >>> you still have time to get your broncos magnet because we know there are broncos fans everywhere, especially in colorado. >> we're going to check in with belen de leon next, live at the we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good, to great, to wow! with purchase of sleepiq technology and flexfit3 adjustable base. ends monday. know better sleep with sleep number. belen de leon, next. she's live at the king soopers at south federal boulevard and west belleview avenue. . [ laughter ] >> reporter: hi, everyone. welcome back. we're at the broncos magnet giveaway in littleton at federal boulevard. this is little jimmy. broncos cheer. what

and we're live, 9news sports reporter aaron matas is in boston tonight covering the other afc semi final. hi, aaron. >> reporter: hi, drew. eleven straight wins for kansas city to get to this point, a stretch that includes last week's 30-0 win over houston, since 1994. it was a long time in between playoff wins, and while the chiefs waited, tom brady, bill belichick and the patriots celebrated, over and over and over again. >> things that they have done, had have been -- they have made history. we look forward to the challenge, though. that's what this is all about. >> reporter: in the 22 years the chiefs went in between post season victories, the patriots have won 24 playoff games and four super bowls, two teams with very different histories. >> it's a statement game for us. i mean, it's a statement game for anybody that would come into the world champs' stadium and take on the patriots and who they are. >> reporter: 1994, that was kansas city's last trip to an afc championship game. new england hasn't played in the conference final since last year. so it's either the chiefs and a shot

. >> from colorado's sports leader, here is aaron matas. don't expect the charger to come in and lie down for the broncos. yes, san diego has nothing to play for, but they have phillip rivers. he will do everything he can to ruin the broncos party. the boys in blue and orange had a win. i can't speak for the rest of the chargers but you can bet rivers is going to come in here and do everything he can to win the game. >> one thing you can count on, phillip rivers will play as hard as he can play and be a great competitor. he is the kind of guy, he is a great quarterback. he can win games. we are going to have a real challenge again against him and their team. but, especially him. i have been around him. i know, you know, some people say well, some guys might not play, you know, the last game or you know, be really into it or really compete. no way. this guy is going to compete like crazy. the all purpose yardage record. the player of the year didn't waste my time getting going. first play from kevin hogan. 75-yard touchdown. he had 105 recei

it upstairs making a elk are being driven into lower >> from colorado's sports leader, here is aaron matas. >> happy new year. don't expect the charger to come in and lie down for the broncos. yes, san diego has nothing to play for, but they have phillip rivers. he will do everything he can to ruin the broncos party. the boys in blue and orange had i can't speak for the rest of the chargers but you can bet rivers is going to come in here and do everything he can to win the game. >> one thing you can count on, phillip rivers will play as hard as he can play and be a great competitor. he is the kind of guy, he is a great quarterback. he can win games. we are going to have a real challenge again against him and their team. but, especially him. i have been around him. i know, you know, some people say well, some guys might not play, you know, the last game or you know, be really into it or really compete. no way. this guy is going to compete like crazy. >> christian mccaffrey broke the all purpose yardage record. the player of the year didn't waste my time getting going. first play from kevin

aaron matas with the answer. >> a team full of leaders, but 2 guys seemingly stand out. veterans that the team wants to win super bowl 50 for. demarcus is 4 quarters away. that brings energy in itself. that brings excitement and we and peyton. >> they would never say something like that to their teammates or, you know, make themselves the focal point of their teammates may say that them. >> demarcus ware has never won a super bowl or been to the big game. >> do or die, for me, win this game, celebrate and think about all the things that happen because i am usually one of the people that go back later but i am living in the moment right now and preparing for, you know, the biggest game of my career. >> manning won a ring in 2007 and has lost 2 super bowls since. >> veryigateful for the opportunity to be-- very grateful for the opportunity to be going back to the super bowl and i can attest winning is better than losing. >> 2 guys whose career legacy would look better with a been >> it is not one individual. it took everybody, that is why we are where we are. >> we plannin

on the saturday before the super bowl, 9news sports reporter aaron matas shows us. >> the choice was clear. >> thought he was the perfect >> reporter: gary kubiak often has a player address the team the night before a game, heading in to the afc championship. he chose someone who had never been on that stage before. >> he told me hey, demarco, i want you to speak to the team. speak about what's on my heart. >> i think a lot of young guys don't realize, they look at him, his career, his success. yet they had no idea. they had never played in a championship game and had no idea he'd only won two playoff games so i thought it was a good message for him to talk about enjoying the moment, understanding the situation and taking advantage of the situation. >> it sounds like ware gave a speech worthy of the big screen. >> we have a motto on this team that iron sharpens iron and i told the guy everybody bought in i said the only way you're going to make metal hard, if you beat it down. >> he had powerful words but also a prop, the super bowl trophy from the team's first i just got really quie

they don't look ahead, but we can and do, and we're live. matas is in boston already waiting to find out who the broncos' next opponent is. hi, aaron. >> reporter: hi, drew. yes, the new england patriots hosting the kansas city chiefs on saturday afternoon. the winner advances to the afc championship game, which would be in denver, provided the broncos do beat pittsburgh on sunday. you figure the mighty patriots at home in the playoffs is a sure thing. well, there is reason to doubt. it was a sure thing, at 10-0, the new england patriots were looking like heavy favorites to make a return trip to the super and then c.j. anderson happened. >> c.j. anderson to the house! denver wins it! >> reporter: tail spin from there. the patriots lost four of their final six games to close the year and now host a kansas city team that's won 11 in a row. >> obviously they are doing a lot of right things. by accident. there are not a lot of things they haven't been doing well. of problems on sunday and hopefully we have the answers. >> reporter: wide receiver julian edelman is expected to make his return after missing two months. that should help a