aaron matas has a preview. >> forwards can come to the net. forwards make the d work. >> reporter: 7 weeks. that's all jared's had to get his new team playing his way. now it's time to show it off. >> this is our first chance to go and, you know, impress our fans, i think, is a big thing. it's our building. we want to be an exciting team to watch and we want to earn them proud of us. >> reporter: captain gabriel landeskog told him early on this group can adapt quickly and is hungry to learn. >> attack the net. do it with pace and execution. here we go. >> jared's done a great juvenile of implementing his systems and our systems i should say. and he's been a good guy as >> face off. play 5 on 0. if -- >> just great vibe on the ice right now. i think it's very calm, but very focused and intense. it seems like we're feeling good right now. >> reporter: his system worked in the preseason where the avs went 6 and 0. >> i think we've done a real good job that through exhibition -- and we're growing we'll find out tonight. >> now it's time to see wha

. >>> solid earnings reports from several banks have helped >>> 9news sports reporter aaron matas. >> it's sick to my stomach. it's sickening. i hate to lose, man. >> interim head coach joe he had the tough task filling in on a short week and it did not go well. chargers scored on the opening drive and won 21-13. gary kubiak is expected to return monday and decamillis just wished he could have turned over a victory. >> i was almost like a substitute teacher, trying to help a friend and help a coach and help win the game. i have a new respect for what he goes through and what he has to go through through the preparation, through this, through a lot of things. so i have a new respect for that. after i got done with the game i feel pretty good. i think i can do it. >> after a terrific preseason things get real now for the colorado avalanche and new head coach. the home opener today saturday night against dallas. avs went 6-0 in their exhibition games and before you completely dismiss, that remember they won two preseason years. >> the preseason doesn't matter much. we all know that and w

worth of candy to load up the combine, and the peoplear >>> from colorado's sports leader, here's aaron matas. >> good evening, what's with the avalanche schedule in game one against the western conference regular season champs dallas. game two against the stanley cup champions pittsburgh, and game three against last year's and washington did what the others could not, beat the avalanche. the offense was a flop. what a hip check by orlov. avalanche 18 shots, no goals in the game, and ovechkin scored his first goal of the young season, and washington won 3-0. >> we weren't good enough to start the game, we weren't hard enough, weren't ready to skate, you know, they were, and hey, we knew it turn around, but that can't happen, and in my opinion that just, that is unacceptable for this group. >> i don't know if there's any chance that broncos fans give brock osweiler a round of applause when he comes back to denver monday, but if there is a chance mike is putting it to bed by putting this entry in his notebook. >> reporter: it's the return of goodell has a better chance of getting a warm welcome

dow fell 51 points, the s&p 500 index lost six, nasdaq >>> from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> good evening. brock osweiler and the houston texans coming to town monday night, a game under the national spotlight, but first a big return for the team. head coach gary kubiak back at practice for the first type since that loss to atlanta two sundays ago, kubiak taken to the hospital last week after what was diagnosed as migraine condition. kubiak said his tests came back great. doctors want him to work on his sleep patterns. otherwise it's back to work. >> when you're a football coach taking two days away from what you do is like what the hell is going on here, you know? it's like having a summer off or something, but no. it just makes you appreciate the players, makes you appreciate being around the coaches, the players, even you guys, okay? it's good to be back. that might be a reach. decamillis can go back to special teams coordinator. 9news broncos insider mike klis joins us now. the impact of kubiak running the show again probably can't be understated. >> you know in, 8th

thanks winston herbert for that >>> 9news sports reporter aaron matas. >> good evening. everyone in the broncos locker room has an opinion on brock osweiler. brandon marshall want him. aqib talib said brock would be a different quarterback than he was in a broncos jersey while some expect him to be the same. emmanuel sanders knows brock well and weighed in on tonight's episode of the broncos huddle. >> brock prepares hard. he understands preparation is everything. he played under peyton manning. we got to go out and handle quarterback is. it could be uncle rico for all i care. at the end of this game we got to be back on the same train on the same track and that's the winning track. >> if you want to see more from the huddle, it reairs on channel 20 at 10:30 and that's where you can see monday night's game against houston on channel 20 at 5:30. >>> the cleveland indians are headed to the toward series after eliminating toronto from the american series. troy tulowitzki was the last hope in the 9th inning for the blue jays and it doesn't have the distance. toronto took the

aaron matas, 9news. >>> this week's prep rally honor roll ends with lands down the most 9news prep reporter taylor temby takes the time to list them just in case you missed them. >> reporter: no. 5 doesn't end how you think. kennedy is ready to score, but the ball pops loose. nichols picks it up and takes it the lengths of the field to no. 4, arapahoe senior jayden liberty gets a second chance at match point and she nails it. that completes the warriors' rally. they come back to defeat cherry creek 3-2 sets. it's back to football for no. 3. patrick roe reads this pass perfectly for the raiders. he picks it off and returns it for 95 yards. they win 36-9. no. 2, dominic battini makes a diving catch at full speed and a touchdown to help highlands ranch take down lakewood. this week's top play goes to rolston valley handyman tyler shannon. he'll make the acrobatic five finger grab, then beat the defense to make it into the end zone. we ranked them. now it's your turn. go to 9news.com/hss to vote for your favorite play. on this day exactly five years ago this timothy richard tebow was named the

that will serve as a proud new home for the entire raider >>> from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> sick to his stomach is how decamillis felt after the loss in san diego. he wanted nothing more to get a win for his friend and fellow coach. >> they were really at the halfway point when you look at it through preseason and all that stuff. so it's a great part of the night. we need the rest. i think when we come back in on monday, everybody will be refreshed. we got a group of pros that will come back and go to work. >>> jared bednar makes his nhl coaching debut when the avs open their season saturday night against dallas. the best part? it is a home game. the nhl season started wednesday, so the avs had to patiently wait their turn. >> it's been too long of a summer. when the season started a couple days ago, ou couple nights and you definitely start itching. then you want to get back out there. so excited to be able to start on home ice. >> five first round draft picks from this year entered on the same ice. four of the five play for bostons, the pioneers not state saturday nigh

fourth day could be really, really special if you get my >> from colorado's sports leader, here is aaron matas. >> yes, there is reason to celebrate in boulder. it is back to back conference wins for cu for the first time since 2010 when they were in the big 12. and for the first time ever as members of the pack 12. colorado embarrassed oregon state in boulder today. u royalty on hand. the school honored alums generalny simp ton and emma coburn. they are pretty fast. so is shaye fields. steven montez hit him in the first quarter. 51-yard touchdown. buffs up 6-3 at that point. still in the first, montez to fields again. 30-yard touchdown. he threw for 293 and three touchdowns. and most of that went to fields screen. 63 yards. fields had 169 yards receiving and three touchdowns. the buffs won 47-6. mike mcintire appear to have his team on the right track. >> i get to tell them all the time, all the seniors and the red shirt juniors, come on with me. but, we are getting in a roller coaster okay? you are getting in the roller coaster at the bottom. when you say you want to come, i will lock it on

some of those old seats will be available for fans >>> from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> good evening. the avs are calling this the next era under brand-new coach jared bednar. so far the trademark of the era is a slow start for the second straight game. the avs spotted their opponent two 1st period goals. second span to take command, but the next era is all about comebacks, too because for the second straight game the avs erased the deficit. the game tied 3-3. what a shot. in overtime it's the captain again, landeskog tipped in front, second of the game, won it for the avs in o.t., 4-3 the final. avs start the season 2-0. >>> it was a good day down at broncos headquarters and it had nothing to do with how well practi w return to the team after sitting out last week with health issues. broncos insider mike klis turned his notebook into a medical journal if for just one day. >> reporter: the team meeting today was at 1:00. gary kubiak stood in front of his players for the first time since he took that ambulance ride eight days ago. he never brought up his health. what

>>> from colorado's sports leader, here's aaron matas. >> the bucs have won back to back conference games since 2010 -- they've done it with back up quarterback steven montes. you better play well with bucs royalty on hand. they honored [ indiscernible ] who both won bronze medals at the summer games. receiver. montes hit him. 6-3 at that point. still in the first, montes to fields again. montes threw for 293 and three touchdowns. second quarter, screen to fields and he's gone. fields had 169-yards receiving. they start conference play 2 and 0 for the 2007. >> we had two losing seasons mike freshman and sophomore year. this junior year has turned around. just cherish the moment right now. >> if we win the first two games and lose the rest, it's not going to matter. i feel like we have a lot of big things to accomplish still. >>> colorado state -- leading >>> air force went to 4 and 0. romine to jay who was surrounded and then suddenly not. that made the score 17-0 and the falcons weren't done with their air attack. look at this one-handed -- air force beat navy 28-14. >>> conference opene