you heard sean mention that jared bednar was afraid he would not be invited back.nd now, the families are hitting the ice. >> for me, it is back to the ownership. you have to ownership that he hires the right people, and suffering setbacks and growing together as a team, and individuals there, and you put the building blocks along the way, and the right trades, and you get experience through failure, and through successes, and this is the prototypical ways that the team goes through drafting right players and making trades and set back, and sure enough believing to the point that they ultimately become stanley cup champions. >> and it is ownership, the run for the kroenkes, the super bowl team, the rams and now the avalanche. >> credit to joe sakic, and a quality guy, and guy that the players can look up to, and when he speaks, he surrounds himself with the staff, and for me, the bednar decision to come back the stick with him. and looking at the pictures here, it is unbelievable how many impact the families have on the players and the support system they have arou

would have been a four-on-four, but jared bednar has pulled his goalie, trying to make it interesting with under five minutes to go. mackinnon couldn't handle the bouncing puck fed back to him by makar. nathan mackinnon, burst of speed, nice right leg save made by vasilevskiy. cernak couldn't clear it out. toews comes out in five seconds. will be a power play for colorado, six-on-four advantage with the goalie still out. toews comes out, straight across to the bench. mackinnon, it was nichushkin who came on, he's at point now. one-timer. wide of the net off the stick of landeskog. and makar has to go all the way back behind his net to retrieve it. under four minutes go. landeskog. dumped, chase. nichushkin, two men behind the net for colorado. free puck, killorn with empty net, blocked by makar, turned back. here's mackinnon again. good stick by cirelli to deny him entry at the blue line. 15 seconds on the penalty to perry. and we have a wrihistle by the linesman, offsie. >> ray: colorado's going to have to go back and lick their wounds here, try and adjust to the way that jon cooper'

then it all came down to the ninth inning, tyra strada goes down and gets that david bednar pitch , the hugs the foul pole tied at three. but here comes that guy again in the pittsburgh ninth. wenske leads off the inning against tyler rogers and everybody's going home. the third homer of the game is the 11th of the season for cywinski. the pirates managed one win in the series 4 to 3 in this one now on to atlanta for the giants for the first of four tomorrow, and no matter how your team is playing there still enjoyment to be had in major league ballpark. aids playing an equally struggling team today and the kansas city royals. seth brown gets the a's on the scoreboard in the first inning. brown goes the other way against brady singer that's over the 3 67 signed for his ninth homer of the season and the a's again went long ball to add on in the six sean murphy. hit a three run homer and that one the a's win four to nothing. nice father's day gifts, absolutely. players who are dad's. thanks to appreciate checkmate. (groans) again?! obviously, you're not well suited for three-dimensional c

jared bednar and the avalanche convinced they have won. and let's take a look. >> ray: here's kadri, makes a great move on sergachev, it's going to hit vasilevskiy and the back of the net. it is -- >> sean: i don't know why there was any question unless they thought it was sitting on the top of the netting. >> ray: nazem kadri back in the lineup after surgery on his thumb, a brilliant individual ef effort. >> referee: we have a goal. >> sean: it's a goal and a heroic return to action for nazem kadri. bo byram racing to the official to say, that's a goal. and it's the first career playoff overtime goal for nazem kadri. they're going crazy out in nba ana. and the colorado avalanche will have a chance to win it on home ice friday night in game five. been a career year for kadri and no moment bigger than that one. >> ray: we talked about the freshness and the pace of colorado in overtime. kadri's going to get this puck coming off on a change. remember, this puck's down the ice. they are gassed. they can't change the defense. mcdonagh and serga

jared bednar said before the game, tampa's the best shot-blocking team in the league.ay again. >> sean: and rantanen now -- burakovsky, i should say, sent it around to the post. sent to the net by hedman. kucherov tried to turn it back in front, it was blocked. the blocked shots, the dedication to do it for tampa bay, given they've already won two stanley cups. they continue to do it. compher had the shot blocked by hedman -- score! burakovsky on the followup! and game one goes to the avs in overtime! at 1:23 of overtime, andrei burakovsky ignites this sellout crowd in ball arena with a game-winning goal in overtime. >> ray: what a play by val nichushkin. a goal and assist for him. he finds burakovsky, who makes no mistake, just his second goal of the playoffs after a 22-goal regular season. burakovsky missed a couple of games with an injury. the puck on the turnover. knife choose kin forces the turnover. com compher's shot is blocked and nichushkin one-touches that pass and after hedman blocked the initial shot, he's deep and doesn't have the stick in the pass lane. n

estrada goes down and gets a david bednar pitch. the ball hugs the foul pole.three. but here comes that guy again in the pittsburgh ninth, so wenske leads off the ending against tyler rogers and everybody's going home. the third homer. the game is the 11th of the season for cywinski. the pirates managed one win in the series 4 to 3 in this one. now on to atlanta for the giants for the first of four tomorrow. we're trying to avoid being swept by a team just about equally desperate for wins, no matter how long or how bad your team might be playing, there's still enjoyment to be had at a major league baseball game, the jumping on the kansas city royals right out of the chute. seth brown gets oakland on the scoreboard in the first inning. he goes the other way against brady singer over the 3 67 signed for his ninth home run of the season. yes again, using the long ball to add on in the sixth, sean murphy with a pair of runners aboard against jose kiowas, that is a three run shot. four oakland pitchers combined on a three hit shutout. china for nothing as the a's wi