O’Connor Earns Praise For Playoff Production: ‘It’s Just Growth In His Game’
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Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Logan O’Connor hadn’t scored a goal for nearly a full year when he tallied what stood as the eventual game-winner in a 2-1 Avalanche Game 1 victory on Sunday. But it wasn’t because of anything he could control. The 30-year-old winger had six points in seven games against the Dallas Stars last spring.
After the series ended, the team announced that he would be having offseason hip surgery. Between recovering for that, and a second injury that stood in his way in November, O’Connor only returned for the final 13 games of the regular season. He didn’t score in any of them.
But he did in the playoffs. Just like he did twice in Dallas in last year’s postseason. “Super happy to get it out of the way.
Felt like our line over the course of the last couple weeks here during the season, we were continuing to build things,” O’Connor said. “It was nice to get that one out of the day and finish the job off tonight. ” O’Connor has always been effective in the postseason.
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