Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog makes his much-anticipated return to action tonight with the team’s AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles.

It may have been the hottest ticket ever to a minor league game as fans found their way to the Blue Arena in Loveland Friday night for the return of Gabriel Landeskog to professional hockey. Tickets were fetching well over $1,

Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog stepped onto the ice with the Colorado Eagles to raucous applause — the appropriate response when a professional athlete returns to game action after nearly three years (1,