Cale Makar and Sam Girard have just become the dynamic duo of Avalanche now and for the future

Adrian Dater, was born in Vermont and lived as a child in New York before living most of his first 25 years in New Hampshire.
Education: I went to Keene State College and graduated in journalism in 1988. I wrote sports articles for the college newspaper, entitled "The Equinox".
Career: After two years in school, he worked as a corrector and part-time sports editor for The Concord Monitor (N.H), I moved to Denver in May 1991, without work, relationships, and cars, but with a lot of hope. After doing some strange work (especially as a bill collector for a garbage disposal company), I found odd jobs for local periodicals and then hung on The Denver Post in December 1991 as scorer for the sports department in high school.
This has led to more writing jobs, such as covering hockey on DU, a lot of coverage for high schools and various pro-juvenile sports. In March 1995, I had a scoop that was going to change my life: I told the story of the move from the Nordics of Quebec to Denver to become the Avalanche and, for the next 19 years years, I covered the team every day.
In 2015, I became the NHL's main national columnist with Bleacher Report, where I worked until 2017 before joining BSN Denver.
I've also been a senior writer on hockey with Illustrated Sports, Hockey News, Sports News, Hockey Digest, Versus.com and have written seven books on sports, including the best-selling "Blood Feud" of 2006, a book about the famous Avs-Red Wings rivalry.
Most memorable sporting moment: As a fan, when the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004. Also, when the Celtics defeated the Lakers in the 1984 finals of the NBA.
The best sports book I've ever read: It would probably be a book called "Game Misconduct" by Russ Conway. It's the story of a sports reporter from a small town (Conway) in Massachusetts who revealed corruption and shot down one of the most powerful NHL characters. at the time, Alan Eagleson. The book is an introductory guide on how to report and study powerful entities.
A sports film without which I could not live: I loved "Rocky III" and a 1977 basketball movie starring Robby Benson and titled "One on One." And of course, "Slap Shot".
Most memorable experience as a journalist: I have had the opportunity to interview some of my childhood heroes including Larry Bird, Fred Lynn and Luis Tiant. But the most memorable of all was probably the writing of the only Stanley Cup of Ray Bourque in 22 years, his last match as a professional with the Avs in 2001.
The sport that started everything: As a guy who finally grew up to be 6 feet 6 inches, I could rock. I was the starting center of my high school team that went to the semifinals of the North American state in 1983. Although I have never played competitive hockey I played a lot on the many frozen ponds in New Hampshire and I had a really good shot.