A controversial scene in Colorado is suddenly going viral for all the wrong reasons

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Vincent Carbonneau
May 13, 2026  (9:35 PM)

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Nick Foligno and Jared Bednar got dragged into another ugly Colorado scene when the Avalanche cannon sent debris onto the ice again.

By now, this is not a one-off playoff oddity. The debris issue reportedly showed up for the third straight game in the Avalanche-Wild series, and Wednesday's stoppage turned it into a real arena story.

That's what makes this one stick. In the middle of playoff pace, players and officials had to stop while the ice crew came out with shovels to clear center ice.

That kind of delay is more than annoying. In a series played at full speed, loose material on the sheet is a direct risk to skaters cutting through the neutral zone.

Minnesota didn't blink through it. The Wild pushed out to a 2-0 lead after 14 minutes, then Nick Foligno added another goal soon after a waved-off chance kept the pressure coming.

That swing matters because Colorado was the better regular-season team by a mile. The Avalanche finished 55-16-11 for 121 points, while the Wild closed 46-24-12 for 104.

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Once the same arena issue pops up three games in a row, it stops being background noise. It becomes part of the series conversation, and Bednar's club does not need one more thing breaking its rhythm.

Colorado already plays with enough edge and pace to make every stoppage feel bigger. An avoidable delay in the opening frame only adds more chaos to a matchup that already has plenty of it.

And the Wild were ready to use that chaos. Foligno finished the regular season with 15 points in 54 games split between Chicago and Minnesota, so this is not a player who usually drives the headline with raw offense alone.

That's why his second tally of the night landed hard. Minnesota got depth scoring at the exact moment the game was drifting into another weird Colorado detour.

For the Avalanche, this becomes a bigger embarrassment if the league or the building does not get it cleaned up for good. One strange delay is a curiosity. Three straight games is a problem.

Bednar can talk structure, matchups, and pushback all he wants. But if debris keeps landing on the ice in a playoff series, Colorado's building is handing the Wild one more distraction the Avalanche never asked for.

Source : Hockey Feed : Strange and dangerous situation unfolds again in Avalanche-Wild series

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