“I don’t think people realize how hard it is and how hard that would be, I don’t think I’d be even close to that,” said Colorado Avalanche GM’s special assistant Andrew Cogliano. The former NHL player who had once lifted the Stanley Cup alongside Aves captain Gabriel Landeskog. Cogliano was talking about Landeskog returning to the ice for the first time in three years.
The official NHL page gave us the exact numbers. “It’s been 1,020 days since Gabriel Landeskog last took the ice,” they wrote in the caption ahead of the Stanley Cup winner’s long-anticipated return. The 32-year-old didn’t jump into the fire on his very first game. He ran a practice lap with the Aves AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles. Yet, old habits die hard, and Landeskog couldn’t stay away from a scrum on the ice.
With the Eagles one up on the scoreboard, one of the Silver Knights shoved Eagles player Devante Stephens against the glass, causing others to pile up. Yet, just as Knights star Ben Hemmerling intervened, Landeskog pushed the 20-year-old away and put him in a headlock. Hemmerling looked baffled and even may have felt concerned. Thankfully, a referee stepped in to separate him from the much bigger NHL veteran. “That poor kid just trying to make his way and runs into Gabe Landeskog,” commented one fan.
Yeah… Gabe Landeskog is back pic.twitter.com/rtkgyXF9DK
— Jesse Montano (@jessemontano_) April 12, 2025
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