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At home opener, Avalanche honor slain reporter Jessica Redfield Ghawi

A fine gesture by the Colorado Avalanche.

by Travis Hughes
@RocksHockeyRyan
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Jessica Ghawi, known by most in the hockey world as Jessica Redfield, covered the Colorado Avalanche last season. Last July, she was gunned down in the tragic Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting that killed her and 11 others.

The Avalanche returned to the Pepsi Center ice on Tuesday night for the first time since last April, and the media returned to the press box along with them. Jessica wasn’t there, but Jessica was there.

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