Deen’s Daily: OT Loss For Avs; Columbus Makes Surprising Coach Hire; Hamilton Plays, Beats Quinn Hughes

The Toronto Maple Leafs are the ones to end the long winning streak at home. The Red Wings had a successful retirement jersey night for No. 91. In Columbus, a coaching change was made, with an unexpected hiring to take over behind the bench.

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — January 13.

Colorado Hockey Now

The Avalanche started Trent Miner against a surging Maple Leafs team. It was always going to be a challenge, but they still managed to scrape one point.

The home winning streak is over. The lack of regulation losses in front of Avs faithful remains intact.

READ MORE: Postgame Wrap: Avalanche’s Home Winning Streak Ends in OT Loss to Maple Leafs

Around The NHL

Coaching Change: The Columbus Blue Jackets made a coaching change on Monday. It was somewhat surprising, but maybe it shouldn’t be, given that they’re last in the Eastern Conference. Dean Evason getting let go is one thing. But Rick Bowness replacing him was not on my bingo card.

New Jersey Hockey Now: Dougie Hamilton was back in the lineup, Ondrej Palat found the scoresheet, and the Devils rocked the Minnesota Wild in the latest battle of the Hughes brothers. That’s one way to calm the noise.

Montreal Hockey Now: The Habs are playing exciting hockey these days. This time it was at the expense of the Vancouver Canucks.

Detroit Hockey Now: Sergei Fedorov’s long-awaited jersey retirement was a success.