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Forward Gabriel Bourque signs 1-year deal with Avalanche

DENVER (AP) The Colorado Avalanche have brought back forward Gabriel Bourque on a one-year deal.

Bourque played in 58 games for the Avalanche in 2017-18 as he tallied five goals and six assists. He scored twice during Colorado's first-round playoff loss to the Nashville Predators.

The 27-year-old Bourque was signed by Colorado as a free agent on Oct. 10, 2016. He was a fifth-round pick by the Predators in the 2009 draft and played in 242 games with Nashville.

Leaders
Points:	N. MacKinnon	97
Plus/Minus:	P. Nemeth	27
Shots on Goal:	N. MacKinnon	284
PIM:	N. Zadorov	103
Win:	S. Varlamov	24
Shutouts:	J. Bernier	2

Offense (Rank)
Goals:	255 (10)
Shots:	2432 (30)
PP%:	22.0% (8)
Penalty Minutes:	731 (12)
Assists:	424 (13)
SH Goals:	7 (14)

Standings
Central Division
	W	L	OTL	Pts
xyz-Nashville	53	18	11	117
x-Winnipeg	52	20	10	114
x-Minnesota	45	26	11	101
x-Colorado	43	30	9	95
St. Louis	44	32	6	94
Dallas	42	32	8	92
Chicago	33	39	10	76
Full Standings

Defense (Rank)
Goals Against:	236 (17)
Shots Against:	2731 (5)
PK%:	83.3% (4)
Penalty Minutes:	803 (3)
Shutouts:	5 (12)
Sv%:	0.914 (7)

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
No Recent Injuries

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
6/7	J. Tlusty	Retired
5/24	G. Bourque	Contract extended One-year contract extension
5/17	A. Mironov	Signed with European team Dynamo Moscow (KHL-Russia)
5/15	M. Barberio	Contract extended Two-year contract extension
5/10	M. Alt	Contract extended Two-year contract extension
5/8	I. Shvyrev	Signed Three-year, entry-level contract
5/2	P. Francouz	Signed as Free Agent One-year contract
4/15	S. Martin	Called up from minors from San Antonio-AHL
4/5	J. Dickinson	Signed as Free Agent Three-year, entry-level contract
3/29	S. Martin	Sent to minors San Antonio-AHL

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