Former Avalanche Looking for Title Ring

The Colorado Avalanche players received their Stanley Cup championship rings Sunday, and Warren Rychel hopes he’ll get his today. “They’ll probably roll it down the hall to me,” said Rychel, who signed a free-agent contract with the Ducks this summer. The rings have an Avalanche logo made of baguettes and pave-set diamonds in the middle. One side has a diamond set in a mountain next to the word “First,” signifying the team’s first championship.

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Paul Kariya, in Vancouver seeking treatment for his abdominal muscle injury, received encouraging early reports from his personal physical therapist, Alex McKechnie. Other Duck scratches Wednesday were Garry Valk (sore left elbow) Joe Day and Darren Van Impe.