Eurolanche

Invasion VII Official Press Release

In the first days of September 2014, the Eurolanche Fan Club announced the organization of Eurolanche Invasion VII – the seventh trip of their members to Denver, Colorado for Colorado Avalanche games. After a month of preparations and work, there is detailed information about the trip that will be organized from December 26, 2014 to January 11, 2015. With 17 days in Denver, it will tie the longest Invasion in history. Besides the Eurolanche president, seven other members will travel to Colorado this year, which is a record-breaking number. "Thanks to adapting new terms and conditions for our members we believe this trip will overcome and be the greatest out of all previous trips together,“ said the president of the Fan Club David Puchovsky, who will visit Denver for the sixth time, that is another record-breaking stat. Norbert Gruber, a long time Eurolanche writer for German speaking countries will visit the city for the fifth time. For Rudolf Sery, the vice president of the organization, this will be his third participation. The group will be joined by five more members who will visit for the first time. Within the 8-member group, there are 7 fans from Slovakia, and 1 from Austria. All participants of Invasion VII will be introduced separately two weeks prior the start of the event at: www.eurolanche.com.

Official logo of the trip.

The main schedule of Eurolanche Invasion VII will consist of watching 7 Colorado Avalanche games against the Chicago Blackhawks (2x), the Philadelphia Flyers, the Edmonton Oilers, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Ottawa Senators and the Dallas Stars. The number of visited games will tie the numbers of two previous Invasions. Two of the members, David Puchovsky and Norbert Gruber, will also fly to Chicago for an away game which will make them the only members of the trip who will visit all 7 scheduled games. It will be the second time in event history when it's participants have visited an away game outside Colorado, and for the first time they will be using a plane as transportation to that game. All members will count on the amazing hospitality from the Avalanche team. "The Colorado Avalanche organization has always helped us with game tickets, and offered us dozens of chances to meet & greet Avalanche players after the end of games. We are also planning to visit game day practices as we do every year that is generally closed to the public. For all of this we are very thankful for the Colorado Avalanche organization that has been supported in Europe by the Eurolanche since 2007,“ said president of the Fan Club David Puchovsky.

Eurolanche Invasion VI members with Jan Hejda and US fans.

Besides the visiting of games, practices, and meetings with players the schedule will contain many trips and activities. Eight members will visit Aspen, Lake Granby, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Springs, Mount Evans and many other places in Denver and its surrounding areas. During the trip to Chicago, four other Invasion VII members will travel to San Francisco for a three-day trip. All these scheduled events will make Invasion VII most sophisticated and simply the best trip in the Eurolanche history. Other parts of the schedule include meetings with former Avalanche player Scott Parker in his barber shop, and with Jan Hejda as every year, as well as NBA and NLL games, or even train rides for example. The full day-to-day schedule will be announced in November at www.eurolanche.com.

The seventh trip will include many trips in Denver and surrounding areas.

As every year, the Eurolanche Invasion will be monitored by the media that will inform about the trip regularly. Eurolanche Fan Club appeared in European and US media thanks to its Invasion project many times in the past. Recent appearances include a published story about the Invasion VI, in the biggest European magazine about the NHL called ‘Pro Hockey’ that cooperates with well-respected writer Kevin Allen, and also TV appearance of the Eurolanche president on a Slovak TV sports talk show. The most memorable moments are of course the three live interviews for Altitude TV, and a report broadcasted by FOX 31.

Story in Pro Hockey (magazine is published in 4 European countries in 3 languages).

Colorado Avalanche and Eurolanche fans will also be able to follow Eurolanche Invasion VII coverage online at many places. The website invasion.eurolanche.com will be the main place where they will find all important information needed including; daily recaps, tweets, and a daily diary of its participants in three different languages including English. The mentioned website also will show its visitors a review of all previous trips. The next key source for all information, recaps, photo galleries, and videos will be at our Twitter account @Eurolanche. Facebook sites: Eurolanche (English), Colorado Avalanche SK/CZ (Slovak/Czech) and Colorado Avalanche DE/AT/CH (German) and also of course our main official website at www.eurolanche.com.

Also this time again, Eurolanche president David Puchovsky will offer an exclusive inside look at the Colorado Avalanche game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. David will obtain the credentials as he works for the biggest national daily newspaper in Slovakia called ‘Novy Cas’ (www.cas.sk) and he will cover the game for their paper.

Eurolanche Invasion VI members on the big jumbotron in Pepsi Center.

Eurolanche members who cannot travel to Denver this year will have great chances to win authentic signatures from Avalanche players. The winner of the contest will be able to choose six signed photos; three forwards, two of defensemen, and one goalie. Terms and conditions of the contest will be announced in the first week of the regular season. Additionally, every Eurolanche member could start thinking about his further participation in the Eurolanche Invasion VIII that is preliminary scheduled for the 2015/16 season. The organization has already registered interest from its members. 

In total, and including Invasion VII, 19 Eurolanche members from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria and Romania will have visited and watched 42 Colorado Avalanche games, two of them being at away ice.

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