Patrick Bordeleau is Living His Childhood Dream

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Patrick Bordeleau has been living a childhood dream.

After spending five seasons in the minor leagues, the Montreal, Quebec native can finally say he has played in the National Hockey League.

Making his debut in the Avalanche’s season opener at the Minnesota Wild – the team that drafted him – Bordeleau, 26, became an official player at 2:07 of the game, right after Colorado scored to take a 1-0 lead.

His first shift didn’t last long – only 21 seconds – as linemate Cody McLeod stopped play after getting in a fight, but Bordeleau said that those few seconds is what he will remember the most about his first game.

“It was an unbelievable feeling,” he said two days later at the Avalanche practice facility, still with a big grin on his face. “You can’t ask for more than that when you’re a hockey player. To play in the NHL, that is something you dream about when you are a little boy.”

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