Gabriel Landeskog suits up for AHL’s Colorado Eagles on Friday, 1st pro game in nearly 3 years

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog warmed up on the ice Friday night like this was just another game. He took his first shift, chased after a puck, dished out a light check and got called for a hooking penalty as if this was just another game, too.

It wasn’t. All the cameras trying to preserve the moment were proof of that. Landeskog suited up in a professional game for the first time in nearly three years as he joined the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League.

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