ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Charlie Coyle had a goal and two assists in Colorado's four-goal third period, and the Avalanche rallied to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday night.
Jack Drury had a goal and an assist, and Wyatt Aamodt and Erik Johnson also scored for Colorado, which trailed 2-0 midway through the third. Scott Wedgewood had 18 saves.
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Colorado Avalanche center T.J. Tynan (9) controls the puck with pressure from Anaheim Ducks right wing Sam Colangelo (64) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal (1) blocks a shot by Colorado Avalanche center T.J. Tynan (9) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal (1) blocks a shot by Colorado Avalanche center Jack Drury (18) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood (41) looks back after deflecting a Anaheim Ducks shot during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche left wing Miles Wood (28) reaches for the puck with pressure from Anaheim Ducks center Nikita Nesterenko (62) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard (49) controls the puck with Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson (91) in pursuit during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Ian Moore takes a shot against Colorado Avalanche defenseman Wyatt Aamodt (5) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche center Charlie Coyle (10) controls the puck with Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas (7) defending during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
The Avalanche, locked into a first-round matchup with Dallas, rested several stars, including Nathan MacKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen, Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin and Valeri Nichushkin
Mason McTavish and Sam Colangelo scored, and Lukas Dostal finished with 20 saves as the Ducks lost their second straight.
Aamodt, playing in his second NHL game, got his first goal when his shot from the right circle deflected off the skate of Ducks defenseman Pavel Mintukov and in with 9:55 remaining to get the Avalanche on the scoreboard.
Drury tied it 2-2 with a power-play goal with 5:26 remaining as he deflected Sam Malinski's shot from the slot.
Coyle beat Dostal from the right circle with 2:09 left to put Colorado ahead, and Johnson sealed it with an empty-netter in the final minute.
McTavish gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead with 1:08 left in the first for his 22nd of the season.
Colangelo doubled the lead at 7:35 of the second, just 1 second after a Ducks power play expired.
Avalanche: Colorado, locked into a first-round playoff matchup with Dallas, had lost three of its previous four.
Ducks: Anaheim, which will miss the playoffs for a seventh straight year, has lost four of its last six games.
Ian Moore, selected by Anaheim in the third round of the 2020 draft, made his NHL debut after signing an entry-level contract with the Ducks on Saturday. He began the game paired with veteran defenseman Jacob Trouba, and had three shots on goal and 15:31 of ice time.
Frank Vatrano had an assist on Colangelo's goal, giving him 23 on the season to tie the career high he set with the Ducks last season.
Avalanche will open the first round of the playoffs at Dallas in Game 1, and Ducks play at Minnesota on Tuesday to open season-ending two-game trip.
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Colorado Avalanche center T.J. Tynan (9) controls the puck with pressure from Anaheim Ducks right wing Sam Colangelo (64) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal (1) blocks a shot by Colorado Avalanche center T.J. Tynan (9) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal (1) blocks a shot by Colorado Avalanche center Jack Drury (18) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood (41) looks back after deflecting a Anaheim Ducks shot during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche left wing Miles Wood (28) reaches for the puck with pressure from Anaheim Ducks center Nikita Nesterenko (62) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard (49) controls the puck with Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson (91) in pursuit during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Ian Moore takes a shot against Colorado Avalanche defenseman Wyatt Aamodt (5) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Colorado Avalanche center Charlie Coyle (10) controls the puck with Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas (7) defending during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard crews suspended their search late Wednesday for three people missing a day after a boat capsized in the cold, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay while carrying 20 family members and friends who went out to scatter the ashes of a loved one.
“Suspending a search is one of the hardest parts of our job and our condolences are with the families of all involved,” U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jared S. Toczko said in a statement.
Ralph Boisa said his extended family and a few close friends were on his younger brother's boat Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the life of his daughter who died over a decade ago and was in her 30s.
His older brother, Clifford, died shortly after being pulled out of the water. Sixteen others were rescued as the cabin cruiser was hit by a wave, took on water, listed heavily to one side and rolled over before sinking. Clifford's dog also died.
The three people missing are his sister Carol, Clifford's wife Jackie, and his daughter's friend, he said.
“We’ve gone through a lot of tragedy over the years,” said Boisa, who lost his other daughter in 1995. He lives in Washington and couldn't make it for the excursion.
Crews searched more than 814 square miles (2,108.3 square kilometers), according to the Coast Guard, and suspended their search “pending further developments.”
Toczko previously said he would not dismiss the possibility that those missing could still be alive, though he also said some could have been trapped inside the three-deck, 49-foot (15-meter) cabin cruiser.
“We do know individuals were in the main deck and potentially below deck," he said. Witnesses described seeing people pounding on glass windows, trapped as the boat sank.
Crews have identified the location the boat sank but have yet to determine how deep it sank, Toczko said.
Once the boat is located, officials will send either divers or an underwater drone to determine if it's feasible to salvage it, said San Francisco Police Commander Brien Hoo. If the boat is under 120 feet (37 meters) of water, it would be difficult for divers to get to it, he said.
Witnesses reported “rough seas,” San Francisco Fire Department Chief Dean Crispen said, and rescuers said swells reached up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Marine weather conditions, however, didn't warrant a small craft advisory from the National Weather Service.
Fire department spokesperson Lt. Mariano Elias said the vessel, named Volare, was registered out of Stockton, California, which sits at the eastern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
According to the ship-tracking website VesselFinder, the boat departed a San Francisco marina, passed under the Golden Gate Bridge twice and visited Angel Island State Park, the largest natural island in the bay. It was on its way back to San Francisco when it sank near Alcatraz, the famous maximum-security federal prison which closed more than 60 years ago.
Kirk Miller, an experienced local sailor with a master mariner license, said an uneven distribution of passengers could have caused the Volare to tip.
“As it rocks in the waves, it leans over a little bit,” Miller said. “And as it leans over, the stability would decrease. If you had weight down below it acts as ballast. There was nothing in the conditions that were extreme in any regard. There was no massive gust of wind, no huge wave.”
Two men who jumped into action while fishing for halibut said the boat that sank was more than capable of being out in the bay. Justin Marceline and Michael Montoya said they saw what they thought was smoke and arrived to find the vessel halfway submerged.
“We just started yanking people out,” Marceline told The Associated Press. At least two people bobbed in the water without life jackets, while others clung to a windsurfer’s board.
Marceline could see people trapped inside the rapidly sinking boat through its windows. He threw lead fishing weights to survivors in the water, hoping they could smash the glass, but they were too weak.
“It was like Titanic in real life,” he said. “There was stuff everywhere. People were banging on the glass.”
Montoya estimated they pulled eight or nine people aboard, including the captain, before first responders arrived.
Initial callers reported what appeared to be smoke coming from the boat, but San Francisco police officers who first reached the vessel said it was steam.
Toczko said there were life jackets onboard the boat and that some people were rescued wearing them.
Sudden immersion in water under 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) can lead to cold water shock, a condition where people lose dexterity in minutes. That can be dangerous or deadly when trying to escape a sinking watercraft.
The owners of the boat are John Boisa and Miriam Boisa of Stockton, Coast Guard records show. They did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
“All of us are grieving during this time,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ralph Boisa said his brother John is a “very capable and experienced boatsman” who served in the U.S. Navy. He frequently took family members out on the boat to the San Francisco Bay, Boisa said.
His older brother who died, Clifford Boisa, lived on a small prune orchard in Sutter County in the Sacramento Valley and was a volunteer sheriff's deputy for more than a decade. Ralph Boisa had planned to visit him for his 80th birthday party next month.
“He was a happy guy, jovial,” Boisa said. “We're pretty broken up here.”
Associated Press writers Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Ed White in Detroit; Hallie Golden in Seattle; and photographer Noah Berger in San Francisco contributed to this story.
First responders stand near a body after a boat accident near Alcatraz Island off San Francisco, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A police boat passes Alcatraz Island as search and rescue operations continue for victims of a Tuesday boat sinking on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
People cover themselves with American Red Cross blankets at Fort Mason, where the Red Cross has set up an assistance center for people impacted by a boat incident in the waters off San Francisco Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
A body is covered with a tarp on a dock near the site of boat accident on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A U.S. Coast Guard crew goes past Alcatraz Island near the site of a pontoon boat accident on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A San Francisco Fire Department vessel passes the city skyline while searching for missing victims after a boat accident near Alcatraz Island off San Francisco, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A body is covered with a tarp on a dock near the site of boat accident on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A helicopter flies past the Golden Gate Bridge while searching for missing victims after a boat accident near Alcatraz Island off San Francisco, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
