Category Archives: Junior
NCDC 2024-25 Team Preview: Pueblo Bulls
September 13th, 2024The NCDC will be previewing each of the 21 teams set to hit the ice during the 2024-25 season in a continuing series up to the Sept. 19 start of the new campaign. Pueblo Bulls Mountain Division Home Arena: Pueblo Ice Arena Head Coach: Chris Wilhite The Pueblo Bulls are coming off what they feel…
USPHL Premier 2024-25 Division Previews: Northwest Division
September 4th, 2024Order is 2023-24 regular season finish, followed by new division members Vernal Oilers Season Opener: Sept. 21 vs. Iron County Yeti The Oilers have been the sole Northwest Division representatives at the Nationals thus far, and they hope to be able to keep up that honor here in 2024-25. General Manager David Imonti is positive…
Rampage, Thunderbirds alum Carden utilizing strong faith to battle adversity, on and off the ice
August 31st, 2024Born in Ohio, Michael Carden and his family moved to Florida and then to Colorado all by the time he was six years old. It was once Carden arrived in Colorado that the goaltender’s hockey career took off. “I played for the Colorado Rampage 13U and 14U AAA teams, and after a hiatus due to…
Aspen’s Lauer uses ’23-24 season in EHL as springboard to NCAA Division III commitment to LVC
August 31st, 2024Lochlan Lauer spent the 2023-24 season playing in the Eastern Hockey League for the Philadelphia Hockey Club, and the Aspen native will stay in the region for the 2024-25 season after recently committing to play NCAA Division III hockey for Lebanon Valley College. The Dutchmen play in the UCHC with the school based in Annville,…
NA Now: Colorado Grit
August 15th, 2024The NA Now video series will feature an in-depth look into all NAHL teams in preparation for the 2024-25 season, with one team being highlighted daily, leading all the way up until the start of the regular season on September 13th. NA Now will include interviews with each team’s head coach, as they provide fans…
For Wheat Ridge’s Boettiger, commitment to defending national champion Denver ‘right for me’
August 9th, 2024Being from Colorado, Harrison Boettiger has always known about the tradition of college hockey at Denver. Starting with the 2025-26 or 2026-27 season, the Wheat Ridge native will suit up for the Pioneers. “I actually accelerated a year, so I went from being a sophomore to a junior very suddenly and DU found out that…
Carbondale native, Grit alum Jacober heading to college hockey with NCAA D-III Augsburg
August 8th, 2024After a season playing for the NAHL’s Colorado Grit, Wilder Jacober is on the move to college hockey. Recently, the Carbondale native committed to NCAA Division III Augsburg University, a MIAC school located in Minneapolis, Minn. “The opportunity to commit to Augsburg after the season playing for the Colorado Grit,” Jacober said. “After researching and…
After five seasons with WHL’s Winterhawks, Highlands Ranch native O’Brien inks ECHL deal with Heartlanders
July 28th, 2024Jack O’Brien made an impact over his five seasons playing junior hockey with the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks. Now, it’s onward and upward for the Highlands Ranch native, who signed his first pro contract last week with the ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders. The Heartlanders are the ECHL affiliates of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild. Undrafted, O’Brien represented the…
Carbondale’s Scott sees NHL dreams get closer, selected by Red Wings in 2024 NHL Draft
July 15th, 2024Fisher Scott just wrapped up his second full USHL season with the Dubuque Fighting Saints. And next season, the Carbondale native will head to NCAA Division I Colorado College an NHL prospect after being taken by the Detroit Red Wings in the seventh round (208th overall) in last month’s NHL Draft, held at Sphere in…
Boulder product Zis ‘can’t wait to get started’ at NCAA Division III MCLA this coming fall
July 9th, 2024Sam Zis has played the past few seasons out east and will continue playing out that way for his college hockey career. Zis, a Boulder native, recently committed to NCAA Division III Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts for the fall of 2024. Zis played two seasons in the EHL with the Connecticut Chiefs, totaling 88…