Category Archives: Junior
Greenwood Village’s Gudridge moving forward on development, improvement levels with USHL’s Capitols
December 16th, 2022Jordan Gudridge is just 17, but the Greenwood Village native has a bright future ahead, on and off the ice. Playing this season as the second-youngest player with the USHL’s Madison Capitols, Gudridge has seen action in 16 games, tallying one assist from the back end. Originally selected by Madison in the fourth round (59th…
Colorado natives German, Dolan pin down weekly honors from USPHL
December 16th, 2022The USPHL has announced its players of the week, with a pair of Colorado products taking home the honors. Northern Cyclones blueliner Alex German is the NCDC North Division Defenseman of the Week, while Motor City Gamblers netminder Larkin Dolan is the Midwest East Premier Goaltender of the Week. German, a 2004 birth year out…
Broomfield native, RoughRiders, Tigers alum Junkin garners weekly honors from EHL
December 13th, 2022The EHL has announced that Connecticut RoughRiders goaltender Nicholas Junkin is one of the league’s Top Performers of the week. Junkin and the RoughRiders split their two-game home series with Team Maryland this past Thursday and Friday. As for the 2002 native of Broomfield, Junkin got the nod in the victory on Thursday, turning aside…
RoughRiders, Thunderbirds alum, Broomfield product Hargraves makes NCAA D-I commitment to Augustana
December 9th, 2022Fairbanks Ice Dogs goalie and NA3HL and NAPHL alum Kayden Hargraves has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey for Augustana University, a school that will field its first team next season in the CCHA. Hargraves, 20, is in his fourth and final season of playing junior hockey, which has primarily been spent in the NAHL…
Thornton native, Jaguars graduate Takitani excelling in USPHL, taking game to next level with high-end Spacemen
December 8th, 2022Noah Takitani was born in Alaska, but once he moved to Colorado when he was eight years old, his hockey career started to blossom. Now more than 10 years later and residing in Thornton, Takitani is enjoying his third season of junior hockey and second with the USPHL’s Fort Wayne Spacemen. He played the 2020-21…
Erie native, Bison, RoughRiders product Norwell taking advantage of NCDC opportunity with Twin City
November 30th, 2022Trace Norwell grew up in Colorado and after playing his formative years for the Rocky Mountain RoughRiders, has found his groove in the USPHL with the NCDC’s Twin City Thunder, a team based in Maine. This season, the Erie native is averaging a point per game for the Thunder and said the league has been…
Larkspur native, LHA alum Craig picks up monthly USPHL honors
November 30th, 2022The USPHL has announced that Boston Jr. Bruins blueliner Cameron Craig is the New England Premier Division Defenseman of the Month. The Post University recruit continues to impress, helping to be a key to the Jr. Bruins’ undefeated November and streak of 11 games that went from Oct. 11 through Dec. 1, and encompassed all…
Pair of Colorado natives, Eagles standouts earns weekly accolades from USPHL
November 25th, 2022The USPHL has announced that a pair of Colorado natives and Northern Colorado Eagles standouts are weekly award winners for the Mountain Division. Javen Heidergott is the division’s Forward of the Week and Nate Jaramillo is the Defenseman of the Week. Heidergott, a 2002-born Telluride product, stepped up in the scoring column, pacing the Eagles…
El Paso captain, Parker native Pent seeing ’22-23 NA3HL season off to successful start
November 23rd, 2022For Payne Pent, he simply wanted an opportunity to continue playing hockey after the 2020-21 season with Cherry Creek High School. The El Paso Rhinos chose Pent in the first round (29th overall) of the 2021 NA3HL Draft and it’s been all positive since then. “I was interested in coming here because there’s an NA…
Summit product, Breckenridge native Ebbinghaus finding role as rookie with USPHL’s Royals
November 23rd, 2022Blaze Ebbinghaus spent his youth hockey career with the Summit program before skating for the high school team. His game caught the eye of junior teams and this season, the Breckenridge native is developing his talents with the USPHL’s Rogue Valley Royals, a team based in Oregon. “The opportunity arose from a coach from back…