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Chalk Talk: Youth hockey growth is exciting, but let’s work together
November 4th, 2016I’ve been coaching youth hockey in Colorado since 1994 and I have seen the game evolve in our state to a respectable competition level. Over those years, there’s been a lot of positive changes in how we develop our young players, and there’s also been some things we could do better. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE…
CAHA deaf and blind hockey clinics hit on all cylinders
November 4th, 2016It was a day Kole Mudra and a young man will never forget. Mudra is a 6-foot, 225-pound center for the 20U Pikes Peak Miners of the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL). The young man is a student in his early teens at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind in Colorado Springs….
Renegades restructure, bring on Imonti as new director
November 3rd, 2016Some people see the word “restructuring” as one that has a negative connotation. The West Coast Renegades (WCR) AAA youth organization sees it as a fresh start with fresh ideas and a new set of goals. Recently, the Renegades hired David Imonti as the program’s new hockey director. Imonti is currently a partner with 37…
Denver’s Borgström named NCHC Rookie of the Month
November 1st, 2016With the first month of the 2016-17 college hockey season in the books, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) has announced its first monthly award winners of the season. University of Denver freshman forward Henrik Borgström was named the NCHC Rookie of the Month for October. NCHC ROOKIE OF THE MONTH Henrik Borgström Denver Freshman…
DU captain Butcher nabs weekly NCHC award
November 1st, 2016The NCHC announced the Bauer NCHC Players of the Week for the week of Oct. 24-30 on Monday. University of Denver senior blueliner Will Butcher is the NCHC Defenseman of the Week. DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK Will Butcher, Denver Senior Defenseman Sun Prairie, Wis. Butcher played a big role in helping Denver open NCHC play…
Tahoe Hockey Academy ‘ecstatic’ to get season started
October 31st, 2016After months and months of planning, the doors finally opened at Tahoe Hockey Academy last month, and things finally started to seem real when the academy played its first games in late September. Donning its purple and white uniforms for the first time, the team traveled to Winnipeg the last weekend in September and opened…
Taking Liberties With… Josh Holmstrom
October 31st, 2016JOSH HOLMSTROM Position: Forward, Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)/Missouri Mavericks (ECHL) Hometown: Colorado Springs Age: 27 Last Amateur Team: University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Hockey East) Youth Teams: Pikes Peak Tigers, Colorado Thunderbirds, Colorado Rampage Colorado Rubber: What is your favorite hockey memory growing up? Josh Holmstrom: My first few times skating at the old Broadmoor Arena before…
Tigers’ 16U AA Black team finding chemistry equals success
October 26th, 2016For some teams, playing six games in five days can be an inconvenience, but the Colorado Springs Tigers 16U AA Black team prefers to use a situation like that as a measuring tool. The Tigers started the season playing in the Denver Pioneer Classic over Labor Day weekend, losing in the championship finals to the…
Aspen Junior Hockey carries on Western Slope tradition
October 25th, 2016Back some 40 years ago, all it seemed anyone needed to play for the Aspen Junior Hockey (AJH) youth program was a stick, skates and a copy of Time magazine. Yes, times have changed. The AJH organization started in 1972 with John McBride at the helm. A Princeton University graduate and former member of the…
Utah native, Rampage alum Halloran wins weekly NCHC award
October 24th, 2016Colorado College freshman forward Nick Halloran has been named the NCHC Rookie of the Week. A native of Draper, Utah, Halloran powered the Tigers to a 1-1 record, scoring three of CC’s five goals over the weekend, all on the power play. He opened the scoring in the Tigers’ 4-1 loss at Boston College Friday,…