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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,…
RoughRiders’ 16U AAA standout Morrison commits to Air Force
October 24th, 2016Jonathan Morrison’s good year keeps getting better. The Rocky Mountain RoughRiders’ 16U AAA defenseman jumped onto scouts’ radars this summer by playing well at the USA Hockey Select 16 Festival and then the 2000 birth year committed to the Air Force Academy (Atlantic Hockey) on Oct. 9. “I’m very excited,” he said. “It was a…
Air Force grads now have immediate pro hockey options
October 19th, 2016The dream of playing professional sports for service academy athletes, including Air Force hockey players, was breathed new life earlier this year when a U.S. Department of Defense policy changed. The shift allows the possibility of joining a pro sports team after graduation instead of waiting two years. It will ease one recruiting disadvantage all…
Trip home to Russia reenergizes youth coach Krivokrasov
October 19th, 2016This past August, Andrei Krivokrasov ventured back to his home country of Russia to visit his parents and to also serve as a guest coach and instructor for a 2008 birth year youth team. On his recent trip, he was able to compare and contrast youth hockey development in Russia, particularly in Krivokrasov’s hometown of…
CAHA state tournament revamps format for 2016-17 season
October 18th, 2016Colorado Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) officials want every eligible youth hockey team in the state to have an opportunity to participate in the organization’s recreation state tournament. That’s why the format was changed before the 2014-2015 season. No longer are only the top two teams in a CAHA-sanctioned league allowed to participate in the tournament….
Denver native Hayton nabs weekly ECAC Hockey honors
October 18th, 2016ECAC Hockey men’s AVISION AHEAD weekly awards were announced Tuesday. Denver native Kyle Hayton earned the league’s Player of the Week and Goaltender of the Week honors. Hayton was 2-0-0 with a .930 save percentage and 1.50 goals-against average and helped the Saints to a weekend sweep of New Hampshire and Merrimack with 40 combined…
Denver duo captures weekly NCHC awards
October 17th, 2016After all eight National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) teams were in action last weekend, the conference announced the Bauer NCHC Players of the Week for the week of Oct. 10-16 on Monday. Denver senior blue liner Will Butcher is the NCHC Defenseman of the Week, while DU junior Tanner Jaillet garnered NCHC Goaltender of the…