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Industry Profile: A.J. Boldan, PAC-8 Hockey
May 5th, 2016A.J. BOLDAN Hometown: Rochester, Minn. Resides: Salt Lake City, Utah Age: 36 Position/Organization: Executive Director, PAC-8 Hockey; President/GM/Assistant Coach, University of Utah Hockey Colorado Rubber: What’s your background in hockey, and how did you get to where you are today? A.J. Boldan: I went through the youth program in my hometown in Minnesota and graduated…
Rampage program keeps growing, adds new 15U AAA team
May 5th, 2016A new team will join the Colorado Rampage lineup next season. It’s a 15U AAA team (2001 birth years) that will be led by veteran coach Marc Boxer. “We’re looking for good kids from good families who are self-motivated, hard workers and want to be the best they can be,” Boxer said. “Our key mindset…
Mychan finding expanded role in return to ECHL’s Eagles
May 4th, 2016During the 2013-14 ECHL season, Jesse Mychan suited up as a rookie for the Colorado Eagles. That season, the native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, pumped in 11 goals while compiling 262 penalty minutes. After a year away from the Budweiser Events Center, Mychan returned this season and his stats have turned into far less penalty minutes…
Ducks prospect Sarault continues to develop with Grizzlies
May 4th, 2016Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Anaheim Ducks back in 2013 after a productive junior career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Charles Sarault isn’t giving up on his dream to play in the NHL. And if that includes a stint with the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies, the 24-year-old from Ottawa, Ont., is happy…
Colorado, Utah teams take in Tier II nationals; LHA 18U AA bags bronze
May 4th, 2016Three Colorado teams and three Utah teams traveled to various locales across the country in late March to participate in the 2016 USA Hockey Tier II Youth Nationals. The 14U event was staged in Charlotte, N.C., the 16U tournament in Wayne, N.J., and the 18U teams ventured to Amherst, N.Y. In Charlotte, Chris Lockrem’s Boulder…
Taking Liberties With … Christian Heil
May 2nd, 2016CHRISTIAN HEIL Position: Forward, Colorado College Hometown: Westminster Age: 22 Height/Weight: 6-foot-1, 175 pounds Last Youth Team: Colorado Thunderbirds 18U AAA Last Junior Team: Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Colorado Rubber: What advice do you have for a young hockey player and his/her parents? Christian Heil: Hard work will be your greatest asset, both on and off…
Thunderbirds’ 16U AAA standouts Shore, Foote make plans for future
April 29th, 2016The Colorado Thunderbirds develop their players for higher levels of hockey, plain and simple. There is no overlooking the extensive alumni list on the program’s website at www.tbirdhockey.org. Expect two new names to join that list is Thunderbirds’ 16U AAA National forwards Nolan Foote and Baker Shore, both of whom made decisions on their respective…
Longtime Miner Nolette makes plans with NAHL’s Rebels
April 27th, 2016After five years with the Pikes Peak Miners AAA organization, J.P. Nolette says it’s time to move on. Last month, the 18U forward signed a tender agreement with the Aston Rebels of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) and looks at beginning his junior hockey career next fall. “I had been talking to Aston for…
Krivo School of Hockey Elite teaches lessons on, off the ice
April 27th, 2016With practice four days a week at 6 a.m., players with the Krivo School of Hockey Elite arrive at their real school bright-eyed and ready to go. Most other kids have only been awake a short while. Krivo School players are a determined bunch. Would they rather sleep in? Sure. Or would they rather set…
Chalk Talk: There are always lessons to be learned from losing
April 27th, 2016Only a handful of teams across our state and continent get to end their season on a win. For the other 99 percent, it means one of the dirtiest words in sports: losing. In 25 seasons of hockey, both as a player and as a coach, I’ve been fortunate to be a part of a…