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Final-year Mustangs reflect on time in Ogden
February 4th, 2016As the home stretch of the 2015-16 Western States Hockey League (WSHL) season is fast approaching, players are actively seeking lateral moves for next season. That is especially true for players born in 1995, playing out their final months of junior hockey eligibility. Eight 20-year-olds with the WSHL’s Ogden Mustangs wrap their junior careers in…
Falcons’ Starrett cops AHC Goalie of the Month award
February 4th, 2016Air Force freshman Shane Starrett has been named the Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Month as he helped lead Air Force to a 7-1-2 record in the month of January. In nine games last month, the native of Bellingham, Mass., posted a .947 save percentage and a 1.21 goals-against average. In eight starts, he allowed…
Evolution Elite Hockey Academy fast making name for itself
February 2nd, 2016In just six short years, the Evolution Elite Hockey Academy (EEHA) has gone from a small organization with three teams to a program with 13 teams, learn to skate options and a Junior A team in the Western States Hockey League (WSHL). Not too shabby for something that was originally created to simply provide an…
Silverthorne hosting Colorado Pond Hockey Tournament
January 30th, 2016The town of Silverthorne will host the Pabst Blue Ribbon Colorado Pond Hockey Tournament from Feb. 12-14, bringing more to the majestic Colorado town than just ice skates and hockey jerseys. While raising money for First Descents, participants, friends, families and spectators can catch some great hockey at the North Pond Park, ranging from ex-NHL…
Second-year pro Higby embracing role with Grizzlies
January 29th, 2016Erik Higby joined the Utah Grizzlies this season not knowing how he would fit in with the ECHL franchise. Those uncertainties were snuffed out rather quickly and the second-year pro out of New Braunfels, Tex., is reaping the rewards playing for the Grizzlies and “the unreal facilities” at the Maverik Center. “I think the season…
Former Rampage star makes ‘Strong’ NCAA commitment
January 28th, 2016The Topeka RoadRunners of the North American Hockey League have announced that forward Cam Strong has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey at Dartmouth College (ECAC) in Hanover, N.H. Strong skated for the Colorado Rampage 18U AAA team from 2012-14, scoring 41 points in 76 games and making a trip to the USA Hockey…
Team Colorado aiming to make noise at America’s Showcase
January 27th, 2016Team Colorado is headed back to America’s Showcase only this time, bigger and hopefully, better than ever. America’s Showcase is an annual five-day hockey tournament held in the spring at Robert Morris University in suburban Pittsburgh. It gives premier junior and senior high school players representing their state an opportunity to compete and display their…
RMJHL gaining confidence, notice on a national level
January 26th, 2016With a handful of players moving up to Tier I and Tier II levels of junior hockey, as well as several teams and players ranked among the best in all of USA Hockey Tier III juniors, it’s difficult to realize that the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL) is still on its maiden voyage. Then…
Utah native Pike, former T-Bird Carlson named to NAHL Top Prospects Tournament
January 25th, 2016The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced the rosters for next month’s NAHL Top Prospects Tournament, presented by Easton, which will be held from Feb. 15-16 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich. Two player with Colorado/Utah connections were selected in Bismarck Bobcats forward Jared Pike, a native of Sandy, Utah, and former Colorado…
Air Force’s Dylewski a nominee for Hockey Humanitarian Award
January 25th, 2016Air Force senior Chris Dylewski is one of 18 nominees for the 2016 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes college hockey’s finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team, but also to the community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism. The 2016 finalists will be…