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2024-25 NCDC Team Preview: Utah Outliers
August 23rd, 2024The NCDC will be previewing each of the 21 teams set to hit the ice during the 2024-25 season in a continuing series up to the Sept. 19 start of the new campaign. Utah Outliers Mountain Division Home Arenas: Acord Ice Arena, West Valley City, Utah; Black Rock Event Center, Park City, Utah (starting Feb….
Colorado youth hockey grad Pashley finds right fit, signs with USPHL’s Fighting Elk for 2024-25 season
August 18th, 2024Josh Pashley sees things through a realistic lens. And the Thousand Oaks, Calif., native now living in Castle Rock is thrilled with what he sees with the USPHL’s Colorado Fighting Elk, a team he recently signed with for the 2024-25 season. “The opportunity arose when I was finished at a main camp in Utah and…
New arena for AHL’s Eagles focal point of Northern Colorado development proposal
August 17th, 2024The AHL’s Colorado Eagles could soon have a new home arena. Last month, the city of Greeley and Windsor’s Water Valley Company unveiled a 5,000-acre development plan in West Greeley, a proposed development that would include a new rink for the Eagles. The Greeley City Council voted unanimously to have the city explore the the…
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NA Now: Colorado Grit
August 15th, 2024The NA Now video series will feature an in-depth look into all NAHL teams in preparation for the 2024-25 season, with one team being highlighted daily, leading all the way up until the start of the regular season on September 13th. NA Now will include interviews with each team’s head coach, as they provide fans…
For Wheat Ridge’s Boettiger, commitment to defending national champion Denver ‘right for me’
August 9th, 2024Being from Colorado, Harrison Boettiger has always known about the tradition of college hockey at Denver. Starting with the 2025-26 or 2026-27 season, the Wheat Ridge native will suit up for the Pioneers. “I actually accelerated a year, so I went from being a sophomore to a junior very suddenly and DU found out that…
Carbondale native, Grit alum Jacober heading to college hockey with NCAA D-III Augsburg
August 8th, 2024After a season playing for the NAHL’s Colorado Grit, Wilder Jacober is on the move to college hockey. Recently, the Carbondale native committed to NCAA Division III Augsburg University, a MIAC school located in Minneapolis, Minn. “The opportunity to commit to Augsburg after the season playing for the Colorado Grit,” Jacober said. “After researching and…
After five seasons with WHL’s Winterhawks, Highlands Ranch native O’Brien inks ECHL deal with Heartlanders
July 28th, 2024Jack O’Brien made an impact over his five seasons playing junior hockey with the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks. Now, it’s onward and upward for the Highlands Ranch native, who signed his first pro contract last week with the ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders. The Heartlanders are the ECHL affiliates of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild. Undrafted, O’Brien represented the…
Centennial native May takes next step, commits to NCAA Division III William Smith for ’24-25 season
July 28th, 2024Natalie May is rarely off the ice. After developing her game in the Colorado youth hockey ranks, the Centennial native subsequently advanced to the Mid Fairfield/Gunnery hockey team where her game took an uptick to the point where she’ll head to Geneva, N.Y., to play NCAA Division III hockey for William Smith College, part of…
Two years with Thunderbirds boost Pankey to junior hockey opportunity with KIJHL’s Braves
July 28th, 2024As a native of Spokane, Wash., Bronson Pankey left his home state to play two years of AAA hockey with the Colorado Thunderbirds. Now, Pankey is heading back home to play junior hockey with the KIJHL’s Spokane Braves. “Being from Spokane, I’ve always been interested in playing for the Braves,” Pankey said. “Playing for my…