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For Littleton native, Team Colorado AAA standout Gerrie, commitment to NCAA D-III Plymouth State checks all boxes

December 21st, 2022

Aside from a short stint in Vermont, Emily Gerrie has spent her entire hockey career in Colorado. A Littleton native currently starring for the Team Colorado AAA program, Gerrie will venturing east for a longer stint next spring with her recent commitment to NCAA Division III Plymouth State University, a school located in the towns…

Aspen native Mbereko to tend goal for 2023 U.S. National Junior Team

December 20th, 2022

Colorado College freshman goaltender Kaidan Mbereko has been selected to the 25-player Team USA roster that will travel to Moncton, N.B., and Halifax, N.S., for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship. Mbereko was one of 32 players that participated in an evaluation camp at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich., last week. Mbereko is making…

Greenwood Village’s Gudridge moving forward on development, improvement levels with USHL’s Capitols

December 16th, 2022

Jordan Gudridge is just 17, but the Greenwood Village native has a bright future ahead, on and off the ice. Playing this season as the second-youngest player with the USHL’s Madison Capitols, Gudridge has seen action in 16 games, tallying one assist from the back end. Originally selected by Madison in the fourth round (59th…

Colorado natives German, Dolan pin down weekly honors from USPHL

December 16th, 2022

The USPHL has announced its players of the week, with a pair of Colorado products taking home the honors. Northern Cyclones blueliner Alex German is the NCDC North Division Defenseman of the Week, while Motor City Gamblers netminder Larkin Dolan is the Midwest East Premier Goaltender of the Week. German, a 2004 birth year out…

RoughRiders standout, Utah native Anderson heading home in ‘23-24 with Ogden NCDC tender

December 15th, 2022

Sam Anderson started his hockey career in his home state of Utah before heading to Colorado to play AAA hockey for the Rocky Mountain RoughRiders. Next season, Anderson will head back home for junior hockey in the USPHL after recently signing an NCDC tender with the Ogden Mustangs, a team that will be part of…

From the Trainer’s Room: Groin injuries

December 15th, 2022

What is a groin strain? A groin strain, or adductor strain, is an injury to one of the muscles on the inner thigh (adductor longus, brevis, and magnus; gracilis; and pectineus). Their primary function is to bring the leg back towards the middle of the body or adduct the hip. A muscle strain occurs when…

Broomfield native, RoughRiders, Tigers alum Junkin garners weekly honors from EHL

December 13th, 2022

The EHL has announced that Connecticut RoughRiders goaltender Nicholas Junkin is one of the league’s Top Performers of the week. Junkin and the RoughRiders split their two-game home series with Team Maryland this past Thursday and Friday. As for the 2002 native of Broomfield, Junkin got the nod in the victory on Thursday, turning aside…

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December 12th, 2022

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RoughRiders, Thunderbirds alum, Broomfield product Hargraves makes NCAA D-I commitment to Augustana

December 9th, 2022

Fairbanks Ice Dogs goalie and NA3HL and NAPHL alum Kayden Hargraves has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey for Augustana University, a school that will field its first team next season in the CCHA. Hargraves, 20, is in his fourth and final season of playing junior hockey, which has primarily been spent in the NAHL…

Thornton native, Jaguars graduate Takitani excelling in USPHL, taking game to next level with high-end Spacemen

December 8th, 2022

Noah Takitani was born in Alaska, but once he moved to Colorado when he was eight years old, his hockey career started to blossom. Now more than 10 years later and residing in Thornton, Takitani is enjoying his third season of junior hockey and second with the USPHL’s Fort Wayne Spacemen. He played the 2020-21…

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