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Colorado College celebrates new Ed Robson Arena with ribbon cutting ceremony
September 19th, 2021A project in the making for five years became a reality on Saturday with a ribbon cutting ceremony for Ed Robson Arena and the Mike and Barbara Yalich Student Services Center on the campus of Colorado College. Former CC hockey player Ed Robson and Barbara Yalich joined Colorado College President L. Song Richardson, Colorado Springs…
USPHL Premier 2021-22 Preview Series: Mountain Division
September 17th, 2021The Mountain Division, new to the USPHL in 2020-21, delivered on its promises of excitement, drama, a high skill level and several commitments to high-level NCAA Division III institutions. Could Year 2 be even better? The coaches across the division certainly believe so. The parity is built in, considering the fourth-seeded Utah Outliers pulled off…
Colorado Springs native Campbell moving up coaching ranks, takes over for NAHL’s Minotauros
September 15th, 2021Cody Campbell is just 29 years old but fast moving up the junior hockey coaching ranks. Last week, the Colorado Springs native was named the head coach and general manager for the NAHL’s Minot Minotauros after two seasons with the EHL’s Walpole Express. “Minot has been a top organization in the NAHL for a long…
For Parker native Wild, opportunity for development key to re-signing in USPHL with Decatur
September 15th, 2021Cody Wild signed with the USPHL’s Decatur Blaze for the 2020-21 season and got acclimated to the development model of junior hockey. Fast forward a year and the 2003-born Parker native is back in the quaint Illinois town for his second season with the club. “The opportunity to re-sign with Decatur was because my coaches…
Grizzlies coach-GM Branham leaves post with ECHL club for assistant coach position with AHL’s Eagles
September 14th, 2021Utah Grizzlies head coach and general manager Tim Branham is leaving the team to become an assistant coach with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles. Branham is the winningest and longest tenured head coach in Grizzlies history, compiling 284 victories over eight seasons in Utah. The Grizzlies reached the playoffs in six of the seven seasons where…
Fort Collins high school coach Strom takes position at NCAA D-I Michigan State
September 13th, 2021Michigan State University has announced that Dylan Strom has joined the NCAA Division I program as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2021-22 season. Strom is an active duty member of the Untied States Air Force and comes to MSU from Colorado, where he has served as a high school head coach. Strom was the…
Salt Lake City native Metcalf re-signs with ECHL’s Grizzlies for 2021-22 season
September 9th, 2021The ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies have signed goaltender Garrett Metcalf for the 2021-22 season, his second season as a professional. Last season with the Grizzlies, the Salt Lake City native went 4-4-0 with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage in nine games. Metcalf was named the ECHL Goaltender of the Week on April…
Boulder native, Monarch alum Richards excited to get ’21-22 rolling with NA3HL’s Quake
September 9th, 2021After graduating from Boulder High School and playing high school hockey for Monarch, Evan Richards hoped an opportunity would arise for him to play junior hockey starting with the 2021-22 season. That’s when the NA3HL’s Yellowstone Quake entered the picture. “(Yellowstone coach-GM) CJ Sweigart reached out to me after the CCM Showcase and I liked…
Colorado youngster Grasso bringing right skill set, attitude to USPHL’s Jets for ’21-22 season
September 8th, 2021Robert Grasso will be one of the youngest players with the USPHL’s Metro Jets next season, but that doesn’t mean he won’t make an impact. A native of Broomfield, Grasso is a 2004 birth year who spent the 2020-21 season playing 16U AAA for the USPHL’s Northern Cyclones organization. He came to the USPHL Detroit…
Colorado Springs Amateur Hockey Association welcomes Dessart as new executive director
September 8th, 2021Kevin Dessart has been named the new executive director for the Colorado Springs Amateur Hockey Association. As a former coach for the Colorado Springs Lady Tigers, Dessart has come home to lead CSAHA in its mission to provide outstanding youth hockey programs. Dessart has been playing, coaching, and working in hockey for over 35 years….