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Fort Collins native, DU standout Thompson signs NHL contract with Blackhawks

April 13th, 2025

Denver junior forward Aidan Thompson has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. Thompson will report to Chicago’s AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, on a professional tryout for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign. His NHL deal will start with the 2025-26 season. Thompson recorded career highs during his junior season with the…

Air Force coach Serratore signs contract extension, will stay with Falcons through 2026-27 season

March 27th, 2025

Air Force coach Frank Serratore has agreed to a new two-year contract through June 2027. Serratore just completed his 28th season at Air Force with a 472-457-102 record. He has an overall mark of 521-549-111 in 32 seasons as a college head coach. He is also just the 16th coach in the history of NCAA…

Parker native, Air Force captain Schwartz named AHA Co-Best Defensive Forward for ’24-25 season

March 19th, 2025

Air Force senior Austin Schwartz has been named the Atlantic Hockey America Co-Best Defensive Forward for the 2024-25 season. Schwartz shares the award with Bentley’s Ethan Leyh. Schwartz is the only player in league history to win the Best Defensive Forward in back-to-back seasons. He is only the third player in league history to win…

Littleton native, Hawks, Thunderbirds alum Hodges grabs weekly Atlantic Hockey America award

March 19th, 2025

A.J. Hodges has been named the Atlantic Hockey America Forward of the Week after his natural hat trick helped Bentley to a Game 1 win over Sacred Heart on Friday in the conference playoffs. With Game 1 of the semifinals knotted at 2-2 in the third period, the Littleton native went on an epic scoring…

Greeley native, Resurrection Christian alum McFarland takes home weekly NE-10 honors

February 18th, 2025

Saint Michael’s College senior Brennan McFarland has been named Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week. McFarland collected three goals and three assists while going plus-5 in a weekend sweep of Assumption. After the Purple Knights allowed the opening goal on Friday, McFarland tied the game at 4:07 of the first period to spark a four-point…

Rampage, Liberty High alum, Colorado Springs native Ouellette earns weekly CCHA accolades

January 21st, 2025

Northern Michigan senior goalie Ryan Ouellette has been named the CCHA Goaltender of the Week. The Colorado Springs native led all CCHA netminders in wins (2), goals-against average (1.00) and save percentage (.966) last week, leading Northern Michigan to its first sweep of the season at Bemidji State. On Friday, he made 24 stops in…

Colorado Springs native, Thunderbirds, Miners alum Gricius loving college hockey career north of the border in Calgary

January 5th, 2025

Jake Gricius played his junior hockey in the WHL and then decided to stay in Western Canada for his college hockey career with the University of Calgary. Now in his fourth season with the Dinos, the Colorado Springs native has loved every minute north of the border. “The opportunity came kind of in the midst…

Colorado Springs native, Rampage, Liberty High alum Ouellette collects weekly CCHA award

January 3rd, 2025

Northern Michigan senior goalie Ryan Ouellette has been named the CCHA Goaltender of the Week. Ouellette posted a CCHA-best .953 save percentage last week, stopping 41 of 43 shots against No. 1 Michigan State on Sunday in the Great Lakes Invitational semifinals. After allowing two goals in the first period, he closed out the game…

Aspen native Mbereko garners NCHC monthly honors, HCA national award with Colorado College

December 6th, 2024

One day after being named the NCHC Goaltender of the Month, Colorado College junior Kaidan Mbereko was named the Hockey Commissioners Association National Co-Goaltender of the Month for November. Mbereko shared the award with Alex Tracy of Minnesota State. Mbereko logged a heavy workload during the month, starting all eight games, while backstopping the Tigers…

Fort Collins native, Thunderbirds, RoughRiders product, DU star Thompson takes home monthly NCHC honors

December 6th, 2024

Denver junior forward Aidan Thompson has been named the NCHC Player of the Month. Thompson has been on a tear to start the season and continued that into November, tallying at least a point in all eight games he played last month and scoring a goal in five of them. The Chicago Blackhawks draft pick…

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