Category Archives: College
Aspen native, Colorado College goaltender Mbereko collects national monthly honors
March 8th, 2024Colorado College’s Kaidan Mbereko continues to rack up awards, named this week the Hockey Commissioners Association National Goaltender of the Month for February. Mbereko was placed on the national ballot after earning his third straight NCHC Goaltender of the Month award, becoming the second player in league history to win three straight monthly honors, joining…
Aspen native, Colorado College netminder Mbereko named top NCHC goalie for third straight month
March 2nd, 2024Colorado College sophomore netminder Kaidan Mbereko has been named the NCHC Goaltender of the Month for the third month in a row. Mbereko continued his stellar play while backstopping CC to a 3-2-1 record in February. The Aspen native led the NCHC with a .939 save percentage and 168 saves during the month, averaging 28.00…
Aspen native, Colorado College goalie Mbereko keeps awards coming, named NCHC Goaltender of the Week
February 20th, 2024The NCHC has announced that Colorado College sophomore goalie Kaidan Mbereko is the Goaltender of the Week. Mbereko continued his stellar season by backstopping CC to a series sweep of then-No. 2 North Dakota, which completed the Tigers’ first-ever four-game, regular-season sweep of UND. The Mike Richter Award semifinalist racked up 66 saves to lead…
Colorado College netminder, Aspen native Mbereko gloves monthly NCHC accolades
February 1st, 2024The NCHC has announced that its Goaltender of the Month is Colorado College sophomore Kaidan Mbereko. Mbereko was rock-solid in net for the second straight month, backstopping CC to a 6-2-0 record in January, with the six wins the most of any NCHC goalie. He also led the NCHC with 234 saves in January, 36…
Thunderbirds, RoughRiders graduate, Lafayette product Morton garners monthly CCHA accolades
February 1st, 2024The CCHA has announced that its Forward of the Month is Minnesota State grad student Sam Morton. Morton paced all conference skaters in goals (6), goals per game (0.75), shots (38), shots per game (4.75), power-play goals (2) and plus-minus (+6) in January, while ranking second in points (9) and face-off wins (82). Leading the…
Aspen product, Colorado College goalie Mbereko garners weekly NCHC accolades
January 30th, 2024The NCHC has announced that Colorado College sophomore goalie Kaidan Mbereko is the Goaltender of the Week for the fourth time this season. Mbereko was a rock in net for the Tigers, backstopping CC to an overtime sweep at then-No. 12 Western Michigan. He led the NCHC with 61 saves on the weekend, while allowing…
Thunderbirds graduate, Vail native Haviar collects weekly honors from UCHC
January 22nd, 2024The UCHC has announced that Utica freshman forward Nicolas Haviar is the Rookie of the Week. Haviar had a memorable weekend as not only did he register his first collegiate goal as a Pioneer, but he went on to record a hat trick in the same game to help lead the Pioneers to a 7-1…
Colorado College ACHA coach, local scout Mikolajczyk helping grow game at all levels in state
January 18th, 2024Chris Mikolajczyk is originally from New Jersey, but moved to Colorado four years ago and has been serving in a number of hockey roles since then. Mikolajczyk is in his second season as head coach for Colorado College’s ACHA team after previously coaching two seasons at Doherty High School. He also scouts in Colorado for…
Greeley native, Resurrection, Eagles grad McFarland bags weekly NE-10 award
January 16th, 2024Saint Michael’s College junior forward Brennan McFarland has been named Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week. McFarland scored four goals, including two overtime winners, in the Purple Knights’ 2-0 weekend with Post. He also went plus-2 while blocking three shots. McFarland scored twice in both 3-2 wins, tallying 3:41 into overtime on Thursday before scoring…
Colorado College goalie, Aspen native Mbereko captures weekly NCHC honors
January 16th, 2024The NCHC has announced that Colorado College sophomore Kaidan Mbereko is the Goaltender of the Week. Mbereko was rock-solid in net for the Tigers in their split at Minnesota Duluth last weekend, racking up at least 33 saves both nights. In Friday’s 3-2 overtime loss, the Aspen native made 33 saves, including 16 in the…