Category Archives: College
Parker native, Air Force captain Schwartz named AHA Co-Best Defensive Forward for ’24-25 season
March 19th, 2025Air 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, 2025A.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, 2025Saint 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, 2025Northern 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, 2025Jake 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, 2025Northern 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, 2024One 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, 2024Denver 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…
Northern Colorado natives Thompson, Mbereko take home weekly NCHC awards
November 5th, 2024A pair of Colorado natives have earned weekly honors from the NCHC. Denver junior forward Aidan Thompson (Fort Collins) is the Forward of the Week, while Colorado College goalie Kaidan Mbereko (Aspen) is the Goaltender of the Week. Thompson powered top-ranked Denver to a sweep at Yale with a four-point series, leading all NCHC forwards…
Centennial native, LHA, Regis Jesuit alum Ott collects monthly Atlantic Hockey honors
November 2nd, 2024Niagara senior forward Shane Ott has been been named Atlantic Hockey America’s Forward of the Month for October after a strong start to the 2024-25 season. Ott led the team with 10 points in seven games, including two goals and eight assists. The playmaking forward recorded multiple points in four games during October, including a…