Category Archives: Girls/Women
CSGHA keeps moving in the right direction
July 26th, 2015Kendall Hanley took over as the director of hockey of the Colorado Select Girls Hockey Association just over a year ago, and she’s nothing but pleased with the program’s continued progression. “Like any transition when there’s a new person in a certain role, you don’t know what to expect at first, but I’m very hands-on…
Two Lady RoughRiders teams off to nationals
March 22nd, 2015Still only in its infancy, the second-year Rocky Mountain Lady RoughRiders organization has wasted little time establishing itself as a legitimate player in Colorado’s youth hockey circles. The Westminster-based girls program will send two of its teams – 14U AA and 16U AA – to this month’s USA Hockey Tier II National Championships, which will…
Select’s 19U AAA’s seniors off to NCAA ranks
February 24th, 2015Over the past 15 years, the Colorado Select Girls Hockey Association (CSGHA) has developed dozens of players who’ve advanced to the NCAA ranks, and this season is no exception. All five of the 19U AAA team’s graduating seniors – forwards Elizabeth Dohner, Jocelyn Gacek, Julie Matthias and Caley Mueller and goaltender Jaime Meroz – will…
Aspen delivers with 14U AA girls team
February 2nd, 2015Sometimes it’s not easy finding appropriate developmental opportunities for girls, especially in Colorado’s mountain towns, but Aspen Junior Hockey (AJH) is making it work. A perfect example is its newly created 14U AA team, which sprung to life this season with players being underwhelmed, competitively, at the 12U level and overwhelmed at 19U. AJH hockey…
Mountaineers’ women reaching new heights
January 14th, 2015The Vail Mountaineers Hockey Club (VMHC) has swelled from 10 girls in 2012-13 to more than 40 this season, citing continued growth of the women’s game across Colorado. VMHC girls hockey representative Karl Borski says being able to ice three teams this season between the VMHC and Vail Recreation District (VRD) at the 10U, 12U…
Nyquist tabbed Turgeon Scholarship winner
October 7th, 2014By Matt Mackinder Kimi Nyquist thought she was in trouble. Why else would Colorado Select director Kendall Hanley want to talk to her after practice? Turns out, a reprimanding was the last thing on Hanley’s mind; instead, she told Nyquist, a defenseman on the organization’s 19U AA team, she’d won the prestigious Elizabeth “Liz” Turgeon Award and Scholarship. “Winning the…