Category Archives: Junior
T-Birds grad Olofsson commits to UNO
October 22nd, 2014Chicago Steel forward Fredrik Olofsson, a graduate of the Colorado Thunderbirds program, has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey at the University of Nebraska-Omaha following his United States Hockey League (USHL) career. “I spoke to my parents this weekend and I felt like it was the right place for me,” Olofsson said. “I liked everything about the campus,…
Expectations high for WSHL’s RoughRiders
October 8th, 2014By Matt Mackinder For most junior teams, rosters are comprised of players from across the United States and even parts of Canada and Europe. The Western States Hockey League’s (WSHL) Colorado RoughRiders, formerly the Boulder Jr. Bison, though, have a group made up of in-state talents who played at several different youth associations growing up, including…
Weatherly at home in Amarillo
October 3rd, 2014In his first year with the Amarillo Bulls, Jacob Weatherly has emerged as the North American Hockey League team’s No. 1 goaltender early on, but knows there’s still plenty of work in front of him. “I just have to play my game,” said Weatherly, 18. “I want to carry on the winning tradition here in…