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Superior native, RoughRiders, Monarch grad Wasik nails down monthly AHA award

March 10th, 2026

Air Force junior Dominik Wasik has been named the Atlantic Hockey America Goalie of the Month in helping lead the Falcons to a 4-2-2 record in the month of February. Wasik, from Superior, started all eight games and had two shutouts with a 2.21 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage. He closed out the…

Aspen native, Colorado College senior Mbereko notches weekly NCHC award

March 4th, 2026

Following a season-high 39-save performance in a 4-1 victory over ninth-ranked Minnesota Duluth last Friday, Colorado College senior Kaidan Mbereko has been named the NCHC Goaltender of the Week. Mbereko continued his stellar play down the stretch, backstopping the Tigers to the 4-1 win in his lone appearance of the weekend. The Aspen native made a season-high…

New Mexico Goatheads named Avalanche ECHL affiliate, starting with 2026-27 season

February 21st, 2026

The NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, in conjunction with the ECHL and the AHL’s Colorado Eagles, announced today that the New Mexico Goatheads will serve as the Avalanche’s ECHL affiliate, beginning with the 2026-27 season. The teams agreed on a multi-year agreement. The Goatheads are an expansion franchise and will play at the Rio Rancho Events Center…

Centennial native Alfieri ‘couldn’t be more excited’ with commitment to NCAA D-III Lake Forest

February 21st, 2026

Alec Alfieri is playing his final season of junior hockey in 2025-26 for the NCDC’s West Chester Wolves and enjoying team and individual success in the process. Next season, the Centennial native will be off to college hockey, recently committing to NCAA Division III Lake Forest College, a school roughly 45 minutes north of Chicago….

Thunderbirds alum Kiecker-Olson chosen for weekly Atlantic Hockey America honors

February 17th, 2026

Canisius senior forward Killian Kiecker-Olson has been named the Atlantic Hockey America’s Forward of the Week. A native of Andover, Minn., Kiecker-Olson registered a team-high five points (goal, four assists) during the Golden Griffins’ split of their AHA series against Holy Cross last weekend at LECOM Harborcenter. The Colorado Thunderbirds alum also paced Canisius with…

Colorado natives Kaufman, Warfield garner weekly EHL awards

February 11th, 2026

A pair of Colorado natives has earned weekly EHL honors. Seahawks Hockey Club goaltender Nick Kaufman and New Hampshire Avalanche defenseman Max Warfield are two of the EHLP Northeast Conference Stars of the Week. Make it eight straight wins for the Seahawks, who have now leaped into second place in the Northeast Conference. This past…

Team Colorado’s Balogh ‘excited about the opportunity’ to play hockey, trumpet at NCAA D-III Potsdam

February 8th, 2026

Brooke Balogh is enjoying her final season of youth hockey with Team Colorado AAA’s 19U team. As the season started, Balogh knew she wanted to keep playing the game in college and also wanted to follow her music dreams. Once Potsdam entered the picture, the search was over. “I have been in the college process…

Denver offense explodes in third, Pioneers down Minnesota State for record-tying ninth NCAA crown

April 14th, 2022

Down 1-0 after 40 minutes in last Saturday’s NCAA national title game, the University of Denver came alive in the third, scoring five unanswered goals at Boston’s TD Garden to down Minnesota State University 5-1 and take home college hockey’s top prize for the 2021-22 season. The title is the Pioneers’ ninth all time, tying…

Denver East rallies in third period, captures USA Hockey Division II high school national championship

March 31st, 2022

Despite his team trailing 2-1 after two periods, Denver East Angels head coach John Kopperud wasn’t worried. In the final frame, Denver East responded with three unanswered goals, including two from Kaden Dunham, to capture the Division II title with a 4-2 win over the Northport (New York) Huntington Tigers in the 2022 Chipotle-USA Hockey High School National Championships at the Children’s…

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