Category Archives: Utah
Coming down the Pike: Utah native off to NAHL TPT event
February 12th, 2016At a very young age, Jared Pike was introduced to the game of hockey and like most, the love affair started then and continues to this day. Now 20 and playing in his second season for the Bismarck Bobcats of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), Pike was recently named to the NAHL’s Top Prospects…
Final-year Mustangs reflect on time in Ogden
February 4th, 2016As the home stretch of the 2015-16 Western States Hockey League (WSHL) season is fast approaching, players are actively seeking lateral moves for next season. That is especially true for players born in 1995, playing out their final months of junior hockey eligibility. Eight 20-year-olds with the WSHL’s Ogden Mustangs wrap their junior careers in…
First-year Outliers Hockey Academy ‘rolling right along’
January 4th, 2016Starting out its initial foray into the Utah youth hockey scene, the Outliers Hockey Academy has four teams for the 2015-16 season and according to director of hockey Paul Taylor, “it’s been a great season so far.” Boasting a Squirt and Bantam teams and a pair of Pee Wee teams (American and National), the Salt…
Holiday community outreach a must for West Coast Renegades
December 23rd, 2015Within all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the West Coast Renegades found a way to make a difference recently in the Salt Lake City area. And not only did the teams do that, but they contributed in an impactful way that seems to mean more this time of year. “Community service is…
Bartholomay proving to be backbone of Renegades
December 9th, 2015Once Adam Bartholomay came to the heartbreaking conclusion that his professional hockey career was over some four years ago, he had every ambition to stay involved in the game and found his niche in the coaching ranks. Now the director of hockey operations and 16U AAA National team coach for the second-year West Coast Renegades…
Oval women’s league aims to have fun, solid competition
November 20th, 2015It’s well-documented that women’s hockey is indeed growing in Utah and the newly-created Lady Grizzlies Adult Rookie League at the Utah Olympic Oval is a prime example of that growth. With the goal to provide and fun and competitive environment, head instructor Jae Worthen said the league is ideal for adult women players who may…
Jr. Grizz alum Jackson a trailblazer for Utah youth hockey
November 4th, 2015Logan Jackson has done something this season that no former Utah Jr. Grizzlies player has done, perhaps ever. The 18-year-old defenseman and Riverside native went straight from the Jr. Grizzlies program to the Canadian junior hockey ranks, suiting up for the La Ronge Ice Wolves of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League this season. Most Utah…
Second-year Renegades program growing youth game in Utah
October 6th, 2015The West Coast Renegades youth program enters the 2015-16 season finding itself well on its way to becoming a source of pride in the hockey realm for the state of Utah. During the summer months, the Renegades staff was hard at work tying together pieces that had fallen apart and derailed prior Utah youth hockey…
Longtime Utah hockey staple Bernardy calls it a career
September 30th, 2015Joe Bernardy isn’t even of retirement age, but he just felt that “it was time.” This past summer, Bernardy stepped down from his position as the hockey program coordinator and assistant arena manager at the County Ice Center in Murray after nearly 20 years. Now, he spends more time at his Sandy home than he…
Outliers Academy brings more opportunity
July 24th, 2015With the Utah Regulators program reinventing itself as Outliers Hockey Academy for the upcoming 2015-16 season, leaders within the program are confident the transition will initiate more growth for the game, locally. Outliers director of hockey operations Paul Taylor and club president Scott Farrell, who also work together with the Western States Hockey League’s Salt…