Author: Joe Paisley
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NCHC releases dates for Colorado College-Denver hockey games
Colorado College hockey’s league schedule features the usual challenging foes, including four games against NCAA champion Denver (Dec. 8-9, Feb. 16-17) and two home games against NCAA runner-up Minnesota-Duluth Jan. 12-13. CC will announce its full schedule on Thursday. The Tigers, 8-24-4 last season, open league play against perennial power North Dakota on Oct. 27-28…
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Colorado College hockey commit Robbie Stucker makes final NHL Central Scouting Draft rankings
Minnesota high school defenseman Robbie Stucker, a Colorado College hockey commit, was ranked No. 88 among 247 North American skaters in the final rankings released by NHL Central Scouting. With another 240-plus European skaters in the mix, it makes him a likely late round draft pick in the June 23-24 entry draft in Chicago’s United Center. The…
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Tuesday’s prep roundup: Cheyenne Mountain tops Falcon in baseball
BASEBALL Cheyenne Mountain 10, Falcon 9, 10 innings At Cheyenne Mountain: Senior Dakota Henn drove in the winning run with a one-out single over the Falcon shortstop’s outstretched glove to lift the Pikes Peak 4A No. 1 Indians in the bottom of the 10th inning and end the 4A/5A Pikes Peak Athletic Conference contest. The…
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Tuesday’s prep roundup: Cheyenne Mountain tops Falcon in baseball
BASEBALL Cheyenne Mountain 10, Falcon 9, 10 innings At Cheyenne Mountain: Senior Dakota Henn drove in the winning run with a one-out single over the Falcon shortstop’s outstretched glove to lift the Pikes Peak 4A No. 1 Indians in the bottom of the 10th inning and end the 4A/5A Pikes Peak Athletic Conference contest. The…
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NHL’s Black Monday claims former Colorado College hockey great Doug Lidster
Canucks assistant Doug Lidster, the last former Colorado College Tigers hockey player to win a Stanley Cup, was also let go when Vancouver fired coach Willie Desjardins on Monday. The 56-year-old British Columbia native won the cup with the N.Y. Rangers (1994) and Dallas Stars (1999) during a 16-year NHL career. The 1980 Vancouver draft…
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Air Force hockey finishes season ranked No. 12 in national poll
Air Force hockey was ranked No. 12 in the final U.S. College Hockey Online poll of the season. It is the Atlantic Hockey Conference program’s highest rating since reaching No. 11 during the 2008-09 season. The 27-10-5 Falcons were ranked nine times this season, including the final eight polls in a row. NCAA champion Denver…
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Russian champs, fourth-place U.S. team battle attrition at synchronized skating worlds
Underneath those dresses were the bruises, stitches and scrapes suffered from errant skate blades, falls to the ice and even a minor car accident en route to Colorado Springs. Knowing what it took for her skaters to put forward a near-flawless free-skate performance on Saturday made Haydenettes coach Saga Krantz smile. Her team coming up…
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Russian, American competitors at world synchronized skating championships put current events aside
Donald Trump never crosses synchronized skater Adilya Sharafieva’s mind. The member of Russia’s Tatarstan team knows that relations between her country and the United States can be frosty. But the young woman has never seen evidence of politics affect how athletes are treated by fans on or off the ice. It was no different Friday…
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Colorado College hockey picks up commitment from goalie scheduled to join Tigers next season
Colorado College hockey picked up a commitment from Odessa Jackalopes goalie Jon Flakne, 20, on Thursday. The North American Hockey League netminder is scheduled to sign with the National Collegiate Hockey Conference program when the NCAA signing period starts on Wednesday (lasting until Aug. 1). Since his junior eligibility is expiring, he should join the Tigers…
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Video: Switchbacks midfielder Masta Kacher wins USL goal of the week vote
Colorado Springs Switchbacks midfielder Masta Kacher won the fan online poll for Week 2’s United Soccer League goal of the week for his score against Oklahoma City in last Saturday’s 1-1 home opener. The Switchbacks (1-0-1) next travel to 2-0 San Antonio for a Friday night game. Kacher received 35 percent of the poll conducted…