Tag: hockey
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Olofsson, Wedgewood lead Avalanche past Lightning 3-2 in rematch of 2022 final
DENVER (AP) — Victor Olofsson scored twice, Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for his NHL-leading eighth victory of the season and the Colorado Avalanche held off the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night in a rematch of the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals. Playing against his former team, Ross Colton also scored to help the…
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Air Academy parents discuss future of Kadets’ hockey after officials signal intent to pause varsity program
Parents gathered at Air Academy High School on Tuesday to discuss the future of the Kadets’ varsity hockey team after school and district officials announced their intent to pause the program about a month out from the start of the 2025-2026 season. The Gazette obtained a pair of communications from Academy District 20 Director for…
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Colorado College hockey up to No. 15 in nation despite bye week
Colorado College hockey didn’t play a game last weekend, but the Tigers still moved up in the USCHO rankings released on Monday. CC moved to 15th in the USCHO poll, up one spot from No. 16 last week. The Tigers also moved up in the USA Hockey poll, now ranked 16th instead of 17th. While…
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Air Force hockey held to a single goal at RIT, routed in conference opener
Air Force was hopeful that junior right wing Brendan Gibbons’ score near the end of the first period was the start of a comeback. Unfortunately for the Falcons hockey team, the Gibbons goal was little more than a speed bump for host Rochester Institute of Technology as the Tigers cruised to a 5-1 win in…
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Colorado College returners reward Kris Mayotte’s faith as Tigers race to 5-1 record to begin season
It’s not a large sample size, but Colorado College hockey coach Kris Mayotte has been vindicated through six games this year. Following a challenging offseason in which the Tigers lost talented players to the pros, graduation, and the transfer portal, Mayotte believed not just in what some college hockey outlets have called a top-10 recruiting…
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Colorado College hockey climbs to 16th in national poll following weekend sweep at Northern Michigan
Colorado College hockey earned two wins on the weekend and three spots in the nation’s top-20 standings on Monday. Following a sweep of Northern Michigan, the Tigers (5-1) enter a bye week ranked 16th in the country per the USCHO poll released on Monday. CC also moved up three spots in the USA Hockey poll…
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No. 19 Tigers earn second-straight weekend sweep
The numbers are stacking up for No. 19 Colorado College hockey. Three players scored their fourth goals of the season, sophomore defenseman Seth Constance scored his first-career goal, rookie left wing Tomas Mrsic recorded two assists for his first-career points, and the Tigers raced past Northern Michigan 5-2 for their fourth-straight win and second-consecutive weekend…
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Air Force hockey routed by St. Thomas, suffers worst loss in over 20 years
The memory of Friday’s game is for Air Force hockey to bury, flush, incinerate and/or move on from. The Falcons (0-2-1) were dominated at Cadet Ice Arena by visiting St. Thomas which won in an 11-2 rout. The Tommies (2-2) had eight different goal scorers, had every one of their 12 forwards earn a point…
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No. 19 Colorado College overcomes strong effort from Northern Michigan rookie goalie to win in overtime
No. 19 Colorado College hockey entered the weekend down a pair of defensemen in junior captain Max Burkholder and sophomore Philipe Blais-Savoie. So naturally, a defenseman made the game-winning play. Tigers sophomore blueliner Ryan Koering scored at 3:09 of overtime to give CC a 2-1 win at Northern Michigan on Friday night. Koering’s goal completed…
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Air Force has depth, just needs experience as fighting Falcons search for first win
So far, this year’s Air Force hockey team has half of coach Frank Serratore’s equation for success. “Ideally, when we’ve had our championship years, when we’ve had our best years, we’re old and we’re deep. We like our depth right now, but we’re not very old, we’re very young,” he said. But there’s a lot…