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• Hockey Jamboree brings hundreds to Pueblo

  March 2, 2013 5:40 PM

  Hundreds of tiny hockey players converge on Pueblo! The Pueblo Ice Arena is hosting the Hockey Jamboree, which has brought in 34 teams from all over Colorado and other states. The teams are made up of kids ages eight and under only, and it's meant to teach them about teamwork.... more »

• DeLaurell's hat trick secures Air Force 4-1 win over Army

  January 12, 2013 12:39 AM

  US AIR FORCE ACADEMY - Air Force senior forward Kyle DeLaurell scored three of the Falcons four goals in their victory at home over Army. Leading 1-0 in the 2nd period thanks to an earlier Ben Persian goal in the 1st, DeLaurell tipped in a pass from Stephen Carew on... more »

• Tigers late rally forces overtime tie

  December 9, 2012 1:10 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - If you left the Colorado College game before the third period Saturday night, then you left too early. Trailing 3-1 to Minnesota, the Tigers rallied on back-to-back goals from Alexander Krushelnyski and last minute score from Rylan Schwartz to force an overtime tie. CC fell behind... more »

• Mike and Mike's Neighborhood Live from Colorado College's Honnen Ice Rink

  October 4, 2011 8:05 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS-Tonight's edition of Mike and Mike was live from the campus of Colorado College at Honnen Ice Rink with the Colorado Springs Sled Hockey Team the Bulldogs. It's to preview the open house this Sunday at the arena. This is your chance to see hockey from a different... more »

• Hockey's tragic summer

  September 8, 2011 2:43 AM

  For the NHL, an already dark summer just became unimaginably worse. From Anaheim to Montreal, the world's best hockey players struggled Wednesday to comprehend a shocking loss to their sport after a chartered Russian plane carrying the Kontinental Hockey League's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team crashed, killing several NHL veterans in one... more »

• 2 former Avs killed in crash of Russian jet

  September 7, 2011 4:47 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Two former Colorado Avalanche players were among those killed in the crash of a Russian jet carrying a top hockey team. Avalanche president Pierre Lacroix said Wednesday that the organization is "deeply saddened" by the deaths of Ruslan Salei of Belarus and Karlis Skrastins of Latvia. Former... more »

• Winnipeg Jets player dead

  August 16, 2011 1:17 PM

  WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Longtime friend and former teammate Jason Jaffray says Rick Rypien seemed happy in the days before his death and was eager to join a new NHL team in Winnipeg. Rypien was found dead in his Alberta home Monday. He played with Jaffray with the Vancouver Canucks... more »

• Former hockey player shares story of sexual abuse

  March 6, 2011 12:38 AM

  Canadian born hockey player Sheldon Kennedy seemed to have it all. He was living his dream of playing pro hockey NHL. He had fame and money. But he was hiding a dark secret that tormented him for years. Graham James, Kennedy's childhood hockey coach and one of Canada's most... more »

• Forsberg retires after 2 games

  February 14, 2011 12:15 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg is retiring from the NHL after playing in just two games during his latest comeback. A chronic foot ailment cut short Forsberg's career. He made a brief return in 2008 and didn't play in the NHL again until this month. He took... more »

• Hockey clubs prove teamwork is alive and well

  January 27, 2011 12:08 AM

  All too often in sports, competitiveness takes center ice while compassion is left sitting on the bench. But not for the Rampart High School's hockey team. While in the middle of fundraising for their season, the team had an idea. "We decided early on that we wanted to give some... more »

• Fans "dress for Hess" at hockey match

  January 4, 2011 9:01 AM

  Students from Palmer High School honored a former teammate before a hockey game in Colorado Springs Monday night. Sam Hesselberg, 17, died on December 18 after suffering a brain aneurysm. Monday night's match against Coronado at Sertich Ice Arena was originally scheduled to be played on December 20, but... more »

• 3rd Larimer County meningitis patient dies

  October 13, 2010 8:36 AM

  A 52-year-old Larimer County man who contracted meningitis during a pick-up hockey game has died. The Coloradoan in Fort Collins reports that Bill Jubert of Bellvue died Monday after a series of strokes. Joy Jubert says her husband had recently been diagnosed with vasculitis, an inflammation of blood vessels.... more »

• Doherty hockey team "coaching" coach to recovery

  April 5, 2010 1:54 AM

  For the last 18 years, Jim Crandall has been on the ice coaching the next generation of hockey stars including the Doherty High Spartans. In February that all came crashing down. "I woke up and I literally couldn't sit up to get out of bed." he explains, "I asked my... more »

• Canada-U.S. hockey tickets going for sky-high prices

  February 28, 2010 9:38 AM

  It's hard to say if Olympic records are being set, but tickets for Sunday's Canada-U.S. gold medal hockey match may be the hottest in the history of Canadian sports. On the official fan-to-fan resale Web site run by the Vancouver Organizing Committee, seats were being offered for several thousand... more »

• Falcons clinch home ice for first round of playoffs

  February 27, 2010 2:42 AM

  Air Force clinched home ice in the Atlantic Hockey Association quarterfinals with a 6-3 win over Sacred Heart in an Atlantic Hockey Association game, Friday at the Academy's Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force scored five goals in the second period, including three on the power play. Air Force improved... more »

• Canada rolls past Russia in Olympic hockey

  February 25, 2010 2:01 AM

  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A dominating Canada ended 50 years of Olympic hockey frustration against Russia. The Canadians got a goal and two assists from Dan Boyle during a take-charge first period to beat the world champions 7-3 Wednesday and surge into the Olympic semifinals. A superpower showdown -... more »

• Duff confirms engagement to NHL player

  February 21, 2010 10:12 AM

  Actress and singer Hilary Duff, who had a recurring guest role on the popular CW series last season, is engaged to Edmonton Oilers forward Mike Comrie. Publicist Nanci Ryder says the two were engaged last weekend while vacationing in Hawaii. She says in an e-mail distributed by the Oilers... more »

• Tigers win in overtime

  November 14, 2009 2:02 AM

  MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - Rylan Schwartz scored at 4:08 of overtime Friday to lift Colorado College to a 1-0 Western Collegiate Hockey Association win over Minnesota State, Mankato. Nate Prosser assisted on Schwartz's goal for the WCHA-leading Tigers (6-2-1, 5-1-1). They stayed two points ahead of North Dakota and idle... more »

• Tucker goes on injured list, Avs recall Durno

  October 27, 2009 2:42 PM

  The Colorado Avalanche have placed Darcy Tucker on the injured list three days after he suffered a concussion on a check from Carolina's Tuomo Ruutu. The team announced the move yesterday, and recalled forward Chris Durno from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL to fill Tucker's roster spot.... more »