Northern Colorado Youth Hockey

This page shows just a few of the highlights of the 2007-08 NCYH Jr. Eagles season.  If you have a highlight you would like to add, please contact Dave McCall at office@ncyh.org.

In their third tournament championship appearance, the Pee Wee B Major came away with their second championship. In a nail biting game, the Jr. Eagles defeat Foothills, 2–1, in sudden death overtime to take first place in the All American Tournament over Presidents' Day weekend. This is the second time the Pee Wee B Majors have went undefeated in a tournament. In both the All American and the Aspen Fall Face-Off the Jr. Eagles went 5-0 to take the championship. In the Vail Sportsmanship the team's only lose was in a triple overtime championship to Colorado Springs. The Pee Wee B Major now have a tournament record of 16-3-1.

The NCYH Bantam AA team triumphed over the Boise Junior Steelheads 3-2 in an exciting championship game at the 2008 Great Western Showcase Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah held February 15-18th.  The team went undefeated with a 5-0 record.  Congratulations!

The Bantam B Major team defeated the Foothills Flyers 2-1 to win the All American Classic Tournament over President's Day weekend.  The team bounced back after losing to Foothills 5-1 in the first round with three shut-out games; 1-0 against CHC, 2-0 against Boulder, and 1-0 against CHC.  This is the second tournament championship for the Bantam B Major team this season.  They also won the Running with the Bulls Tournament in December.  Great job!

The NCYH Pee Wee A Jr. Eagles placed 2nd at the 2008 Great Western Showcase tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah this past President's Day weekend. The team went 4-0 Friday through Sunday, outscoring their opponents 25-3 before losing the championship game 4-1 against the team from Bozeman, Montana. Congratulations to the players and coaches!

The Squirt B team are the Champions of the 2008 King of the Mountain Tournament held in Flagstaff, Arizona over Martin Luther King weekend. They went undefeated in three games and finished the tournament in a nail biting 5-3 game against the Flagstaff Northstars.

The team also participated in the skills competition where they won the Shootout, Speed Relay and Fastest Skater, which gave them the most points as a team to win the overall Skills Competition as a team.

The tournament wasn't all work, the players visited the Grand Canyon and had a great time at team meals and played plenty of knee hockey!

The Bantam B Major team won the Running with the Bulls Tournament in Greeley—December 21^st and 22^nd.  Tournament scores were NCYH vs Greeley Stampede 4 – 3; NCYH vs Gillette 2 -1; NCYH vs Steamboat 7 – 0; Championship Game—NCYH vs Greeley Stampede 5 – 1.  Team Leaders for NCYH were Nick Rodriguez with 5 goals and 2 assists (Nick scored a Hat-Trick in the Championship Game), Tyler McNaney with 4 Goals and 2 assists and Andrew Thomas with 3 goals and 1 assist.  Brett Blatzer lead as the tournament top goalie with 3 wins, 1 shut out and a .95 save %.

The Northern Colorado Youth Hockey Squirt A team recently placed 2nd in the Vail Sportsmanship Tournament held in November in Vail, Colorado. The team finished 2-3 in the tournament by beating Boulder Valley and Hyland Hills and losing to Aspen, Arapahoe once and then again in the finals 2-1. The loss in the final game was a heartbreaker as the team was in the offensive zone nearly the whole game, losing the gamewinner to a fluky goal. The team experienced success on special teams by killing off 22 penalties, compared to only having 5 powerplays of their own, and gave up only two power play goals. Austin Dinis was the high scorer with 3 goals overall. "We had a great tournament," said Squirt A team manager Sara Hop. "Playing 5 games in under 36 hours, and facing 4 on 5 at least 10 minutes of every game. Our boys did great and we can't wait to play Arapahoe again in the regular season."

The NCYH Pee Wee B Major team won the 2007 Aspen Fall Face Off Tournament in Aspen, Colorado November 2nd - 4th.. The team went 5-0 during the tournament, outscoring opponents 28-4 in their games. Congratulations to the players and coaches!

Congratulations to Brendan Phelps, Nate Strah, Lanie Matsumoto, and Emma Sunness for being selected to participate in the 2008 Rocky Mountain District Player Development Camp in Salt Lake City April 30 - May 4. Good Luck to these NCYH players!

The Jr. Eagles Squirt Selects were named the Champions of the Chicago Cup Tournament held May 16 – 18, 2008. The Jr. Eagles participated in pool play with teams representing Team Delta (St. Louis), Lapeer Storm, (Michigan), Chicago Jr. Blues, and Skokie Flyers (Illinois) and entered the tournament finals undefeated. During the Championship Game, the Jr. Eagles defeated the Lapeer Storm in a 6-1 finish. The Tournament MVP, who had a hat trick in the championship game was awarded to 8 year old, Brian Lockner. The boys exhibited great enthusiasm and discipline during the entire weekend and had great fun at team meals, swimming in the pool and thanks to the Peewee Select Team, chasing the “ghost” in the hotel. The 2008 Squirt Spring Select coaching staff was head coach Mitch Knight and assistant coaches Paul Cooley and Aaron Grosul.

The Jr. Eagles Pee Wee Selects had a terrific tournament as well. The Peewee Jr. Eagles went into the semi finals with only one loss during the round robin. They played a terrific semi final game against a good Meramec Sharks team (St. Louis). The team played with hard fought effort throughout the game and with a few more bounces their way , we very easily could have seen the Peewee Jr. Eagles in the championship game. The coaching staff of Sean O’Leary and Mark Devine did a tremendous job transforming this team into a championship contender in a mere six weeks. The boys although not hunting the “ghost” at the hotel also had a great deal of fun on and off the ice in Chicago.

Only three weeks into their spring season the Jr. Eagles squirt Selects participated in the first ever NCYH Spring Warm Up tournament with great success. The Wyoming Wind and the Wyoming Oilers also took part in the tournament fielding two great teams. It all came down to the undefeated Wind and the 2-2 Jr. Eagles in the championship match up. The Wind who had defeated the Jr. Eagles twice in the round robin, both times by a single goal came ready to play the championship game. The Jr. Eagles over came a late third period two goal deficit to take the Wind to overtime and eventually win in a thrilling shoot out. The coaching staff of head coach Mitch Knight and assistant coaches Paul Cooley and Aaron Grosul were extremely happy with the way the boys played. The team showed a tremendous amount of character coming back in the championship game and we are all looking forward to the weeks ahead capping it all off with a great tournament in Chicago.