Avs’ charity golf outing raises over $80K


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he Colorado Avalanche Charity Golf Classic, held earlier this month at The Ridge at Castle Pines North, raised over $80,000, bringing the


total amount raised since its inception to over $1 million in support of children and families in need in Colorado. This year marked the 15th time the organization has held the Ava-


lanche Charity Golf Classic. The annual event gives fans and sponsors the unique opportunity to spend a day golfing with an Avalanche person- ality while raising funds to support youth recreation, health and educa- tion programs.


Since arriving in


Denver in 1995, the Colorado Avalanche Charity Fund has made donations in excess of $13 mil- lion to local charities throughout Colo- rado. “(This year’s


Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson gets loose before last month’s Colorado Avalanche Charity Golf Classic, which was held at The Ridge at Castle Pines North. Photo/Michael Martin


golf outing was) yet another wonderful event thanks to all of the participants, sponsors and fans,” said Deb Dowling Canino, vice presi- dent of community relations and fan


development for the Avalanche. “Everyone had a great time and, more importantly, supported a terrific cause. “To be able to raise over a million dollars at this event alone is some- thing everyone associated with the tournament is very proud of.”


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Expectations High for Colorado State The Rams’ roller team is poised to build off of recent success


By Drew McCaffrey L


ooking to build off of its fifth straight season of 12 wins or more, the Colorado State University


(CSU) inline hockey team is prepared to take its program to the next level. After a rebuilding year in 2010-11 in which the


team experienced a coaching change and the loss of three key seniors but still managed an impressive 12-3-1 record, team manager and captain Patrick McCaffrey is hopeful the Rams will continue to improve. “We’ve got a lot of guys coming back this year,


and some really good freshmen coming in,” he said. In 2010-11, the Rams witnessed a drop in goals-


for and an increase in goals-against from the previ- ous year, and it showed as they failed to win the Rocky Mountain Region for the first time in several years. They lost to Metropolitan State College of Denver in a three-game playoff series, dropping the decisive third game, 3-2, in overtime. That season-ending loss has the Rams’ upper-


classmen charged to come back strong. The roster for the 2011-12 season features seven skaters and the goaltender who played in that season-ending loss to Metropolitan State. Returning to the Rams’ Division I club team


are McCaffrey, Chase Deutschman,Garrett Skelton,Don MacLachlan, Zach Dahlgren and Adrian Hernandez, as well as leading-scorer Scott Glen and netminderDan Felderman. SeniorsMikey Dorsher andDrew McCaf- frey have also returned after taking time off last


year, with newcomerKyle Katzer rounding out the squad. “Our team looks good this year,” Katzer said.


“We’ve got a lot of speed, a lot of talent.” Patrick McCaffrey, a junior,


echoed those sentiments. “We’re going to be looking


at some ways to use our speed and work in a new breakout and forecheck,” he said. “We have one of the fastest teams in the region, I think.” The Rams’ enhanced expec-


tations were validated after a preseason exhibition tourna- ment earlier this month. CSU won the tournament, posting a 4-2 record. During pool play, the Rams


were pitted against the Uni- versity of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS), the University of Denver, Kansas State Uni- versity and Colorado. After splitting those four


In the championship, the Rams got revenge over


Colorado, winning by a 4-1 count in an all-around team effort.


“Coming back out after


losing to them in the morn- ing and then beating them in that last game - that felt good,” Deutschman, a sophomore, said. “We were slow to start in the morning game, but we came out and didn’t let up the second time around.” Hernandez, a junior, started


the scoring; Glen had a power- play goal in the second period; and Deutschman and Drew McCaffrey each scored third-pe- riod markers to lead the Rams in the win. Overall, the Rams’ scoring


games with wins against UCCS (3-2) and Kansas State (11-2) and losses against DU (5-4) and CU (5-2), Colo- rado State was matched against first-seeded Front Range Community College in the semifinals. The Rams won in overtime, 6-5, behind four goals from Skelton.


Garrett Skelton, among others, will be counted on to play a big role for Colorado State Univer- sity this season.


was spread evenly throughout the six games, with every one of their 10 skaters scoring at least one goal. MacLachlan, a junior, and Skelton led the team with five goals apiece. “We had a couple rough


games in there, but we bounced


back,” MacLachlan said after the tournament. “I think there were some people there who started to doubt us, but we stepped up and bounced back. “It’s looking like we should have a good year


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