FROM THE EDITOR: Our mission? To promote all levels of hockey


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elcome to the inaugural issue of Colorado Rubber Magazine!


Within these pages each month, you’ll


read about all the good things Colorado ice and inline hockey has to offer - from every age to every level to every associa- tion, big and small, boys and girls. Most importantly, we want to you


treat Colorado Rubber Magazine as your publication - a voice to promote and ex- pose all of our players, programs, coach- es and volunteers as the game continues to blossom here in the Centennial State. We look forward to working with all


Matt Mackinder


of you this season, and value your feed- back and support as we embark on mak- ing Colorado Rubber Magazine a valued staple in the local hockey community.


Former NHL forward Derek Arm-


strong has joined the Boulder Jr. Bison of the Western States Hockey League (WSHL) as an assistant coach. Armstrong played the majority of his NHL career with the Los Angeles


Kings and was also the MVP of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2001. “Having the experience, leadership and pure passion for the game of


hockey that Army has is absolutely an irreplaceable component to our team,” said Jr. Bison head coach Brent Cullaton. “The most amazing quality is the person he is and the attitude and compassion he has towards the players. “Army had a very successful career in the NHL, but he worked ex-


tremely hard to get there and overcame a lot of adversity in doing so. I think our players see how hard he competes and it inspires them to find that extra gear.” Formerly a USA Hockey Tier III Junior A league, the WSHL is now


sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union. Richard Forman, head coach of the Arvada Hockey Association’s


Bantam B team, is featured in a television commercial as a spokesman for prostate cancer and his successful treatment. Coaching at Arvada for over 20 years, Forman was diagnosed with


prostate cancer last year and, after treatment through the Urology Center of Colorado in Denver, he’s on the road to a clean, healthy recovery.


Brian Carter, a member of the Foothills Flyers’ Pee Wee B team, is


going to be skating with the Colorado Avalanche later this month. Seriously. Carter was selected as the Avalanche Youth Skater for the Avs game


on Sunday, Oct. 30, against the Kings. The Avalanche is offering special ticket pricing for the game as well. Check out FoothillsHockey.org for more information.


Talk about hometown pride. Austin Levi played his first three years with the Plymouth (Mich.)


Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League calling Farmington Hills, Mich., his hometown. Granted, that’s where he and his family reside now, but this season,


the Carolina Hurricanes draft pick sports a different allegiance in the game program: Hometown - Aurora, CO. “I was born in Columbus (Ohio) and spent 10 years in Colorado,” Levi


explained. “We moved (to Michigan) when I was 14. I consider Aurora my hometown because that’s when I started playing the game and learned to love it.” The Avalanche drafted Garrett Meurs, Levi’s teammate with the


Whalers, in the fifth round of June’s NHL Entry Draft. Contact Matt Mackinder at matt@rubberhockey.com


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Members of the Pikes Peak Miners program, clockwise from top left, Tyler Taylor (High School Selects 16U AA), Colin Staub (18U AAA), Jeremiah Reinhart (16U AAA), Jack Gault (12U AA)


and J.P. Nolette (14U AA) Made to Mentor


Angelo Ricci, the Colorado Thunderbirds’ director of hockey operations, has developed an outstanding reputation for putting his players’ needs first, on and off the ice. See more on Ricci and the program’s success on Page 12.


publisher: Brian McDonough managing editor: Matt Mackinder designer: Julie Wilson cover photo: Andre Sodbinow


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