November tournaments bring lots of excitement


By Adam Dunivan T


he month of November showcased hockey tournament action all over the state, covering a wide variety of divisions and bringing some great competi-


tion to different cities from Aspen to Westminster. Here’s a brief look at how some of the events shook out:


“In a smaller hockey market like Phoenix, the challenge has always been, ‘How do


Aspen Fall Face Off Competing over three weekends, Aspen’s largest home tournament - the Fall


Face Off - wrapped up in early November with four different competing divisions - three of them girls. In the 19U division, Steamboat Springs captured the title with a 4-1 overall


record and a 2-0 win over Aspen in the championship game. Sara Stout and Olivia Gorr scored in the third period for Steamboat, andEllana Williams recorded the shutout with 12 saves to complete a solid showcase. Arvada went unde-


feated (5-0) in the 12U grouping, withMadison Kirby scoring 12 of the team’s 25 goals. Arvada’s 14U team also won all five games withMiranda Schiffbauer in goal. The only boys division


The Arvada Hockey Association’s 14U girls team skated away with the championship banner in its division at last month’s Aspen Fall Face Off tournament.


was Midget Minor A, in which Arvada outlasted the Arapahoe Warriors


with a 5-0 championship-game win. Both teams went 4-1 for the tourney, but Tanner Colborg’s 18 saves in the title game helped lift Arvada to the title.


Drop the Puck Telluride’s Squirts put together a remarkable Drop the Puck tournament


- the third annual - outscoring opponents, 26-7, in going 4-0 and winning the division with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Taos (N.M.) Coyotes. Taos scored goals in every period and had a 3-1 lead before the Lizardheads


came storming back, tying the game with goals coming 37 seconds apart. Tel- luride then won the contest 2:43 into the extra session. Telluride also made the championship game in the Pee Wee division, but it


was the Grand Valley Jr. Mavericks who were able to skate away with a 4-3 win in the title tilt and finish off a 4-1 weekend.


Rocky Mountain Rumble The University of Denver Jr. Pioneers were on a mission when they headed


up to Steamboat for the Jim Fournier Rocky Mountain Rumble and, as a result, nearly played perfect hockey on their way to the Pee Wee title. The team allowed but one goal in four games, shutting down the competition


behind stingy netminding fromLuke Newell and Alejandro Martinez. The Pioneers also saw some great scoring balance, with six players striking for at least three goals.Benjamin Mabry and Jordan Wagner each tallied seven points to lead the team’s offensive attack. DU capped its run with a 3-0 win against the Predators. In the Squirt division, Arapahoe was equally impressive going 4-0 and also


allowing only one goal against.Paul Kane accounted for five points in the title game against the Aspen - a 9-0 win for the Warriors - part of a 14-point tourna- ment.


Thanksgiving Jamboree Hosted by the Arvada Hockey Association, the Mite Thanksgiving Jamboree


took off with 20 teams from all over the Front Range competing in non-scored, timed games in accordance with USA Hockey’s American Development Model. Several teams represented associations from Arapahoe, Arvada, Boulder,


Colorado Hockey Club, Foothills, Hyland Hills, Northern Colorado Youth and Pueblo Youth. “It’s a blast to be there and see how much these young boys and girls just thor-


oughly enjoy the game of hockey and how much they look forward to competing against other teams,” said the tournament’s director, John LaRocque.


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