Tag: Minors

  • Thin Air: Hockeyville

    Hello from sunny Irvine, CA, which is about as far from Johnstown, PA as possible, both physically (if you are staying in the contiguous 48 states) and metaphorically.  How can you not follow that sentence with the words “but I digress.”  And so I do. – As far as I could tell, NBC and the…

  • Finally, A Team I Like Wins!!!

    After all the disappointment the hockey season, along with a few other sports this year, have brought, it’s about time someone I wanted to win a championship came through for me. The Cincinnati Cyclones beat the Las Vegas Wranglers 3-1 last night to win the ECHL Kelly Cup four games to two. The Cyclones are…

  • Les Borsheim Out of Surgery, Still Critcal

    From the Coloradoan: Colorado Eagles veteran Les Borsheim remains in critical condition today at a Greeley hospital following emergency surgery Sunday night, but coach Chris Stewart and two teammates said the surgery went better than expected. Borsheim, 29, suffered a broken neck in a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon about 3 miles east of Greeley. He…

  • Another Hockey Player Injured in Motorcycle Accident

    From the Coloradoan: Les Borsheim, 29, a franchise player and fan favorite with the Colorado Eagles hockey team is in critical condition at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley tonight following a possible drunk driving accident 3 miles east of Greeley. Eagles Coach Chris Stewart said Borsheim suffered a neck injury was was having surgery…

  • Eagles in the Finals

    The Colorado Eagles are going back to the CHL finals, with tonight’s win over the Texas Brahmas (a brahma is a cow like bull, or something – I used to know). For those not in the know, the Eagles won the Championship last season, and have won it all twice in their five year lifespan.…