The Colorado Eagles have nearly completed their regular season. At 51 games played of 68, there are several things to examine in their final quarter before an expected playoff push. After back-to-back Kelly Cup championships in the ECHL, the Eagles were promoted to the AHL for the 2018-19 season and have made the playoffs ever since with a first and…...
For twenty-one-year-old Finnish-born goaltender Justus Annunen, it’s been a year of firsts. Even though he missed the first two periods, he was able to watch the final period as Team Finland won their first-ever Olympic gold medal with a 2-1 victory over the Russian Olympic Committee in Beijing. He played a game that night and had a matinee game the…...
LOVELAND, CO – It’s been a great week for Mark Alt and all his respective families: the one with the football community in Kansas City and the other representing Colorado hockey. On Saturday night, Alt scored the second goal in the Eagles improbable 4-3 overtime victory against the San Jose Barracuda, the first such win for the club this season after…
LOVELAND, CO – High-scoring affairs have become a common occurrence across numerous sports in the state of Colorado. At elevation, scoring is easier. Doubles become home runs (see: Coors Field since 1995) and punting scenarios translate to record-breaking field goals (see: Matt Prater, 2013). But ice hockey? Thanks to the surging Colorado Eagles, you may need to add one more…
In a game eerily reminiscent of one last March, the San Jose Barracuda came into the Budweiser Events Center the night after a loss to emerge victorious in a lopsided affair to snap a Colorado Eagles’ winning streak. Last season, it was an embarrassing 9-0 loss at the hands of the Sharks’ top affiliate that erased nine consecutive wins; on…...
LOVELAND – Dressed in blue jeans and an open-button flannel shirt exposing a casual tee underneath, Martin Lind doesn’t look like your typical hockey team owner. As the principal owner of the Colorado Eagles puts it, “I don’t like coming to hockey games in a tie.” That allows him to fit in just fine with his Eagles customers. Despite a…...
The Colorado Eagles have been a big success as a minor-league hockey franchise since their inception in 2003, and last year achieved a longstanding goal of having an East Coast Hockey League affiliation agreement with the Colorado Avalanche. But in the perfect world of Eagles part-owner and CEO Martin Lind, his team would be the Avs’ American Hockey League…...
The Avalanche parted ways with the Lake Erie Monsters this summer, taking on a new AHL affiliate in the San Antonio Rampage. When affiliations change like this, it’s natural to wonder what happens to the team personnel. In short, those who are part of the Avalanche organization (i.e., coaches, draft picks, free agents contracted with the Avs) are headed…...
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