Category Archives: New Mexico
Santa Fe’s Martin lands roster spot with WHL’s Rebels
November 7th, 2016It’s not uncommon for standout players from New Mexico to leave town to play high levels of hockey. Quinn Martin left home at 13 to go to prep school in Boston and then spent the past two seasons with the Colorado Thunderbirds 16U AAA team in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League. READ OUR LATEST…
NMHockey making its mark on state’s adult hockey scene
August 12th, 2016When 5,000 people came to Albuquerque in 2001 to see the Stanley Cup, it got Joe Hanson thinking. Maybe hockey has its place in New Mexico? Now some 15 years later, NMHockey has nearly 250 players on 20 teams rostered across five divisions for the fall 2016 season, in addition to 50 more on a…
Santa Fe product Barliant moving forward at Sacred Heart
May 27th, 2016After adjusting to NCAA Division I hockey at Sacred Heart University (Atlantic Hockey) during the 2015-16 season, Jackson Barliant is already chomping at the bit to see what his sophomore season of 2016-17 has in store. The Santa Fe native and former Jr. Scorpions forward is busily training with his Pioneers teammates this spring. “In…
Los Alamos, Cibola tops in New Mexico high school states
April 2nd, 2016Two New Mexico Interscholastic Ice Hockey League high school state championship games were played March 12 with a pair of champions crowned in the two divisions. In the pure championship (all players from the same school), Los Alamos defeated Taos 2-1. The composite (players from more than one school) affair saw Cibola shut out Durango…
Mustangs’ 19U AA team exuding character, potential in first season
February 29th, 2016The New Mexico Mustangs’ 19U AA team doesn’t have the best won-loss record, but for a first-year team with an average age of 15, coach-manager Jesus Flores has his team going in a positive direction. Obviously, the Mustangs have played older, more experienced competition this season, but Flores feels that can only make his girls…
Warriors’ 12U A team places second at Silver Stick Finals
January 19th, 2016Even before the New Mexico Warriors 12U A team traveled to Canada for the International Silver Stick Finals in early January, head coach Brian Barnes already saw the 2015-16 season as a success. Throw in the fact that the Warriors took second out of 16 teams in Pelham, Ont., and Barnes can barely contain his…
Albuquerque’s Faturos a rare New Mexico native in NCAA ranks
December 28th, 2015It’s funny to look back and think that Nick Faturos initially started playing hockey because he “thought it looked cool.” Fast forward several years and the Albuquerque native and Amherst College freshman defenseman is the lone New Mexico native in NCAA Division III men’s hockey this season and just the second overall after Santa Fe…
Los Alamos product Yoshida finds rewarding life post-college
November 26th, 2015When Robin Yoshida graduated from St. Anselm College this past spring after four years on the Hawks NCAA Division III team, she already had a plan of what to do with her life after hockey. A Los Alamos native that played 34 career games with St. Anselm (a Division III school located in New Hampshire),…
NMRHC promotes players, coach to AAA programs
October 6th, 2015The fruits of the New Mexico Renegades Hockey Club’s (NMRHC) labor are starting to produce results in a major way. As the NMRHC has been a work in progress the better part of the last five or six years, this past offseason saw one coach and five players advance to AAA youth teams in Colorado…
Bingo fundraiser a major hit with NMAHA
October 1st, 2015Bingo! Every Monday night and Saturday afternoon, the New Mexico Amateur Hockey Association (NMAHA) hosts bingo games at the White Rose Bingo Hall in Albuquerque’s North Valley with the proceeds helping to offset costs for NMAHA players. The fundraiser has been going on for more than 30 years and Cindy Brown has been in charge…