Colorado Eagles

Colorado Eagles
founding	2003
history	Colorado Eagles since 2003
Stadion	Budweiser Events Center
Location	Loveland , Colorado
Team colors	black, gold, red, blue
league	Central Hockey League (2003–2011) ECHL (2011–2018) American Hockey League (since 2018)
Conference	Western Conference
division	Pacific Division
Head coach	Greg Cronin
General manager	Craig Billington
owner	Colorado Eagles Professional Hockey LLC
Cooperations	Colorado Avalanche ( NHL ) Utah Grizzlies ( ECHL )
Kelly Cups	2016/17 , 2017/18
Miron Cups	2004/05 , 2006/07

The Colorado Eagles are an American ice hockey team from Loveland , Colorado . The team has been playing in the American Hockey League since the 2018/19 season , having previously played in the ECHL and Central Hockey League . The franchise has been cooperating with the Colorado Avalanche from the NHL since 2016 .

history

The Colorado Eagles were founded in 2003 as a franchise for the Central Hockey League . In the eight years that the team has been with the CHL, the Eagles finished at least second in their respective division in every season. Her greatest success was winning the Ray Miron President's Cup in the 2004/05 and 2006/07 seasons . In both title wins, the team beat the Laredo Bucks . In 2008, 2009 and 2011, the Eagles lost in the finals to the Arizona Sundogs , Texas Brahmas and Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs . On January 14, 2009, the Colorado Eagles hosted the CHL All-Star Games, in which the Eagles beat a team of the best CHL players 8: 4.

At the end of May 2011, the addition of the franchise as an expansion team to the ECHL for the 2011/12 season was announced. For the 2011/12 season , a cooperation agreement was signed with the Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League . After this ended after the 2012/13 season, the Eagles cooperated with the Calgary Flames in the 2014/15 season .

In the 2016/17 season, the Eagles won the ECHL championship and thus their first Kelly Cup . As a result, they managed to defend their title in the 2017/18 season, so that they moved to the American Hockey League as two-time Kelly Cup winners .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
2003-2004	64	43	16	-	5	-	91	232	156	1st, Northwest	Defeat in the first round
2004-2005	60	43	10	-	7th	-	93	221	123	1st, Northwest	Miron Cup
2005-2006	64	44	14th	-	6th	-	94	241	183	1st, Northwest	Defeat in the second round
2006-2007	64	46	17th	-	1	-	93	256	182	1st, Northwest	Miron Cup
2007-2008	64	37	20th	-	7th	-	81	254	223	1st, Northwest	Defeat in the final
2008-2009	64	45	15th	-	4th	-	94	275	195	1st, Northwest	Defeat in the final
2009-2010	64	42	15th	-	7th	-	91	277	208	2nd, Northern	Defeat in the second round
2010-2011	66	40	22nd	-	4th	-	84	250	199	2nd, gymnast	Defeat in the final
2011–2012	72	38	28	-	1	5	82	250	252	2nd, Mountain	Defeat in the first round
2012-2013	72	34	31	-	3	4th	75	239	224	3rd, Mountain	Defeat in the first round
2013-2014	71	33	26th	-	7th	5	78	211	218	4th, Mountain	Defeat in the first round

Team Records (CHL)

Career records

Games: 499 Riley Nelson

Goals: 265 Riley Nelson

Assists: 418 Riley Nelson

Points: 683 Riley Nelson

Penalty minutes: 1464 Fraser Filipic

Team records (ECHL)

Career records

Games: 290 Jake Marto

Goals: 82 Trent Daavettila

Assists: 200 Trent Daavettila

Points: 282 Trent Daavettila

Penalty minutes: 871 Teigan Zahn

(Status: end of season 2017/18)

Web links

• Official website (English).
• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Colorado Eagles (CHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Colorado Eagles (CHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Colorado Eagles (ECHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Colorado Eagles (ECHL)
• Colorado Eagles at eliteprospects.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ jets.nhl.com, Jets announce ECHL affiliation with Colorado Eagles