November 7, 2019
Florida Gulf Coast, Tampa and Texas Tech descend upon Denver
Colorado improves to 6-2 on the year, Colorado State makes season debut
The Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles, University of Tampa Spartans and Texas Tech University Red Raiders made the trip out to Denver on November 2 to face off against the 2 Centennial State squads, University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University.
Colorado started off their season just 2 weeks ago with a road trip to San Jose, CA, going 3-1 against WCRHL opponents. In their home event, again the Buffs went 3-1, improving to 6-2 on the year. A rocky start in the loss to Texas Tech, by a score of 8-3, required the team to regroup via conference room team meeting, and then go on to win all 3 of their remaining games. The big one for the Buffs was the 6-5 overtime win against Florida Gulf Coast, via power play goal by Cameron King, his 2nd of the game. CU’s Kyle Schwartz also had 2 goals in the game. FGCU scoring was led by Sean Filiault and Christopher Carlisle, both also with 2 goals a piece.
Colorado State, back for the first time since the 2015-2016 season, had the toughest schedule of the day, with all 1 game breaks. Despite the Rams 0-4 record on the day, the team is energized and continuing to recruit, looking towards the 2nd semester. The Rams had a respectable game against the Buffs, losing 8-4.
Colorado and Colorado State will play a doubleheader late in February, and both teams will take road trips 2nd semester. Colorado looks to head out to the January 25-26, 2020 event held at Kansas State University, while Colorado State is considering road trips to Phoenix on February 1-2, 2020 and a possible trip to Texas.
Big thanks to the Florida Gulf Coast (2-1-1 on the day), Tampa (3-1 on the day) and Texas Tech squads (2-2 on the day) for making the trip out. The Texas Tech boys were able to take in the Stars/Avs game over the weekend, and we hope you all had fun as well. Look for a similar event, bigger and better, in the 2020-2021 season!
For all of the score from the weekend, click here: https://ncrha.org/event/_/2061?event_id=2061
