Hamilton could be on their way to Denver?

 

The Hamilton Tigers were taken over by new management this season. Subsequently a major house cleaning took place with many new faces coming into the organization. The moves were necessary to right the ship financially.

Some of the bigger names outgoing were E.Karlsson, Horvat, Dadonov, R.Strome, Petry, Pearson &

Alexander Holtz (p).

 

Players of some note coming into the organization were Olofsson, M.Roy, Howden, Nichushkin, Justin Barron (p), Will Cuylle (p), Sampo Ranta (p), Conor Timmins (p) & Dylan Holloway (p).

 

Surprisingly the Tigers currently find themselves in 7th place in the Canosa Conference. Whether they can maintain a playoff spot come the end of the regular season remains to be seen. If they were to do so, just making the playoffs would be a successful season for this squad.

 

Currently leading the Tigers in scoring by quite a margin is the surprising blueliner Jared Spurgeon on the strength of 58 points. He has 24 goals and 34 assists to date.

Trailing him is Max Domi with 14 goals and  31 points good for 45 points.

Rounding out the top 3 in scoring is another blueliner, Matt Dumba, 10-31-42.

Boone Jenner & Victor Olofsson are second on the team in goal scoring with 16 each. The veteran Kovalchuk, the greybeard of the Tigers, comes in next with 15. While his glory days are in the rearview, he presents a good example of work ethic to the youngsters.

 

The goaltending duties are  handled by veteran Mikko Koskinen 3.04, .905 and youngster Tristan Jarry

3.21, .900.

 

Rumors abound that the Tigers franchise may be re-locating to the Mile High City after the season. The  new owner, GM, Coach and chief bottle washer resides there and wishes to relocate. It all depends upon permission of the CCHL Board of Governors and  procuring an arena for play in the Denver metro area.

Currently being considered are the Denver Coliseum and the newly named Ball Arena. Ball is the modern, more desirable venue but the cost of the lease may be prohibitive for the cash strapped franchise. Right now if permission for the relocation is obtained, play would probably be in the Coliseum next season. It has been used in the past by a number of minor league hockey clubs over the years. One which was called the Denver Spurs, who were actually a franchise in the CCHL a number of years ago and won the CCHL Championship one season (2008). Chances are if the move occurs, the franchise will be re-named the Denver Spurs.