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Denver Cutthroats
DenverCutthroats
City: Denver, Colorado
League: Central Hockey League
Conference: Berry
Founded: 2012
Home Arena: Denver Coliseum
Colors:                    
Blue, Green, Red, White
Owner(s): John Hayes
Head Coach: Derek Armstrong
Affiliates: Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
Franchise history
2012–present: Denver Cutthroats
Ray Miron President's Cup: None

The Denver Cutthroats are a minor league ice hockey team currently a member of the Central Hockey League scheduled to begin play for the 2012–13 season. They are the farm team of the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche and the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters.[1] Based in Denver, Colorado, the Cutthroats will play their home games at the Denver Coliseum.

Besides sharing the city/market with their parent club the Avalanche, the Cutthroats will be the fifth hockey team to play at the Denver Coliseum, after the original International Hockey League's Denver Mavericks (1958–59), the original Western Hockey League's Denver Invaders (1963–64), the Denver Spurs of the WHL (and later the original Central Hockey League) (1968–75), and finally the original IHL's Denver Rangers (1987–89).

History[]

Reports of a CHL team playing at the Coliseum for 2012-13 came as early as February, with initial reports stating they would be named the Denver Grizzlies, after the city's most recent IHL franchise which won the Turner Cup in its only season in the city and is widely credited for garnering enough interest to entice the Quebec Nordiques to relocate to Denver and become the Avalanche.[2] However, once the team was officially announced on April 10, 2012, it was confirmed the team would not go by the "Denver Grizzlies" name because of unspecified copyright issues (likely related to the Utah Grizzlies ownership of said name). Although the team had registered the "Denver Cutthroats" name with the city and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the name was still not officially announced, with the team holding a "Guess the Name" contest in the meantime.[3][4][5][6]

Finally, on May 17, 2012, the Cutthroats officially announced their name, logo, and color scheme.[7] With the addition of the Cutthroats, the CHL aligned to the one Berry Conference. It was announced that the Cutthroats would open the season in Denver against the Missouri Mavericks on October 19, marking the first hockey game in the Coliseum since 1989.[8]

Staff[]

The Cutthroats are owned by Boulder resident John Hayes, also CEO of Broomfield-based Ball Corp..[3][4][5][6] Former NHL player Derek Armstrong will serve as the Cutthroats' head coach; although his NHL career had him playing for the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues, he is best remembered in Denver for being a member of the Grizzlies' 1994-95 Turner Cup run.[3][4][5][6][7][9]

Season-by-season results[]

Regular season[]

Season Games Won Lost OTL SOL Points Goals
for
Goals
against
Standing Avg. Attendance
2012–13 66 30 26 2 8 70 205 215 8th, Berry 2,981

Playoffs[]

Season Opening Round Semi-Finals Finals Avg. Attendance
2012–13 L, 1-4, Allen 1,326

Roster[]

Updated March 19, 2013.[10]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
3 Flag of Canada Bedard, MikaelMikael Bedard

F L 36 2013 Montreal, Quebec Cutthroats
20 Flag of Canada Boilard, MarioMario Boilard

C L 33 2012 Sainte-Justine, Quebec Cutthroats
40 Flag of the United States Cacaro, GlennGlenn Cacaro

D L 39 2013 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cutthroats
71 Flag of Canada Chabot, Jean-PhilippeJean-Philippe Chabot

F L 35 2012 Quebec City, Quebec Cutthroats
40 Flag of Canada Chouinard, JoelJoel Chouinard

D L 33 2012 Sherbrooke, Quebec Avalanche
17 Flag of the United States Fulghum, LukeLuke Fulghum

LW R 43 2012 Colorado Springs, Colorado Cutthroats
22 Flag of Canada Gale, A.J.A.J. Gale

F L 37 2012 Nanaimo, British Columbia Cutthroats
13 Flag of the United States Gauthier, GabeGabe Gauthier

C L 40 2012 Torrance, California Cutthroats
8 Flag of the United States Goers, BarryBarry Goers

D R 37 2013 Ivyland, Pennsylvania Monsters
21 Flag of the United States Greene, ChrisChris Greene

F L 38 2012 Massena, New York Cutthroats
37 Flag of Canada MacKenzie, AaronAaron MacKenzie

 (CInjured Reserve

D L 43 2012 Terrace Bay, Ontario Cutthroats
10 Flag of Canada MacQueen, JamieJamie MacQueen

LW L 35 2012 London, Ontario Monsters
31 Flag of Canada Millan, KieranKieran Millan

G L 34 2012 Edmonton, Alberta Avalanche
35 Flag of the United States Patterson, KentKent Patterson

G L 34 2012 Plymouth, Minnesota Avalanche
9 Flag of Canada Schwab, TroyTroy Schwab

C L 39 2012 Kindersley, Saskatchewan Cutthroats
10 Flag of Canada Smyth, AdamAdam Smyth

F R 40 2013 Wiarton, Ontario Cutthroats
11 Flag of Canada Smyth, BradBrad Smyth

 (A)

RW R 50 2012 Ottawa, Ontario Cutthroats
12 Flag of the United States Tesoriero, PhillipPhillip Tesoriero

D R 36 2012 Boulder, Colorado Cutthroats
26 Flag of Canada Trebish, MichaelMichael Trebish

D R 34 2013 Yorkton, Saskatchewan Cutthroats
15 Flag of Canada Wilson, BenBen Wilson

C R 32 2012 Calgary, Alberta Monsters
8 Flag of the United States Zimmerman, SeanSean Zimmerman

D R 36 2012 Denver, Colorado Cutthroats


This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Denver Cutthroats. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).



References[]

  1. Rea, Brien (July 19, 2012). NHL’s Avalanche Sign Affiliation Agreement with Cutthroats. Denver Cutthroats. Retrieved on July 19, 2012.
  2. Dater, Adrian (February 9, 2012). Denver Grizzlies could return as minor-league franchise. DenverPost.com. The Denver Post. Retrieved on May 17, 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 CHL Welcomes Denver for the 2012-13 Season. Central Hockey League (April 11, 2012). Retrieved on May 17, 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dater, Adrian (April 9, 2012). Denver to get new CHL team. DenverPost.com. The Denver Post. Retrieved on May 17, 2012.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dater, Adrian (April 10, 2012). New Denver pro hockey team introduced; could be called Cutthroats. DenverPost.com. The Denver Post. Retrieved on May 17, 2012.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Dater, Adrian (May 1, 2012). Denver's CHL expansion team open for business at LoDo office. DenverPost.com. The Denver Post. Retrieved on May 17, 2012.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Newest Pro Hockey Franchise To Be Named Cutthroats. Central Hockey League (May 17, 2012). Retrieved on May 17, 2012.
  8. 2012-13 schedule released. Central Hockey League (2012-08-30). Retrieved on 2012-09-15.
  9. Meet the Newest Coach in the CHL - Derek Armstrong. Central Hockey League (April 11, 2012). Retrieved on May 17, 2012.
  10. Welcome to the Official Website of the Denver Cutthroats: Roster. Retrieved on 2012-09-22.

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This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Denver Cutthroats. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).


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