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Northern Colorado Eagles
Northern Colorado Eagles
City: Greeley, Colorado
League: United States Premier Hockey League
Conference: Premier
Founded: 2013
Home Arena: Greeley Ice Haus
Colors: Blue, Yellow, Red, White
Owner(s): Casey Bradshaw
Head Coach: Steve Haddon
Media: Jay Weber
Franchise history
2013-2018: Colorado Jr. Eagles
2018-Present: Northern Colorado Eagles
Championships
Regular Season Titles: None
Division Championships: 2015-16, 2016-17
Conference Championships: 2015-16

The Northern Colorado Eagles are a junior team in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL). They play in Greeley, Colorado at the Greeley Ice Haus. The team was established as an expansion team for the 2013-14 season.

History

The Colorado Junior Eagles began play in the 2013-14 WSHL Season. The team has been coached by Steve Haddon since it’s inception. In its first year, the team had played its games in EPIC in Fort Collins, Colorado. However, the team announced that it was moving its home games to the NoCo Ice Center in Windsor, Colorado for the 2014-15 Season after closing out their inaugural year at the NoCo Ice Center. The team also had a game at the Budweiser Events Center against the Cheyenne Stampede in the 2015-16 season as a part of a special double header with the Colorado Eagles.

logo as Colorado Jr

The team has had relative success since joining the league, making the Mountain Divisin finals every year. In the 2015-16 Season they qualified for their first ever Thorne Cup finals, which they lost to the Idaho Jr. Steelheads 3 games to 0. They returned to the Thorne Cup Finals tournament in 2016-17, where they failed to win a round robin game and were eliminated.

Despite losing the series, John Olver, coach of the now Idaho IceCats, has said that the 2015-16 Jr. Eagles team was the best team he has ever gone up against in his tenure as head coach.

The Junior Eagles are the only organization in the WSHL to have a player sign a professional tryout contract. Levi Weber signed a tryout contract with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL.

On June 6, 2018 the organization announced they were relocating to the Greeley Ice Haus in Greeley, Colorado and would be renamed the Northern Colorado Eagles.

The team would be announced as joining the United States Premier Hockey League's Premier league for the 2020-21 season.[1]

Season-by-Season Records

Season GP W L T OL SL Pts GF GA Standing Div. Quarterfinal Div. Semifinal Div. Final Conf. Final Final
2013–14 46 27 17 - 2 0 56 195 150 3rd Mountain n/a W (2-0) Cheyenne Stampede L (0-2) Phoenix Knights
2014–15 46 29 13 - 4 0 62 207 117 3rd Mountain n/a W (2-0) Cheyenne Stampede L (0-2) Ogden Mustangs
2015-16 52 43 7 - 2 - 88 325 126 1st Mountain bye W (2-0) Superior Roughriders W (2-1) Ogden Mustangs W (2-1) Oklahoma City Blazers L (0-3) Idaho Jr. Steelheads
2016-17 52 38 11 - 3 - 79 213 120 2nd Mountain bye W (2-0) Utah Outliers W (2-1) Ogden Mustangs n/a Thorne Cup Final Round Robin (0-3)

L (1-3) Valencia Flyers L (5-6) Wichita Jr. Thunder L (1-3) Ogden Mustangs

2017-18 51 32 12 - 7 - 71 235 124 3rd Mountain W (2-0) (Cheyenne Stampede) L, (1-2) (Ogden Mustangs)
Season GP W L T OW OL Pts GF GA Standing Div. Quarterfinal Div. Semifinal Div. Final Conf. Final Final
2018-19 50 28 19 - 1 2 88 209 149 3rd Midwest L, (0-2) Oklahoma City Blazers -
2019-20 51 30 13 - 4 4 102 201 136 2nd Midwest Playoffs Cancelled

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