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Playoffs

  • Pivoting for Progress

    It’s hard to believe that the sun has already set on the 2025-2026 NHL season. Just a few weeks ago, I thought I’d be watching the Colorado Avalanche battling for the Cup this June. Instead, it’s the offseason, and the… Read more

  • Postseason Pain and Positives

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’ve been blessed this year as a fan of professional sports in Denver. At the same time, it’s been a rough postseason. On the one hand, the Denver Broncos, Colorado Mammoth,… Read more

  • Good Things

    When I looked back on May 2026 to find my Theme of the Month, at first I struggled to see beyond a recent disappointment in my hockey world that had me asking “Is it October yet?” After exiting the regular… Read more

  • For the Love of the Game

    This year, I’ve been blessed to watch my favorite hockey teams extend their seasons and make the playoffs. First up, my Denver Pioneers won their conference championship in March and their 11th national title in April. Later, the Colorado Avalanche… Read more

  • Finding Joy

    Is it just me, or is this year passing quickly? Somehow, we are about to start the final third of May and the third round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. When not writing, this lifelong Avalanche fan has been… Read more

  • Detours

    In my writing life, I have been keeping several plates spinning simultaneously: researching agents to query, looking for comp titles, searching for short story markets and contests, posting weekly on Instagram, writing blog posts, planning a short story, polishing one… Read more

  • Grace

    It’s that time again: time to choose a theme for the previous month. With every calendar page turn this year, I asked no one in particular how we can already be another month deeper into 2026. It seems like just… Read more

  • Happy Habits

    If you’re just joining me, I’ve been watching a lot of, first collegiate, then NHL playoff hockey recently. Not long after the Denver Pioneers won their 11th national championship, the Colorado Avalanche began their playoff run. The Avs just finished… Read more

  • Seasonal Symmetry

    In case you thought I was done writing about hockey for a while, I assure you there’s always something hockey to write about. My Pioneers may have recently entered the offseason on the highest of high notes, NCAA trophy in… Read more

  • You Can’t Spell ChamPIOnS Without PIOS

    The final chapters in the 2025-2026 collegiate men’s ice hockey season were written in Las Vegas over the weekend. It all came down to a blue-blooded Frozen Four. The last teams standing—Wisconsin, North Dakota, Michigan, and Denver—lead the country in… Read more

  • Persistence

    When I was considering my March theme, for days, I came up with nothing in particular. March came and went in a blink. If it hadn’t been for the April Fool’s posts ranging from the satirically almost believable to the… Read more

  • Magness North

    While other sports fans are keeping an eye on college basketball and the young MLB season, this writer is closely following hockey. Previously on Denver’s playoff run: the Pioneers defeated the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in the NCHC championship game in 2OT,… Read more

  • Playing the Full 82ish Minutes

    There’s something surreal about going to a collegiate conference championship hockey game in March when it’s almost 90 degrees outside (and some years it could just as easily be in the 30s and snowing heavily). It’s a strange juxtaposition: unusually… Read more

  • Putting in the Work

    Going into Saturday night’s hockey game, Denver vs Western Michigan, I was nervously excited. I had no idea if it was going to be the last home game at Magness Arena for the Pioneers, but I had a glimmer of… Read more

  • The Rest of Intermission

    Last week, I saw something we haven’t seen a lot of in Denver this season: snow. This wasn’t just a dusting or one of those mucky Spring storms either—this was inches of the pretty stuff. Whenever I looked outside, the… Read more