The Pikes Peak Miners organization is proud to announce a cooperative partnership with Dasher Sports, Colorado Springs' premiere distributor of hockey goods. Under the partnership, the Miners have agreed to purchase "soft goods" through Dasher Sports and wear the company logo on select gear. Items that Dasher will provide for the Miners include: game jerseys, game socks, hockey bags, travel bags, practice jerseys, practice socks, workout gear, team jackets, and sweat-suits. In addition, Dasher Sports will be doing all of the Miners merchandising and they have streamlined the process to make ordering Miners apparel easier and more efficient through our online store. More Miners items will be available on-line in the next few weeks. (Click "Merchandise" to visit online store). "We've been doing business on different levels with Dasher Sports and their parent company, AllCustom Apparel, for the past 5 years. We've been pleased with the level of service that we've received year in and year out. Patrick Brunk, Dasher Sports's Operating Manager, has done an excellent job building the Dasher Sports brand by offering a quality product and treating his customers in a first class manner. When you do business with Dasher Sports, you are not doing business with a massive corporation. Instead, you are working on a personal level with a guy that knows the sport and knows how to meet a hockey team's needs. Patrick has been a fixture in our local hockey community for years, and I'm happy that the Miners have developed a more meaningful partnership with Dasher Sports and AllCustom Apparel." Lucas Trombetta, Miners Program Director

The Pikes Peak Miners Spring Evaluation Camp will be held the weekend of April 24-26 in Colorado Springs. The camp is open to 91-94 birth-years who are interested in playing AAA hockey next season. All information on the Spring Evals can be found by clicking on "tryouts" at the top of this page.

The Pikes Peak Miners finished the season with a loss to the Colorado Thunderbirds in the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain District Championships. The Miners played hard and competed well at the District Championships, and finished the season with a 31-23-6 record. With 7 players eligible to return next season, and 5 of this season's top scorers, the Pikes Peak Miners U16 team is already looking forward to the 2009/2010 campaign.

After a long road to reach the finals of the CAHA State Championship the Miners U16 AAA team fell 6-1 to the Colorado Thunderbirds '92 team on Sunday at Big Bear Ice Arena in Denver. The Miners lost a frustrating game to the Colorado Thunderbirds 93 team 1-0 in the first game of the tournament on Friday, before coming back to beat both the Colorado Outlaws 6-3 and the '93 Thunderbirds 6-4 on Saturday to earn a birth in the Championship round. This is the second year in a row that the Miners have placed second in the Colorado State tournament. The U16's head to Salt Lake City next week for the Rocky Mountain District Championship tournament where they will be looking to build on their 30-20-6 record.