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Casey Mittelstadt began the night with a demotion. He ended it the hero. Mittelstadt’s first goal in 19 games helped the Avalanche defeat the division-leading Winnipeg Jets, 5-2, Tuesday night at Ball Arena. It was the Avs’ fifth win in a row and ninth in the past 11 contests. “That was great,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said.

The Colorado women’s basketball team could not have asked for a better shot of momentum going into a holiday break. Coming out of that break, the Buffaloes could not have asked for a tougher challenge. On Wednesday, the Buffs (10-2, 1-0 Big 12) will open the new year with a trip to No.

It wasn’t Colorado’s first experience this season with Iowa State. Yet for the bulk of the CU men’s basketball team, it remained one of their first experiences battling one of the premier programs in the nation. It’s the sort of experience the Buffaloes will need to get accustomed to in a hurry. CU opened its return season in the Big 12 Conference with a 79-69 defeat against No.

Hank Zilinskas was a starter for most of this season for the Colorado Buffaloes. He wound up as a backup and now he’s looking for a new home. On Tuesday, 247Sports reported that Zilinskas has entered the transfer portal after two seasons with the Buffaloes. Related Articles Texas QB Quinn Ewers won’t engage in war of words with Arizona State’s Sam Leavitt as Arch Manning waits for chance CU Buffs’ Coach Prime reflects on memorable journey coaching sons Keeler: Can Deion Sanders, CU Buffs afford to stand pat on OC Pat Shurmur in 2025? Keeler: CU Buffs, Deion Sanders humbled by BYU Cougars in blowout Alamo Bowl loss PHOTOS: Colorado State blown out by Miami (Ohio) 43-17 in Arizona Bowl A graduate of Cherry Creek High School, Zilinskas started the first nine games of this season at center. Through the first eight games for the Buffs (9-4), Zilinskas played 97% of the offense snaps (544 of 563).

JoJo Nworie grew up playing soccer in the streets of Nigeria. But she’s come into her own in America with a basketball in her hands. CU’s 6-foot-5 sophomore center didn’t even start hooping until she was 17, the same year she arrived in the U. S. She moved from Lagos to California as a sophomore.

Managers from Vail Mountain have been sent to Park City to keep operations running there as ski patrollers from the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association began striking Friday morning, calling for better wages and working conditions. Both Park City ski area and Vail Mountain are owned by Vail Resorts. Vail Mountain’s ski patrol director and senior manager of health and safety are among those who have been sent, according to a person familiar with the situation who agreed to speak off the record. Vail and Beaver Creek spokesperson John Plack said while he can’t comment on specific employee locations or assignments, he can confirm that a patrol support team has been deployed “to help support operational continuity.” Related Articles Outdoors | Arapahoe Basin could be next Colorado ski area to have unionized ski patrollers Outdoors | Groups break down barriers on Colorado’s slopes to diversify winter sports that are “just so hard to get into” Outdoors | Keystone is getting a game-changing revamp.