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The Professional Women’s Hockey League is stopping in Denver during its PWHL Takeover Tour next year. The Montreal Victoire will take on the Minnesota Frost on Jan. 12 at Ball Arena. It will be the third stop on a nine-date tour featuring regular-season games played in neutral sites, the league announced Monday. “Bringing PWHL games to fans across both countries is a natural next step as we continue building our audience,” PWHL senior vice president of business operations Amy Scheer said in a news release. It’s a homecoming for Minnesota goaltender Nicole Hensley, a Lakewood native who is a fixture on the United States national team and a two-time Olympian.

Troy Renck: Bo Nix proved himself as a franchise quarterback against the Chiefs. On Sunday, he announced himself as the NFL’s best rookie quarterback. Who says no? The idea Nix could elevate above Washington’s Jayden Daniels seemed unthinkable when he was throwing interceptions against the Seahawks, struggling to grip the ball against the New York Jets and looking lost against the Chargers.

A 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in a fatal early morning shooting in Denver’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, police officials said Monday. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Suspect wanted in man’s murder in Denver is still at large, police say Crime and Public Safety | Judge appoints new DA after Linda Stanley disbarred for misconduct in Barry Morphew murder case Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested on suspicion of murder in Denver Civic Center apartment homicide Crime and Public Safety | Denver teen found guilty of killing woman with AR-15 after fender-bender on Colfax Crime and Public Safety | Custody fight, death threats preceded Pagosa Springs mom’s fatal shooting, police say Denver Police Department officers responded to the shooting in the 1300 block of West Colfax Avenue at around 2:30 a.m.

Sean Payton ended his Monday conference call with a quip. “It’s Bo Nix day, huh?” he said with a dash of (perhaps forced) incredulity after nearly every question centered on his rookie quarterback. Sunday certainly was. Nix turned in the best game of his career in shredding the Falcons in a 38-6 win.

A loss in the Summit League championship game didn’t come at much of a cost to the University of Denver men’s soccer program. Instead, the Pioneers’ overall body of work won over the selection committee as DU was given the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament bracket revealed on Monday morning. With the seed, the Pios received a bye into the second round of the tournament and a date with the winner of Thursday’s first-round match between Oregon State and Gardner-Webb.

A 40-year-old Denver man was struck and killed while crossing an Aurora street late Friday night, police officials said Monday. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | 2 dead, 1 injured in early morning shooting at Aurora park Crime and Public Safety | Jury finds Denver police officer guilty of harassment for striking handcuffed teenager Crime and Public Safety | Jury trial starts for Denver police officer accused of repeatedly striking handcuffed teen Crime and Public Safety | Jury acquits former Aurora officer of assault in on-duty police shooting, is hung on second count Crime and Public Safety | Colorado on track to see deadliest year for police shootings since 2020, data shows Aurora Police Department officers responded to the hit-and-run crash near South Sable Boulevard and East 2nd Avenue at around 10:45 p.m., the agency said in a news release. The man died at the scene.