The 2020-21 all-state and all-conference hockey teams are created by the Colorado High School Ice Hockey Coaches Association.

These teams were created following a meeting of coaches.

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All-Colorado

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All-State

Class 5A

Player of the Year: Evan Pahos, Valor Christian

Coach of the Year: Ryan Finnefrock, Chaparral

Class 4A

Players of the Year: Trace Taranto, Woodland Park; Sam Choi, Kent Denver

Coach of the Year: Derek Byron, Battle Mountain

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All-Conference

5A Metro

Honorable mention:

• Tanner Osolinski, Chatfield
• Matt Maag, Chatfield
• Adam Bleyle, Chatfield
• Payne Pent, Cherry Creek
• Dalton Burkey, Cherry Creek
• Billy O’Grady, Cherry Creek
• Jaymin Rolfe, Cherry Creek
• Kris Clarke, Cherry Creek
• Jarek Hladik, Columbine
• Ryan Harvey, Columbine
• Joseph Capra, Denver East
• Tim Costache, Denver East
• Zeke Romero, Denver East
• Benjamin Kluza, Denver East
• Joey Pontiff, Heritage
• Henry Fleck, Heritage
• Brodie Ingersoll, Heritage
• Bo Frederickson, Heritage
• Jake Zinno, Regis Jesuit
• Blake Bridges, Regis Jesuit
• Danny Bentz, Regis Jesuit
• Andrew Gleason, Regis Jesuit
• Sean Holloway, Regis Jesuit

5A South

Honorable mention:

• Lathan Olson, Castle View
• Liam Casey, Castle View
• Ben Ford, Mountain Vista
• Sam Cook, Lewis Palmer
• Jonathan Cole, Pine Creek
• Zach Campbell, Pine Creek
• Caleb Pallo, Valor Christian
• Ryder Price, Valor Christian
• Blake Rollison, Valor Christian
• Noah Younkin, Chaparral
• Jaxson Brandhorst, Chaparral
• Sam Kleinsmith, Lewis Palmer
• Ryan Kayser, Valor Christian
• Aiden Owen, Valor Christian
• Blake Neill, Chaparral
• Austin Quinn, Mountain Vista
• Brendan McLane, Lewis Palmer

5A North

Honorable mention:

• Gordy Nilsen, Centaurus
• Henry Ziegart, Centaurus
• Benjamin Tutkowski, Resurrection Christian
• Andrew Howes, Resurrection Christian
• Drew Fehr, Monarch
• Tanner Freed, Monarch
• Jacob Herbert, Standley Lake
• Connor Maloney, Standley Lake
• Tristan Olick, Fort Collins
• Riley Laub, Fort Collins
• Tsavo Cole, Ralston Valley
• Devin Strong, Ralston Valley

4A Mountain

Honorable mention:

• Robbie Weir, Glenwood Springs
• Connor Powell, Glenwood Springs
• Max Mencimer, Glenwood Springs
• Owen Mangeot, Glenwood Springs
• Daelan Renzi, Glenwood Springs
• Nolan Mcpherson, Glenwood Springs
• Eli Hunt, Aspen
• Zach Carelton, Summit
• Ranger Stone, Summit
• Max Mencimer, Glenwood Springs
• Daelen Renzi, Glenwood Springs
• Foster Krueger, Summit
• Kyler Hill, Battle Mountain
• Hunter Davis, Battle Mountain
• Braydon Duncon, Crested Butte
• Adam Collins, Crested Butte
• Maxwell Kenney, Steamboat Springs
• Quinn Dorris, Steamboat Springs

4A North

Honorable mention:

• Nick Verneris, Kent Denver
• Caleb Weien, Air Academy
• Ryan Clynke, Air Academy
• Joey Polaski, Air Academy
• Maddox Riewald, Air Academy
• Collin Eisenach, Air Academy
• Nick Gilbert, Mullen
• Larry Simons, Mullen
• Riley Watters, Mullen
• Robby Witwer, Mullen
• Logan Clouthier, Mullen
• Jayson Komrofske, Rampart
• Nick Lande, Rampart
• Gavin Costa, Rampart

4A South

Honorable mention:

• Mitchel Lewis, Cheyenne Mountain
• Christian Pino, Cheyenne Mountain
• Garret Elder, Cheyenne Mountain
• Philip Bramble, Cheyenne Mountain
• Noah Bonnett, Cheyenne Mountain
• William Stone, Palmer
• Shawn Valdez, Palmer
• Joe Van Dyk, Palmer
• Austin Christian, Palmer
• Athen Finch, Palmer
• Garrett Driscoll, Coronado
• Aidan Heinz, Coronado
• Austin Crawford, Coronado
• Brycen Hurt, Coronado
• Joe Quintana, Coronado
• Mikael Romero, Woodland Park
• Tyler Baldus, Woodland Park
• Gabe Denio, Woodland Park
• Brennen Morgan, Woodland Park
• Caleb Hammond, Pueblo County
• Tristen Chavez, Pueblo County
• Ryan King, Pueblo County

LOVELAND — Heading into the third period, Battle Mountain goalie Logan Gremmer knew there was no room for error. His team trailed by one. He had already let the puck into the net four times. A fifth would spell doom.

On the other side of the ice, he got the help he needed. Jensen Rawlings tied the game then Hunter Davis scored the game winner in overtime. A 5-4 win gave Battle Mountain the Class 4A state hockey title and the first hockey championship in school history.

After celebrating with his teammates and receiving the state championship trophy, he made his way to the locker room as his emotions were getting the better of him.

“I’m doing as well as anyone can be doing,” he said.

He wasn’t lying. He was between the pipes on March 9 when Crested Butte beat the Huskies 5-1. It was one of just two losses on the year for Battle Mountain and it was a painful memory that they had to bring up Thursday morning before making their way to the Budweiser Events Center.

“We brought it up this morning and talked about it briefly,” coach Derek Byron said. “We knew what we had to do to get it done today. We made some adjustment and we had to play strong.”

The Titans got a good bounce as Matthew Solanik fired the puck from the blue line and it snuck by Gremmer. Wyatt Horn and Tyler Knox scored before the first period edge to give the Huskies a 2-1 lead.

Then a goal fest broke out in the second half. The Titans scored two power play goals to regain the lead before each team added another. Heading into the third period, the Titans held on to that one-goal lead, putting every bit of pressure on Gremmer heading into the third.

“I was nervous, but I knew it was shut down hockey,” he said.

And that’s what he did for the rest of the night. Gremmer faced 12 shots between the third period and overtime and turned them all away. He watched as Rawlings scored on a goal that was fired from near the blue line and bounced off the glove of Crested Butt goalie TJ Wonnacott.

Neither team could break the 4-4 tie at that point and they went into overtime, a sudden death scenario where someone was going to claim their first hockey championship.

The suspense didn’t last long as Davis scored the game winner just over two minutes into the overtime period.

“We just did what we had to do,” Davis said. “We know what we practice and we just went and played how we always play.”

The Huskies had previously played in two state championship games, losing one to Cheyenne Mountain in 2002 and one to Regis Jesuit in 2008.

“We wanted it so bad,” Davis said. “We’ve never had a hockey championship at Battle Mountain and we really wanted to beat Crested Butte after they beat us 5-1.”

They got their redemption. And because of it, the Huskies are state hockey champions for the first time.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

LOVELAND — The 2021 hockey season concluded at the Budweiser Events Center where Battle Mountain and Valor Christian won state championships.

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4A Championship: (3) Battle Mountain 5, (1) Crested Butte 4 (OT)

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(Paul Shepardson)

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5A Championship: (3) Valor Christian 4, (1) Fort Collins 3

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(Paul Shepardson)

LOVELAND — This time, it wasn’t going to take five overtimes. Valor Christian found a more efficient way to get around Sam Simon and because of that, the Eagles are hockey champions once again.

Ryan Kayser scored twice, but it was Jameson Charles with a laser that got by Simon with 2:36 remaining in the third period to give Valor a 4-3 win over Fort Collins in the Class 5A hockey state championship game.

“I’m proud of these guys,” coach George Gwozdecky said. “Anytime you can win your last game of the season, it’s a heck of an accomplishment. Considering they’re defending a championship, that’s even tougher to do.”

Defending the title put a lot of pressure on the Eagles. Heading in, they were aware of the capabilities of Simon. They were fortunate a year ago that one goal did the trick, but at no point did they think that’d be the case in this rematch at the Budweiser Events Center.

“One hundred percent,” Kayser said. “We knew it wasn’t going to be just one. It was going to take four, five, six. We wanted to do whatever it took.”

Neither team found a scoring foothold in the first period and it was Aidan Beck breaking the scoreless tie, tipping the puck by Jace Ruth early in the second.

“That top line of theirs is really dynamic,” Gwozdecky said. “If we were going to give ourselves a chance, we had to shut them down and we didn’t do a very good job of that.”

But they were able to keep pace. The Eagles scored back to back goals as Kayser got his first and Pahos put the Eagles up 2-1 before Beck netted his second to tie the game after two periods.

A power play goal from Kayser put the Eagles back on top before Dennis White pulled the Lambkins even once again.

After an apparent goal got waved off, the Eagles moved with a bit more urgency and that’s when Charles fired a laser that got by Simon, sending the Valor fans into a frenzy.

“I thought mine was going to get called off, so I didn’t get too excited,” he said. “Our momentum was getting that goal back that we lost.”

They got it back and they didn’t give it up.

It’s the second straight championship win for Valor as they beat Fort Collins 1-0 in the final CHSAA unclassified championship game a year ago.

That game took five overtimes before Pahos broke the scoreless tie.

The Eagles were able to put 40 shots on the net through the course of the game, far fewer than the 80-plus they put on Simon last year. But this year just yielded better results.

To their credit, the Lambkins were more efficient offensively than they were a year ago as they put 19 shots on net, getting three of them past Ruth.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

LOVELAND — All night it just felt like someone was going to score with a man advantage. That worked out well for Crested Butte’s Jack Lambert and also scared him late in the third period.

Lambert scored a power play goal then was sent to the penalty box and watched as Cheyenne Mountain frantically tried to tie the game. But it couldn’t be done. Lambert’s goal was the game winner as No. 1 Crested Butte advanced to the Class 4A hockey championship game with a 4-2 win over No. 4 Cheyenne Mountain at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

Cheyenne Mountain got on the board early thanks to a Wyatt Furda goal. But the Titans weren’t phased and knew they had plenty of time to battle back.

“It’s happened a couple of times this season where we’ve been down in the first period, even down in the second period,” Lambert said. “We all know what we can do when we have our heads up. When our heads are down, we collapse.”

They kept their heads up after that first Cheyenne Mountain goal. Rowan Piccaro tied the game two minutes later then added a goal in the second period to give the Titans a 2-1 lead.

Noah Bonnett got the equalizer at 5:48 in the third period on an overtime goal. An interference call on Denton Damgaard gave the Titans a man advantage and Lambert was quick to take advantage, scoring just 23 seconds into the power play.

“I was just thinking don’t miss,” Lambert said. “Fortunately enough, I didn’t.”

He got sent to the penalty box soon after and watched nervously as Cheyenne Mountain did everything possible to tie the game, but to no avail.

This is the first state championship game in program history for Crested Butte.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

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(3) Battle Mountain 2, (2) Kent Denver 0

The first 4A state title game in Colorado history was solidified as Battle Mountain advanaced with a 12-0 win over Kent Denver.

Carter Large jammed a loose puck into the Kent Denver net at at 6:09 in the first period and Nate Bishop scored with just over 10 minutes remaining in the third. That was more than enough for Huskies goalie Logan Gremmer.

Gremmer faced 23 shots and stopped them all to give Battle Mountain a much-desired rematch against Crested Butte. The Titans beat the Huskies 5-1 back on March 9, the final game of the regular season for both teams.

The win on Thursday was the first time all year that Battle Mountain had shut an opponent out.

For the Huskies, this is their third trip to a state hockey championship game. They played for titles in 2002 and 2008. Each time they lost by just a goal, first to Cheyenne Mountain then to Regis Jesuit.

Neither Battle Mountain or Crested Butte have won a state hockey championship so either way, history will be when the puck drops for the game at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

LOVELAND — The Class 4A hockey championship game is set as No. 1 Crested Butte and No. 3 Battle Mountain will meet for the title.

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(1) Crested Butte 4, (4) Cheyenne Mountain 2

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(Paul Shepardson)

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(3) Battle Mountain 2, (2) Kent Denver 0

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(Paul Shepardson)

LOVELAND — Riley Laub thought he had the game winner with just under two minutes remaining in the game. It could have been, but a Chaparral goal with 20 seconds left on the clock just meant Fort Collins had to wait a little bit longer.

It took just 27 seconds into the third overtime as Nolan Williamson scored the game winner to give Class 5A No. 1 Fort Collins a 3-2 win over No. 4 Chaparral in the Frozen 4 at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

In a similar fashion to last year’s state championship game, Fort Collins faced more shots than it would have like. But unlike last year’s result, Sam Simon did just enough to allow the Lambkins to emerge victorious and advance to the 5A state championship game on Thursday.

“Looking back to last year, he set a state record and almost a national one for most saves in a game,” Williamson said. “He had what, (48) saves again tonight. He stood on his head for us.”

Aidan Beck broke the scoreless tie at 9:41 in the first period, getting a shot by Wolverines goalie Ryan Burke. But Chap answered right back as Landen Shay tied the game less than a minute later.

For the next two periods, a save-off between Burke and Simon kept the game locked in a 1-1 tie. Chaparral controlled the puck more consistently firing off 38 shots to the Lambkins 19 in regulation.

Laub snuck his last shot just by Burke’s leg pad with just 1:19 on the clock, giving the Lambkins a one goal lead. With the way the goalies had played, it looked like a near certainty that Fort Collins would advance.

Blake Neil had other ideas as he slid right into the slot and fired a shot past Simon to tie the game again.

The first two overtimes yielded no goals and no winners, meaning a true intermission would take place before the teams would resume in a 4-on-4 situation.

“I knew this team could keep it together,” he Williamson said. “Through all those overtimes we had it. We were just battling.”

Williamson needed just 27 seconds of it as he buried the shot, putting the Lambkins in Thursday’s championship game with just one thing on their mind.

“Win win win,” Williamson said.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

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(3) Regis Jesuit 3, (2) Regis Jesuit 2 (OT)

Owen Walsh got Valor on the board early but Dylan Thompson’s equalizer late in the first set the tone as Regis Jesuit got the 2-1 win to advance to Friday’s championship game.

A power play goal from Robbie Dembeck put the Raiders ahead, even as Valor pressed offensively to lead the Raiders in shots 22-17 after two periods.

And with the way the Eagles were attacking, it was only a matter of time before they tied the game back up. Walsh scored his second goal of the game with just over five minutes remaining to push the game to overtime.

It was just 55 seconds in that Evan Pahos found the back of the net, setting up a rematch with Fort Collins. It was Pahos who finally got the puck by Simon in last year’s state title game.

This is the third state championship appearance for the Eagles and they are 1-1 in those two games.

The Eagles and Lambkins will face off Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

LOVELAND — No. 1 Fort Collins and No. 3 Valor Christian advanced to the Class 5A hockey championship game after getting wins in the semifinals.

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(1) Fort Collins 3, (4) Chaparral 2 (3 OT)

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(3) Valor Christian 3, (2) Regis Jesuit 2 (OT)

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(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

The CHSAA ice hockey Frozen Four is next week. All games are at Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. Below is relevant and important information.

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Game times

Class 5A

Tuesday, March 16 | Bracket

• No. 1 Fort Collins vs. No. 4 Chaparral, 5:30 p.m.
• No. 2 Regis Jesuit vs. No. 3 Valor Christian, 8:30 p.m.

Class 4A

Wednesday, March 17 | Bracket

• No. 1 Crested Butte vs. No. 4 Cheyenne Mountain, 5:30 p.m.
• No. 2 Kent Denver vs. No. 3 Battle Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

Championship games

Thursday, March 18

• Class 4A, 5:30 p.m.
• Class 5A, 8:30 p.m.

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Spectator Info

Each team will be allowed 100 spectators into the facility for their games.

School admin will be responsible for gathering spectators outside the main entrance on the SW side of Budweiser Event Center. Everyone MUST enter at one time. Spectators of the lower seeded team MUST sit on the east side of the arena (sections D-F) and spectators of the higher seeded team MUST sit on the west side of the arena (sections Q-S).

We will clear the arena of all spectators after the 5:30pm game before allowing 8:30pm spectators to enter.

There will be no on-site ticket sales for the Frozen Four. Spectators should reach out to their athletic director for information on attending,

Games will be live streamed on the NFHS Network, as well.

Parking at Budweiser Event Center is free.

All coaches, spectators and athletes not actively involved in competition MUST  be masked at all times while inside Budweiser Event Center (if you are inside the arena and not a competitor actively involved in competition, you are WEARING A MASK).

There will be limited concessions available during all games.

We are thankful for the support of the Colorado Avalanche/KSE and Budweiser Event Center in hosting the CHSAA Frozen Four.

Ice hockey’s 2021 state tournament bracket in Class 5A.

2021 CHSAA state hockey tournaments