Coming Up
Colorado College looks to retain the Pikes Peak Trophy with a home-and-home weekend series against cross-town rival Air Force. The first game is at Ed Robson Arena on Friday, Oct. 28, beginning at 7:30 p.m, while Saturday's contest will be played at Cadet Ice Arena and start at 7 p.m. Live streaming and live stats links for both games can be found on the CC Hockey schedule page at CCTigers.com.

Getting Started
This season marks the 84th year of varsity ice hockey at Colorado College and 10th season as a member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. CC was a charter member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (1951-52) for 62 seasons before joining the NCHC with seven other schools prior to the 2013-14 campaign.

How To Watch / Listen
Friday's game will be televised live on AT&T SportsNet with Nick Gismondi and former Tiger Andrew Canzanello on the call, broadcast in the Colorado Springs area and Southern Colorado on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 FM / 95.5 FM / 1240 AM with the 'Voice of the Tigers' Ken Landau, and streamed live on NCHC.tv.  

Last Time Out
The Tigers lost a pair of games at Arizona State last weekend in Tempe, Ariz. ... On Friday, Demetrious Koumontzis scored twice and Jack Judson had a goal and an assist to lead Arizona State past Colorado College, 5-3. The Tigers rallied from a 4-1 deficit with two goals in the last half of the second period, but couldn't put the tying tally on the board in the third. CC got on the board first when Nicklas Andrews' shot from the point got past ASU goalie T.J. Semptimphelter 5:03 into the contest. Koumontzis evened things up with the first of his two first-period goals. Robert Mastrosimone scored from the left point at the 13:13 mark, then Koumontzis tallied his second with just 25 seconds left in the first to make it 3-1. Ryan Alexander put the Sun Devils up by three just 1:46 into the second period, but a 5-minute major against ASU at the 8:44 mark put a spark into the Tigers. Tyler Coffey connected on his second of the season, then CC cut the deficit to one when Patrick Cozzi scored his first of the season with 1:54 remaining in the middle frame. Neither team found the net until Judson's empty-netter with 52 seconds left ... On Saturday, Tim Lovell scored a goal and added a pair of assists to lead Arizona State to the sweep with a 6-1 victory. Things looked promising right off the bat for the Tigers, who were awarded a power play just 27 seconds into the contest following a slashing call to TY Murchison, but penalties to Ryan Beck and Danny Weight gave the Sun Devils a man advantage minutes later. After Murchison came out of the box, Ty Jackson opened the scoring with a 5-on-3 goal at the 2:42 mark. ASU doubled the lead at 9:30 of the opening frame when Ryan O'Reilly pounced on a rebound. ASU's Dylan Jackson was whistled for a 5-minute slashing major and game misconduct with four seconds remaining in the first, but the Tigers couldn't capitalize. The Sun Devils doubled their lead once again in the middle frame with goals from Teddy Lagerback and Jackson. Charlie Schoen scored for a 5-0 lead at 2:12 of the third period after a CC turnover in its own zone, then Noah Prokop put the Tigers on the board with his first goal of the season just 14 seconds later. Lovell closed out the scoring with a power-play goal at 17:18 of the final period.

The Pikes Peak Trophy
In 2013, Colorado College and Air Force established the Pikes Peak Trophy in memory of former CC and Falcons head coach John Matchefts. The winner of the season series between the two teams captures the trophy. If the season series ends in a tie, the team that holds the trophy will retain it. Colorado College is in possession of the trophy after defeating Air Force, 8-1, at Robson Arena last season.

The Coaches
Kris Mayotte is in his second season at the helm of the Tigers. He came to Colorado College after serving two years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan. Mayotte was an assistant coach for Providence College when the Friars won the NCAA Division I title in 2015. In addition, he has won a pair of gold medals and a bronze in four stints as an assistant coach with Team USA at the World Junior Championships … Frank Serratore is in his 26th season with Air Force. He previously coached at Denver and has head coaching experience in the USHL and the IHL. Serratore became the seventh active college hockey with 400 victories at his current institution with a victory over Holy Cross in 2019.  

Previous Meetings
Colorado College and Air Force have met 80 times, with the Tigers holding a 64-14-2 advantage in the series. The teams split a pair of games last season, with Air Force winning at home, 5-4 in overtime, and the Tigers retaining the Pikes Peak Trophy with the 8-1 triumph at Robson Arena.

Up Next
The Tigers open NCHC play against nationally-ranked Minnesota Duluth in a weekend series at Robson Arena on Nov. 4-5.

Tiger Tales
Jack Millar, Chase Foley and Brett Chorske each posted his first point of the season with an assist on Friday ... Hunter McKown (3g,2a), Nicklas Andrews (2g,3a) and Bryan Yoon (0g,5a) are tied for the team lead with five points ... McKown is tied for third in the nation and tied for second in the NCHC with three power-play goals ... The Tigers' three goals last Friday at Arizona State were the most in a road game since a 4-3 victory at Miami on Jan. 8, 2022.

Another Tough Schedule
The Tigers are scheduled to play 18 of their 34 regular-season games against teams that competed in the 2022 NCAA Division I Hockey Championships, including 12 against five of the last six national champions (Denver, Minnesota Duluth and North Dakota).

Leadership for 2022-23 Season
Graduate student Bryan Yoon and junior Logan Will are the team co-captains for Colorado College this season, while junior Hunter McKown and sophomore Stanley Cooley are serving as alternate captains. Yoon, a defenseman from Parker, Colo., returns to the CC squad for a fifth season in '22-23 and served as team captain last year. Will, from Ames, Iowa, tied for second on the team with 18 points (6g,12a) in '21-22.

Eight Newcomers on '22-23 Roster
Colorado College added eight newcomers to the roster for the upcoming season. They are: Cade Ahrenholz (F, Omaha Lancers - USHL), Ryan Beck (F, Dubuque Fighting Saints - USHL), Nikolai Charchenko (D, Minot Minotauros - NAHL), Noah Laba (F, Lincoln Stars - USHL), Kaidan Mbereko (G, Lincoln Stars - USHL), Noah Serdachny (F, Salmon Arm Silverbacks - BCHL), Ethan Straky (D, Green Bay Gamblers - USHL), and Gleb Veremyev (F, Lincoln Stars - USHL).

Tigers Picked Sixth in NCHC Preseason Poll
Colorado College was picked eighth in the 2022-23 NCHC Preseason Poll.
1.    Denver – 180 points (19 first-place votes)
2.    North Dakota – 160 (4)
3.    Minnesota Duluth – 136
4.    St. Cloud State – 115
5.    Western Michigan - 86
6.    Colorado College – 64
7.    Omaha - 59
8.    Miami - 28

Three Tigers on Team USA at World Juniors
Kris Mayotte, Hunter McKown and Kaidan Mbereko represented the United States at the 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships. The tournament, which was originally canceled on Dec. 29, 2021, due to COVID-19 issues, was played August 9-20 in Edmonton, ALB. Mayotte served as an assistant coach with Team USA for the fourth time, while Mbereko was Team USA's starting goaltender and McKown made his first appearance at the WJC.

Second Season at Robson Arena
Never in the storied history of Colorado College Tiger Hockey had the team played its home games on campus. Thanks to the generosity of donors, including former CC hockey player Ed Robson '54, along with the vision of former President Jill Tiefenthaler and the Board of Trustees, that changed on October 8, 2021, when the Tigers and St. Lawrence battled in the first regular-season game at Ed Robson Arena. Colorado College ranked No. 1 in the nation last season with percentage of attendance vs. capacity, at 104.5 percent. The capacity of Robson Arena is 3,407 and CC averaged an attendance of 3,559.

CC to Have 14 Games Televised This Season
11 of Colorado College's 34 games will be televised live on AT&T SportsNet, including 10 from Ed Robson Arena, while the Princeton game on New Year's Eve will be broadcast live in Colorado Springs and throughout the Southern Colorado region on KRDO NewsChannel 13. Road games at Air Force on Saturday, Oct. 29, and Denver on Friday, March 3 will be televised on Altitude 2 and CBS Sports Network, respectively.