Hockey: Stirling Cup returns for 16th year
Courtesy |
Organized by Aspen Junior Hockey as a fundraiser for the AJH scholarship fund, the 16th annual Stirling Cup NHL All-Star Weekend is scheduled to get underway Saturday in Aspen.
For the third consecutive season, the Colorado Avalanche Alumni Association will bring its talents to Lewis Ice Arena. This year, the Avs will face the Dallas Stars alumni in Saturday’s 5 p.m. game. Two years ago, the Avs alumni beat the Detroit Red Wings alumni in Aspen, and last year the Avs alumni lost to the Boston Bruins alumni.
Highlighting the Avs alumni roster in 2016 are future hall-of-famers Pierre Turgeon (2005 to 2007) and Milan Hejduk (1998 to 2008). When Turgeon retired, he ranked 32nd in most points in NHL history. Hejduk is a Stanley Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist.
The centerpiece of the Dallas Stars alumni team will be former goaltender Ed Belfour, a 2011 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee. Belfour is one of only two players to have won an NCAA championship, Olympic gold medal and Stanley Cup.
The teams will play three 15-minute periods and the game will be broadcast live online by GrassRoots TV.
Earlier Saturday, the NHL alumni and current AJH league players will put on a skills clinic for kids ages 8 to 15. The clinic starts at 10 a.m. with the 8 to 11 age group and goes from 11 to 11:45 a.m. with the 12 to 15 age group.
The Stirling Cup concludes Sunday with a golf tournament at the Aspen Golf and Tennis Club.
As of Thursday, tickets still remained for the alumni game. Prices start at $20 for adults and $10 for children 14 and younger. For more information, visit http://www.aspenjuniorhockey.com/stirlingcup.
Support Local Journalism
Support Local Journalism
Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times’ work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.
Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.
Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.
Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil.
If you don't follow the rules, your comment may be deleted.
User Legend: 
Moderator 
Trusted User
Mountain Games, now celebrating 20 years, evolved out of ’70s and ’80s Vail recreation
When mountain culture enthusiasts and athletes descend on Vail for the 20th annual Mountain Games from June 7-12, they will carry on a tradition that dates back to the 1970s in Eagle County and was once deemed illegal.