Previewing the NAPHL: Rocky Mountain RoughRiders

September 15, 2016

The North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) is pleased to announce a series entitled Previewing the NAPHL. Over the course of the next two weeks, the North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) will preview each of the organizations in the NAPHL for the 2016-17 season. Each day, leading all the way up to the first event of the season at the NAHL Showcase in Blaine, MN, the league will feature a different organization and take a look at their teams.

Rocky Mountain RoughRiders

Location: Superior, Colorado

Member Since: 2009 and again in 2015

Teams: 18U, 16U, 15U

Coaching Staff: 18U Doug Smail, 16U Sergey Krivokrasov, 15U James O’Leary

Director: Derek Robinson

The Rocky Mountain RoughRiders are excited about the 2016-17 Season for all their teams and will be fielding teams at the 12U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U and 18U levels. The RoughRiders will be made up of mostly Colorado players as they normally are and look to be very competitive in the league this season. The RoughRIders 16U team will have 18 Colorado players of which 17 are returning RoughRIders. The RoughRiders 18U team will be made up of roughly 75 to 80% Colorado players of which 12 are returning RoughRIders. The RoughRiders are very thankful to be able to compete in the NAPHL again this year and look forward to good season in the NAPHL. GO RIDERS!!!

18U notable players

Forwards

Brandon Wilky - 1998

Junior Stevenson - 1998

Jacob Marti - 1999

Caleb Moretz -1998

RJ Harlan – 1998

Defense

Noah Kiemel – 1999

Adam Millar – 1999

Yanni Saraminolis - 1999

Goalie