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Hanna’s energy and love for life is contagious. She has the ability to spread joy wherever she goes and find the beauty in every moment. Her compassion for others, her spirit for adventure and her wonderful personality makes her an easy person to love and care for. Hanna’s love for hockey goes back before she could walk where she learned to skate on a homemade rink in her backyard in …

The Hagen family is one that epitomizes the vision of Dawg Nation. Chris contributes his time in the hockey community, giving back through coaching. They all live their lives to the fullest each and every day. A few years ago, the Hagen’s were blessed with their first child, Wilder. Wilder was born with Cerebral Palsy, and while these fantastic people continue to live their best lives, they…

The Berntsen’s are another incredible family who have made such an impact within their community. Mary has been part of Soda Creek for numerous years, helping guide the Yampa Valley youth through elementary school. Lars and James were both graduates from the Yampa Valley school system. And then there is Scott. Scott lost his battle with Brain Cancer just over a year and a half ago. It was a…

An Electric Night! Dawg Nation packed the bar at SoBo 151 to witness Angie Petersen and the women’s hockey community put their collective arms around a “beacon of light” named Sarah Karr. Sarah is battling pancreatic cancer and literally never stopped smiling all night! The night was fun, emotional, electric and simply amazing! We were honored to present Sarah with a check for $26,000 to lift …

At the time of Dawg Bowl, Tammy was not in well enough health to join us in person for a very big surprise. However, with some secret coordination between family members and friends, we were able to surprise Tammy via FaceTime during the opening moments of the Survivor Game. She was overjoyed and overwhelmed with the amount of love and support. The Dawg Nation Survivors skated in Tammy’s ho…

A Celebrity Size Surprised  Julie and her family were asked to stand rink side for the surprise of a lifetime. At the end of a Dawg Bowl XII match up, Marty, Mike and Jan Hejda presented Julie with her own Survivor game jersey and a check for $10,000 to support Julie’s fight with cancer. Julie was overwhelmed with love and support. The Dawg Nation family continues to stand by Julie as she …

A Surprise Stage Announcement  During a beautiful afternoon of Dawg Bowl XII, Dawg Nation surprised Becky Gartman with a check for $5,000. Becky was as diagnosed at the end of 2021 with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and still fighting her battle. She is currently undergoing chemo and hopefully with good scans will be done with treatment soon. Dawg Nation will continue to stand by Becky in the fig…

A HIT AND RUN David Fancher, a local Colorado firefighter and longtime, local hockey player was recently injured during a hit and run crash while on scene in Adams County. A stolen vehicle crashed into his firetruck while tending to an unrelated incident. David suffered major head trauma and was rushed to a local hospital for treatment. A LIFE LONG LOVE OF HOCKEY David grew up in the sma…

Brandi was diagnosed with anaplastic oligodendroglioma, a malignant cancer. She has fought this battle before, but her family and her doctors believe this time it may be terminal. She will be undergoing surgery to attempt to remove the tumor, but unfortunately she has a lot of fluid buildup on her brain, and her doctors will be placing a shunt to relieve some of the pressure and fluid buildup. …

A WARRIOR ON THE ICE Rob grew in the Boston playing area hockey in the late 60’s and played goalie up through high school. After high school he received a scholarship to Westfield State to play baseball. But he continued to play hockey and over the last 20 years has been an active member of the Rocky Mountain hockey community until about 7 months ago. Over the last 10-15 years he has fac…

It was a daily double at Old Foothills as we joined forces with the WDHL (West Denver Hockey League) to surprise two long time members of Clockwork Orange, Dan Grady and Keith Young. Dan is recovering from successful hip surgery and Keith is on the road to recovery after neck surgery. We can’t wait to have both of guys back on the ice. A PROUD MEMBER OF THE COLORADO HOCKEY COMMUN…

It was a daily double at Old Foothills as we joined forces with the WDHL (West Denver Hockey League) to surprise two long time members of Clockwork Orange, Dan Grady and Keith Young. Dan is recovering from successful hip surgery and Keith is on the road to recovery after neck surgery. We can’t wait to have both of guys back on the ice. LONG TIME SUPPORTER Keith Young, a longtime…