Join the Team

For more extensive information on how to join the team stop by the sport club office on the second floor of the Colorado State University recreational facility.

Click here for the full letter from the team on reasons to join CSU Ram Hockey!

Please send the following information to Head Coach Eric Sunness at: eric@northerncoloradolawyer.com

Full Name:
Year:
Phone Number:
E-mail Address:
Reasons Why You Want to Play for CSU Hockey:
Position Interested In:
Relevant Experience and Prior Teams and level of play:

What is CSU Hockey?
Beginning in 1991, the Colorado State University hockey team started participating in the Division II league of the American Collegiate Hockey Association, a non-scholarship, non-profit league playing under the guidelines of USA Hockey. CSU functions as a Club Sport under the guidance of the student Campus Recreation Office. The team is self-sufficient, being led and operated by volunteer coaches, officers and interns. The hockey season typically runs from tryouts in September to the national championship in March with a month break in December. The team has dry-land practices twice a week and on-ice practice twice a week throughout the year and usually plays 2-3 games on weekends and 30-35 games a season. The team travels at various places around the west and the nation two or three times a semester. CSU perennially resides among the top ranked teams in the nation out of over 150 teams in the ACHA Division II and finished third in the 2005-06 season, 4th in 2006-07, and 9th in 2007-2008. CSU last won the National Championship in 1995.

How do I get to play? Watch? Participate?
Play: see recruit page.
Participate: see Intern page.
Watch: See Fan page.

Who do they play?
The team plays other teams from around the nation that are members of the ACHA. We mostly play teams in our Division (II), but do play DI and DIII teams at times. See opponents’ webpages for more information by going to the Schedule page and viewing the ACHA home page.

Where do they play and practice? EPIC. All of our home games and practices are at EPIC.

What level of hockey skill is involved?
The team has young, recent high school graduates and older players that played in various Junior leagues or even played NCAA at some point. Many of the top players in ACHA DII league could make the move up to the NCAA and some are able to go on to play professionally. That being said, the team requires much more than skill on the ice to have a successful season and maturity, leadership, and attitude play a large role on making the team.

Who are CSU fans?
Our fans range from young to old and athletes to academics. We are frequently supported on road trips by family and former graduates from around the nation. The team cherishes our close relationships with the Fort Collins and Northern Colorado community. We have close ties with the Northern Colorado Youth Hockey programs, high school teams, the Northern Colorado Athletic Commission, the Fort Collins Adult Hockey Association (FCAHA), and the Colorado Eagles hockey program. The program does its best to provide the community and our fans with quality play on the ice and general evening entertainment for all ages throughout the season.