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The Grey Wolves Hockey Club was founded in September 1983 by Brad Busse and Jeff Vigil.

THE TEAM NAME

The Grey Wolves team name evolved in 1997, succeeding earlier versions including Bay Wolf, Chem-Dry, Flames and Cheers.  Interestingly, the team was called Busse’s on the first schedule because we didn’t decide on a name until after the season started.  The first team name was Cheers.  Cheers was the local pub at Hampden and Monaco, made famous by patrons tossing bricks through TV screens at Howard Cossell during the Monday night football games.  In 1986, the name was changed to the Flames after Cheers closed.  Then in 1986, the team name was changed to Bay Wolf due to the efforts of John Muraglia to obtain a sponsorship from the Bay Wolf restaurant located in Cherry Creek.   From 1993 to 1996 the team was named Chem-Dry as a result of sponsorship by Blair MacNeil’s company by the same name.  Since 1997 the team name has been The Grey Wolves, partly in recognition that many of us had begun to show signs of that stately silver color in our hair.

 

THE HOCKEY LEAGUES

Alpine Ice Arena House League – 1983 to 1994

Rocky Mountain Hockey League – 1994 to 1998

Arapahoe Adult Hockey League (Family Sports) – 1998 to current

DU Hockey League – 2006 to current

 

THE LAS VEGAS TOURNAMENTS

LV-1 April 2003

LV-2 May 2004

LV-3 May 2005

LV-4 May 2006

LV-5 May 200