Eagles girls knock off the New Mexico Renegades 3-2 in double overtime to win the 2011 Mountain States Girls Hockey League Championship.

In a season filled with many challenges the Colorado Junior Eagles Girls U19 team took home the MSGHL League Championship for 2011. The Eagles girls had only been back on the ice a couple times since suffering serious carbon monoxide poisoning in Gunnison, so the Eagles coaching staff wasn't not exactly sure what to expect when the Eagles hit the ice in game one versus a young but talented team from Summit. The Eagles girls started the tournament strong winning game one 5-1 and outshooting their opponent 32 to 9. The Eagles Lauren Johnson had a hat trick in the game as her and her line-mates Kalli Kube and Mackenzie Guttormson accounted for 4 of the 5 goals in the game. In game two the Eagles girls faced the number 3 seeded Vail U19 team and continued to roll winning game two 7-2 with a strong defensive performance by Hadley Jouflas and Lexe Svisco. The defense also chipped in goals as Jenna McDonald scored a long shot from the point and Amy Streeter scored two of the Eagles 7 goals.

In the third game of the tournament the Eagles faced the number 2 seeded New Mexico Renegades and found that winning a 2nd league championship in three years was going to be no easy task. The New Mexico team had a tough time containing the Junior Eagles fast skating Allyson Stibbards who had multiple shots on net and was only kept off the scoreboard due to some fantastic saves by the New Mexico net-minder. The only goal of the game was scored by Eilleen Cox on a great play from Ally Werhane and Mackenzie Nicholson. Eagles goalie Sydney Firmin posted a shutout in the game and the Eagles squeaked out a 1-0 win forcing a re-match with New Mexico in Sunday's championship game.

On Sunday the Junior Eagles girls were all set to face off against New Mexico one more time for all the marbles but this time the girls from New Mexico were ready to play and scored first at 7:03 in the first period on a long shot from the point. The Eagles struggled to generate any offense at all but managed to tie up the game when Mackenzie Nicholson banged in a rebound on a great play by Ally Werhane. That excitement was short lived as the Renegades scored again in the second period just as time was expiring. Being down by a goal in the third period the Eagles girls never gave up, yet injuries were starting to accumulate as both Eileen Cox and Mackenzie Guttormson suffered knee injuries. Late in the third period Kalli Kube shot a long shot at an impossible angle but some how, some way, the puck found it's way into the net forcing overtime.

In the first overtime both New Mexico's goalie and the Eagles goalie Sydney Firmin held strong and neither team could win it in the sudden death situation. The game went into the second overtime and the Eagles coaches moved Jenna McDonald up to play offense since the injuries had greatly affected the Eagles forward lines. That move proved to be the difference as late in the second overtime period Jenna through a puck towards the net which was deflected high into the air eventually coming down and trickling into the net giving the Eagles girls a thrilling double overtime win. The Eagles didn't play their best game of the season in the championship game but did play penalty free which helped them on their way to a miracle finish of a most memorable season.