Recovery Update

Its been two and a half months since my surgery on September 8. The recover is going much better than expected although it is another three and a half months expected at least, until I am game ready. I have been working out daily and practicing with the Boulder Junior Bison on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. I began skating three weeks ago with just lightly gliding. Last week I began transitioning and shooting. Everything is feeling great with minimal pain. My therapist is confident that I will make a full recovery. I will continue to practice and travel with the Bison for the remaining months of my recovery.

Surgery Update

I had my surgery this last Thursday, September 8th. I have been home for two days now after spending one night in the hospital. The problems in my hip were a bit worse than what the doctor had first expected. The Labrum was severely damaged and took five anchors to repair it. Also there was an extreme amount of cartilage found in the hip and also a hole in that cartilage underneath the hip joint. The doctors put micro fractures into the bone in order to make the bone bleed to smooth over that hole in the joint. All in all the surgery was performed with perfection and my hip is as good as new with some hard physical therapy. I am now expected to be game ready in 8-10 months instead of 6 with the difficulties encountered in the surgery. I am feeling fairly well right now, the pain is rather difficult to get around and the restricted movement is very uncomfortable with the lifestyle I have. However, I am looking forward to getting back to school and starting physical therapy Monday!

Cole Creger 10-11 Highlights

My little brothers highlights from the 10-11 season

Next Season Update

As many of you have heard by now, I will not be playing hockey this season. Unfortunately what I thought to be a severe groin injury was actually much more serious. I tore the labrum located in my hip and also need 3.5cm of my hip joint carved out in order to make it circular once again. Over my years of playing hockey it has flattened out and is no longer a spherical ball joint. The Surgery takes place on September 8th, and will be preformed by Dr. White who has been one of the primary contributors to research with this surgery which is a fairly new procedure.

The recovery time is six months. 2 weeks bed rest, 2 months on crutches and then 3 and a half weeks of rehabilitation before the doctor will give me the green light to once again begin training. I will be continuing my studies at Boulder Universal Online School for my senior this year. As a career credit I will be writing a paper on the surgery along with the recovery required. I will post the paper once it is complete for everyone to read so you all know what is going on.

I think that this surgery will have its bright sides as well however. I plan on really working on the finesse aspect of the game, working on my hands, footwork, and my shot and coming back a more versatile player adding this finesse to my physical play.  I plan on coming back to Corpus Christi for my first post- high school year of juniors and then hopefully playing for a D1 college on a scholarship in my future!

I will keep everyone updated on my current status!

Thanks for the continued support!

Chance Creger Recruitment Video

Season Wrap-Up

Last Thursday and Friday night we concluded our season with a two game series against New Mexico. Thursday nights game was a close one, we lead 2-1 for most of the game until we were scored on late in the third on the penalty kill which took the game to Overtime. 15 seconds into OT off a broken play, New Mexico scored to end the game 3-2. On the bright side, on Thursday nights game we clinched the 5th place  in the Southern Division getting one point from the OT loss.

Friday night Corpus Christi set a NAHL attendance record of over 6200 fans at our Harley Davidson sponsored game. Unfortunately, we could not pull out a win for our fans on our last game of the season and fell 3-2 in regulation.

As the off-season begins I am taking a little break from the ice to let my body heal up from the season and focusing on lifting weights and some physical therapy for some minor injures. I am hoping to attend a few United States Hockey League (USHL) camps throughout the summer and then tryout for Corpus Christi at the end of the summer!

I had a great season and I'm really grateful for such an amazing opportunity to play in the NAHL this year. I want to thank my host family, Rob and Karen Collins for opening their house to me. Also thanks to my roommate Joe Smereck, and the rest of the team. It was a pleasure playing with all those guys this year and I learned a lot from them. Also best of luck to Saucerman, as he goes to play D1 at UMass next year, and also Kyle Hughes, Jason Souva, and Sam Cheraso who aged out at the end of this season. I'd also like to thank the Coaches for all their instruction this year and giving me the opportunity to play for them. Last but not least I would like to thank Ryan Holt for the media support!

Most of all though I'd like to thank Coach Cully for giving me a place to play after Ice Jets did not work out at the beginning of the season and his continued support.

ICERAYS CELEBRATE 2010-11 SEASON AT BANQUET