The Dallas Stars on Monday signed former Colorado College standout Toby Petersen to a two-year contract worth $550,000 per season.
Petersen, 29, played in eight regular-season games and 16 playoff games for the Stars last season after the NHL team called him up from the American Hockey League’s Iowa Stars.
“We are very pleased to have Toby under contract the next two seasons,” Dallas co-general manager Les Jackson said. “Toby is a consummate professional on and off the ice.”
Petersen, a 5-foot-10, 197-pound center, was an AHL all-star last season before his NHL stint. He was a ninth-round draft choice of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2000 after a four-year career at CC.
Byrd awaiting exhibition bout.
Denver-area boxer Louie Byrd, a 17-year-old flyweight and a junior-to-be at Wheat Ridge High School, will fight an exhibition show bout as part of the Democratic National Convention in August.
Byrd, who will also train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in July, sparring in support of the team’s forthcoming trip for the Beijing Games, won the flyweight division at the national Golden Gloves boxing tournament last month in Grand Rapids, Mich. Byrd defeated Malcolm Franklin of California in the finals, 3-2. He is ranked No. 2 nationally in his division by USA Boxing and is a two- time Junior Olympic title winner.
Broncos tickets available next month.
The Broncos will put individual-game tickets on sale for the 2008 season starting July 12. A limited number of tickets will be available for all games by phone (303-830-8497), at or at the Broncos’ ticket office at Invesco Field at Mile High. Full-price tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. and half-price tickets start selling at 1 p.m. Most available tickets are single seats only, as the Broncos have sold out every game since 1970.
