The Cliffhangers are pleased to sponsor " The Cim Koch Memorial Scholarship" that will be presented to the a Girls' Division to one of the local minor hockey leagues in the Denver area.

The Arvada Hockey Association – Girls’ Division has been the recepient of this scholarship since the  2006-2007 season. This award is distributed amongst several deserving players of the girls division, which is part of the already successful Arvada Hockey Association. Funds will be used to help these players offset ice time fees, tournament and travel fees, and will further allow these girls the opportunity to play in a competitive environment.

Background:
Cim was one of our original Cliffhangers members. She was all for participating in tournaments and travelled to many. Cim was most certainly all about enjoying life and having fun. As for hockey, she quickly developed a love for the game. Although health issues restricted Cim from playing as much as she wanted, she always looked forward to getting back on the ice with the Cliffhangers.
Cim was a member of one of our first tournament teams and made the trek to Dallas in 2001 to play some hockey.Neither the hotel nor restaurants we visited were the same after we left. Ask any other Cliffhanger and/or our supporters who went to Dallas and they will tell you it was a heck of a tournament. “Burning Ring of Fire” became the unofficial team song for that tournament. And Cim was the one who lead us in song. We ended up taking over the hotel lobby one evening after returning from dinner out (with the permission of the hotel of course). We sang, danced, had some beverages, and mingled with a visiting volleyball team
Cim also travelled with the Cliffhangers to many other tournaments including Toronto, Calgary and even Iceland. Nothing stopped Cim once she made up her mind. Not having a passport 48 hrs before leaving for Iceland may have deterred others, but not Cim – she made it happen. Cim's family were great supporters of her, as they too travelled to some tournaments.
Tammy Rollins, also an original Cliffhanger, shares this "There was one summer where the Cliffies played as a coed team. Cim had apparently eaten chocolate donuts on the way to the game (wearing shorts). She must have had the donuts on her lap. So when someone is the locker room asked about the marks on her legs she said "Oh! I have chocolate on my thighs! Must be the donuts I had on the way here." That was Cim" Sabrina Becker, who has been a player and coach, shares “When the Cliffhangers first asked me to coach, I was 100% excited to start and 110% nervous that I would completely mess up - I was seriously thinking of not doing it. I had told Cim that I was going to coach the next season and how nervous I was - she looked at me very excited and told me not to worry, that I would be great at coaching and that she couldn't wait to play on my team. I can't describe how it felt to have someone that excited about playing hockey for me. I stopped and thought of Cim on my team, how great it had been playing with her over the years, how much I enjoyed watching her learn and improve, and how wonderful it was to see someone so excited about the game. If I had even one Cim on my team, coaching would be the coolest thing I could do...it was in that moment that I knew that I wanted to do it, and my fear left me. Without Cim I'm positive that I would have talked myself out of coaching - and what a mistake that would have been. Three yearslater coaching makes me happier than just about anything else in my life, and I owe that to Cim. I owe it to her enthusiasm, her support, and her unwavering belief that you can do anything that you put your mind to.”

Wayne Gretzky once said that you miss 100% of the shots that you don't take. Cim never missed a chance to take a shot. From her first foray out on to the ice, it was obvious that she was willing to do whatever it took to play the game and enjoy every minute of it. There never seemed to be a moment when she wasn't smiling, encouraging her team mates, or giving 100% on and off the ice. The Cliffhangers have retired the #12 in Cim's memory.