Stay updated with breaking news from Kyle kirst. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Sat May 15 2021 | Nelson Rice | College PHOTO COURTESY OF JORDAN OZER/RUTGERS ATHLETICS (@JOZER7) Colin Kirst is interviewed on the field after making 17 saves in Rutgers' 12-5 win Saturday over eighth-seeded Lehigh in Charlottesville, Va. While most of the focus was on Rutgers’ 17-year NCAA tournament drought when the Scarlet Knights’ name was called on Selection Sunday for the first time since 2004, the program’s most recent, and only, NCAA tournament victory dated back 14 more years. In 1990, Rutgers topped Virginia 7-6 in Charlottesville to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals. Kyle Kirst was the Scarlet Knights’ goalie. Almost 31 years later to the day on the same campus, Colin Kirst starred in between the pipes at Klöckner Stadium and fulfilled his family’s legacy. The Big Ten Goalie of the Year made 17 saves, many of the spectacular variety, against his former team to lift Rutgers to a 12-5 first-round win Saturday over eighth-seeded Lehigh and claim a spot in next week’s NCAA quarterfinals.
Friday May 14th, 2021 2:45pm On Sunday in College Park, Md., Jake, Jesse and Jared Bernhardt will all be wearing the same dented ring. It’s engraved with “JB” for their dad Jimmy Bernhardt. The dents and the divots, the engraving, it’s there, two more copies molded for Jesse and Jared from dad’s original ring that Jake now wears. It’s a reminder of their late father and a Christmas gift from their mom, Catherine. “I know their dad’s looking down on them from a different place. The boys all know he’s there,” Catherine says. “They all have his ring that he wore. They know that their dad is always with them.”
Colin Kirst, a goalkeeper, comes to Rutgers after four years at Lehigh. Connor and Colin Kirst Continuing Family Legacy at Rutgers Mon Dec 14 2020 | Justin Lafleur | College Former Rutgers goaltender Kyle Kirst passed away suddenly on June 16, 2015, at the age of 47. He was part of the Scarlet Knights' 1990 NCAA tournament team. For the entire Kirst family — his wife, Michelle, and sons Connor, Colin, Cole, C.J. and Caden — it’s understandably still very raw. “My brothers, mother and I are all very, very close,” said Colin Kirst, a goalie who spent four years at Lehigh before transferring to Rutgers to follow in his father's footsteps for the upcoming season. “Honestly, it’s tough to talk about. We wake up every day knowing and carrying it with us. Within these five years, we knew something good would come, but the scar would never heal.”