Carter Mazur Signs With Red Wings, Forgoes Final Two Years of Eligibility

The Detroit Red Wings announced that they have signed DU sophomore left wing Carter Mazur to a three-year entry-level contract beginning with the 2023-24 season. Mazur will report to the team’s AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins for the remainder of the 2022-23 season on an Amateur Try Out (one of a few ways to avoid burning the first year of his ELC). A fan favorite, “Mazur with a laser” played a vital role in back-to-back 30-win seasons and the 2021-22 national championship. Continue reading Carter Mazur Signs With Red Wings, Forgoes Final Two Years of Eligibility

Basketball Transfer Portal Shaping Mid-Majors’ 2023-24 Plans

Basketball transfers are coming to a portal near you.

The 60-day window is open (March 13-May 11) for prospective transfers to hop in the portal to examine their options. The one-time transfer rule is still intact this season. If a player has not transferred before, they are immediately eligible. Of course, a team may release a player to play immediately rather than sit out a year of play. Continue reading Basketball Transfer Portal Shaping Mid-Majors’ 2023-24 Plans

Denver Flames Out in Manchester, Dashing Hopes for Repeat & Record 10th Title

Flat. Slow. Uninspired. Painful. Any number of terrible adjectives came to mind watching the defending national champions in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The #1-seed Denver Pioneers flew to New Hampshire with high expectations, hoping to come home Sunday with a second-straight Frozen Four berth and a trip to Tampa in the offing. Instead, playing against the 4th-seed Cornell Big Red in the Manchester Regional semifinal, the Pioneers came out flat, coughed up two first-period goals, and bowed out in the first round for the first time since 2014. They barely mustered a whimper in the 2-0 shutout loss which ended their season in the same building where legendary former head coach George Gwozdecky coached his final DU game, also in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Continue reading Denver Flames Out in Manchester, Dashing Hopes for Repeat & Record 10th Title

DU Remains In ‘Never Gone Dancing’ Club

Oh, well.

Some of us are still recovering from a weekend bender of couch surfing while watching March Madness…but yet again did so without watching the Denver Pioneers. We wait yet another year simmering in the juices of the Never Made it to the Tournament Club. We are not waiting for One Shining Moment, just a moment. Watching Farleigh Dickenson University (FDU) and Princeton win their first-round (and second-round in the latter’s case) games only makes the milestone more painful. Continue reading DU Remains In ‘Never Gone Dancing’ Club

Gymnastics Takes 2nd in Big 12 Championships

Denver gymnastics took 2nd to #1 ranked Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championships at West Virginia on Saturday, March 18. DU Junior, Jessica Hutchinson took second in the All Around and earned Big 12 gymnast of the year. Final team scores were:

  1. 198.4 Oklahoma
  2. 197.175 Denver
  3. 196.225 West Virginia
  4. 193.75 Iowa State
  5. sorry….Big 12 gymnastics only has 4 teams

Continue reading Gymnastics Takes 2nd in Big 12 Championships

Epic Weekend for Denver Lacrosse Teams

It felt like 2016 again and DU men’s lacrosse (4-3) let the good times roll. Peter Barton Stadium was packed, lacrosse alumni lined the balcony of the Cable Center and Denver played with skill and speed, demolishing Ohio State, 17-12.  A team many insiders doubted at the start of the season has now defeated #15 Ohio State, #12 North Carolina and came up just a late goal short on the road against #4 Duke. Bill Tierney’s final edition may have more surprises in store before the end of this season. Continue reading Epic Weekend for Denver Lacrosse Teams

DU Hockey Draws Cornell in Manchester, N.H. NCAA Regional

The NCHC regular-season champion and fourth overall seeded University of Denver Pioneer hockey team has earned a trip to Manchester, N.H.  to take on the #13 seeded Cornell University Big Red from the ECAC in the opening game of the Manchester Regional on Thursday, March 23rd at the 10,000-seat SHNU Arena.  Game time is 3:30 MT/5:30 ET, and will be televised live on ESPNews. Continue reading DU Hockey Draws Cornell in Manchester, N.H. NCAA Regional

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