DU and Team USA Head Coach David Carle has gathered his squad to defend their IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. The first pre-competition game for Team USA begins December 19th against Slovakia in Kingston, Ontario, followed by a final pre-tourney game against Finland in Cornwall, Ontario on December 21. The USA takes to the ice for their first official tournament game on December 26th against Germany at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa, where the team will play in Pool A. You can find the full tournament schedule here. The US team just arrived at the Invista Centre, Team USA’s home for the next three days as it prepares for the aforementioned Slovakia pre-tournament matchup in Kingston. Continue reading Carle Convenes Team USA Ahead of IIHF World Junior Championships
Monthly Archives: December 2024
Denver Drops Two Games on West Coast Swing
Denver finished their two-game West Coast swing Tuesday night with a painful overtime loss against the Cal Poly Mustangs. Two days earlier, Denver fell to Cal State Fullerton 74-59. Cal State exploited Denver’s lack of size in the paint. On Tuesday night, the Mustangs used deadly three-point shooting to down Denver in overtime, 95-94. Continue reading Denver Drops Two Games on West Coast Swing
Steve Fisher Epitomized ‘Game Day’ at the University of Denver
On the northwest corner of High Street and Asbury Avenue, a one-story stucco home sits across the street from the University of Denver. A yard sign was often posted in the front yard proclaiming ‘Game Day’, reminding students and the community that a DU athletic team was playing at home that day or night.
Continue reading Steve Fisher Epitomized ‘Game Day’ at the University of Denver
Pioneers Bounce Back from Blown Lead to Earn Gold Pan Split
Look, there’s no two ways about it. Blowing a 3-0 lead to your archrival and giving up five straight goals along the way is embarrassing. Add in the fact that the #4 Denver Pioneers (14-4-0, 4-4-0 NCHC) had zero regulation wins in nearly a month, the blown lead and loss stung even more. So, a night later, with game two of the home-and-home series with the #10 Colorado College Tigers (10-5-1, 4-3-1 NCHC) and the last game before the three-week holiday break looming, the vibes were terrible and the pressure was immense. Was DU’s season on the line already in mid-December? Fortunately, Cale Ashcroft’s game-winning goal five and a half minutes into the third period prevented that question from needing to be answered as the Pioneers held on to earn the 2-1 win and split the first Gold Pan series of the season. Continue reading Pioneers Bounce Back from Blown Lead to Earn Gold Pan Split
Five Consecutive Goals by Colorado College Drop DU, 5-4
The Pioneer faithful expected the Gold Pan rivalry to pull the #4 Pioneers out of their mid-season slump after DU lost three of their four previous games. Denver traveled to Colorado Springs Friday evening and built a comfortable lead over #10 CC in the first period, 2-0, following a pair of short-handed goals by Samu Salminen. The shorthanded goals were just the elixer that Denver needed, right?
Wrong. Continue reading Five Consecutive Goals by Colorado College Drop DU, 5-4
DU Falls to Vermont in PKs, College Cup Run Ends in Semis Again
In Brazil they call soccer ‘the beautiful game‘. However, it can be a cruel game too, with paper-thin margins. #3 Denver was the best team (statistically) on the field Friday night in the College Cup semifinal between the Pioneers and Vermont Catamounts but it was not to be for Denver men’s soccer in Cary, North Carolina. A crossbar shot, a missed first-half Catamounts handball in the box, a close non-offside call on Vermont’s only regulation goal and numerous missed scoring chances by the Pioneers led to the deciding penalty shots. That is not to say Vermont did not have chances of their own, particularly in the second half of the match, as both sides created scoring opportunities to end the match in regulation. Shootouts are a game of roulette and Denver came up short. Continue reading DU Falls to Vermont in PKs, College Cup Run Ends in Semis Again
Vermont A to Z: 26 Things to Know Before Friday’s College Cup Semifinal
DU faces the University of Vermont in the 2024 College Cup Semifinal at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. Opening kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET/3 p.m. MT, and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN+. Here is everything you want to know about Vermont and the University of Vermont soccer:
America East Conference winner in 2024 with 7 total conference titles
Bridges that are covered are popular tourist attractions
Catamounts is their nickname Continue reading Vermont A to Z: 26 Things to Know Before Friday’s College Cup Semifinal
Early Success Pushes Denver Past UCCS, 94-87
DU men’s basketball played the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) at Hamilton Gym Tuesday night. Denver rode a torrid offensive first half, shooting 51.5% from the floor and 7-13 (54%) from three-point range to take a 49-35 halftime lead. The Mountain Lions clawed their way back into the game in the second half. In the final five minutes, DU’s lead was carved to four points but each time Denver responded with a run of their own. A three-point make by DeAndre Craig in the final minute-and-a-half finished off the scoring and the game ended 94-87 DU. Continue reading Early Success Pushes Denver Past UCCS, 94-87
Budget Shortfall a Time for Solutions, Not Infighting
The University of Denver’s current $11 million budget shortfall has made the news recently. The shortfall and proposed budget cuts were covered extensively by the campus newspaper, The Clarion, and, more broadly, The Denver Post. As we have written in the past, the University, as a private school, is highly dependent on tuition dollars (about 80%) for its operations. Additionally, demographic trends show a shrinking pool of college entrants nationally, due in part to a declining birth rate. DU’s enrollment peaked in 2022 with 13,815 overall students and has been declining since then. The projected enrollment for DU’s 2025 fiscal year is 12,043 students, 10% lower than Fall 2023’s enrollment. Continue reading Budget Shortfall a Time for Solutions, Not Infighting
Denver Earns Scrappy Road Win Over Portland State 68-67
It’s a fascinating time to be a DU basketball fan. This season’s team (5-6) was always going to rely on guard play. However, the talented and youthful backcourt assembled by the coaching staff was going to be backstopped by a formidable front line – two seven footers, a 6’9″ Polish National Team member and veteran Pedro Lopez Sanvicente (6’9″). At this point in non-conference play, Sanvicente is the last man standing (for now) and the coaching staff must mix and match lineups, problem-solve, coach and develop players on the fly. Continue reading Denver Earns Scrappy Road Win Over Portland State 68-67