It was a travel day for the LetsGoDU staff. We are headed to the Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minnesota to cover Denver Pioneers hockey. Look for live coverage on LetsGoDU Twitter. Continue reading LetGoDU Staff Headed to St. Paul for The Frozen Four →

This is not ‘the revenge tour’ because Denver is fielding an entirely different team than the one that lost to UMass and Cornell in previous tournaments.  However, the Springfield Regional was a chance to make amends for an overtime loss to UMass in the 2019 Frozen Four (4-3). Now, they have a chance to make up for a Manchester Regional semifinal loss to this same Cornell team a year ago. Based on statistics and the eye test, Cornell will be a much tougher challenge than UMass-Amherst. Continue reading Springfield Regional Final: Denver Faces Toughest Task Yet With Manchester Rematch →

DU head Coach David Carle wanted his team to give the NCHC Frozen Faceoff their full effort after losing momentum last season, falling to Colorado College at the the Frozen Faceoff and an early NCAA Tournament exit. Saturday night, DU gave their full effort after a grueling OT game 24 hours earlier against St. Cloud State. Heading into the game, the DU staff knew that a win would send Colorado College out of the NCAA Tournament bracket. Winning the NCHC Tournament Trophy also meant that Denver might be sent to the Springfield, Massachusetts Regional hosted by UMass-Amherst, instead of a more favorable midwest spot like St Louis. We will know tomorrow when the seedings are announced. The hockey Selection Show is Sunday at 4:30 p.m. MT on ESPNU. Continue reading Denver Wins NCHC Tournament Trophy Over Omaha, 4-1 →

Old habits die hard. The nation’s leading scoring hockey team, the Denver Pioneers, scored goals as usual but gave up wide-open scoring opportunities to St. Cloud State in the first two periods – a return to their porous selves from the first half of the season. However, Denver found defense over the third period and won in overtime, 5-4, on a dazzling goal by Zeev Buium. North Dakota fell in the earlier afternoon game to Omaha 6-3 – setting up a Denver vs Omaha final in St Paul, Minnesota Saturday night. The win all but assured Denver a top-four seed in the NCAA hockey tournament, Continue reading Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Goal Fest Turns into Overtime Thriller, 5-4 →

“Déjà vu all over again” is a phrase taken from a famous quotation attributed to Yogi Berra. DU hockey stole a page out of Yogi’s book Friday night, at least for the first two periods, when the Pioneers went up 3-0 to ultimately deliver the knockout blow to Minnesota Duluth Saturday night. The Pioneers win swept the Bulldogs out of the NCHC quarterfinals. A 4-0 Friday thrashing was followed by a 5-2 win at Magness Arena Saturday night. Denver advances to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff for their tenth season in a row, the only NCHC team to accomplish that feat. Continue reading Denver Caps Minnesota Duluth Sweep With 5-2 Victory →