Everything was going perfectly fine for the #6 Denver Pioneers (12-6-1, 8-2-0 NCHC)…until it wasn’t. They held a two-goal lead late in the second period, but the St. Cloud State Huskies (8-10-0, 3-7-0 NCHC) scored with just 14 seconds left to pull back to within in one entering the third. Then, two ill-advised penalties, including a major for head contact, later, the Huskies flipped the script, tying the game and then taking the lead right after the major penalty ended. The Pioneers did their best to find the equalizer over the final five minutes, but it was to no avail, as they fell, 4-3, in their final game of 2025, ending what was a 12-game regulation unbeaten streak. Continue reading Poor Discipline, Defense Doom Pioneers Against Huskies in Final Tilt of 2025 →

The #6 Denver Pioneers (12-5-1, 8-1-0 NCHC) have yet to record a regulation loss in NCHC play and extended their regulation unbeaten streak to 12 – dating back to their overtime loss to Alaska Anchorage at Magness Arena on Halloween – thanks to their 5-1 drubbing of the St. Cloud State Huskies (7-10-0, 2-7-0 NCHC) on the “big ice” at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Pioneers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and never looked back, coasting to the four-goal victory. Continue reading Pioneers Run Regulation Unbeaten Streak to 12 with 5-1 Win at St. Cloud →

The #19 Miami (OH) RedHawks (10-5-0, 2-5-0 NCHC) are not the same bottom-dwelling RedHawks that NCHC fans have gotten used to over the past half-decade. After their Friendship Four championship in Belfast, Northern Ireland, last weekend, gone are the days of two to four scheduled victories when Miami showed up on the calendar. But in game one of their two-game series with the visiting RedHawks, the #6 Denver Pioneers (10-5-1, 6-1-0 NCHC) certainly made it seem like the sickly RedHawks of old are still around with their 4-0 victory at Magness Arena. Denver scored three times in the second (a fourth was called back for goaltender interference), and goaltender Quentin Miller notched his third shutout of the season as DU successfully turned the page from last weekend’s overtime letdown at Ball Arena. Continue reading Three-Goal Second Pushes Pioneers Past RedHawks in Series Opener →

No Shave November/’Movember’ has ended, but cancer never rests. The battle against cancer just got personal for Pioneer hockey nation. Former DU hockey captain Kevin Dineen announced three days ago on Twitter that he is battling pancreatic cancer. Dineen, with the support of his wife, Annie, and four children, is on the front lines of a battle against the disease. Continue reading Former Denver Hockey Captain Kevin Dineen in the Fight of His Life →

The #4 Denver Pioneers (9-5-1, 5-1-0 NCHC) never led but it didn’t stop them from making the 2025 United States Hockey Hall of Fame Game a fantastically entertaining affair, falling behind 1-0, 3-1, and 5-4 to the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-9-1, 3-3-0 Big 10) before tying the game at 5-5 with just 23 seconds left. Even in overtime, the Pioneers made it a nailbiter, hitting a post and forcing UMN goalie Luca Di Pasquo to make massive save after massive save. It wasn’t until Javon Moore found himself on a short breakaway on DU goalie Quentin Miller, who had his first bad game as a Pioneers, that the Gophers finally ended a thriller at Ball Arena, with Minnesota winning, 6-5. Continue reading #4 Pioneers Fall to Gophers in OT at Ball Arena in US Hockey Hall of Fame Game →

It is U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Week! The University of Denver and the DU Alumni Council are hosting the Holiday Hat Trick —three events, a full day of hockey — on Saturday, November 29. It’s a holiday week, so take family and friends to a busy hockey Saturday. Continue reading Thanksgiving Week Features a Full Day of Hockey on Saturday, November 29th →

It’s not exactly a secret that Sam Harris is one of the best players on the #3 Denver Pioneers’ (9-4-1, 5-1-0 NCHC) roster, but opposing teams are having a hell of a time trying to slow him down. In game two of the Pioneers’ series with the Arizona State Sun Devils (5-8-1, 3-4-1 NCHC), Harris singlehandedly pulled the Pioneers back into the game with goals in the second and third period, and was one correctly-waved-off goal away from a hat trick that would have given the Pioneers the win. Instead, Harris’ two goals erased an early 2-0 deficit to force overtime, when the Sun Devils finally found the back of the net again with just 20 seconds left in the extra frame to finish off the weekend split. Continue reading Sam Harris Erases 2-0 Deficit but DU Falls to ASU in Overtime →