Earlier this evening, the NAHL’s Lone Star Brahmas announced on Twitter that defenseman Ryan Orgel is leaving the team and joining the top-ranked Denver Pioneers for the remainder of the 2017-18 season and beyond. There is no corresponding early departure or dismissal. Continue reading DEVELOPING: Denver Hockey to add NAHL defenseman for 2017-18
The top-ranked Denver Pioneers topped the North Dakota Fighting Hawks 4-1 last night to earn a weekend split with their archrival. It was an important bounce-back type game for the Pios after blowing a 3-0 lead the night before. While Denver would have much preferred a sweep, especially after Friday night’s first period, DU was still able to enter Thanksgiving break on a good note.
DU head coach Jim Montgomery was pleased with his team’s performance last night. Watch his postgame media scrum below (pardon the typo in the tweet): Continue reading WATCH: Jim Montgomery discusses win over North Dakota
Denver’s defensive efforts required adjustments. After losing a 3-0 lead to the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks the DU Pioneers needed to reevaluate the tactics of the back-end corp. Continue reading Blueline excels as Denver rebounds against North Dakota
A night ago, the story was a lack of leadership and dedication to the process. It ended in an ugly 5-4 loss that saw the top-ranked University of Denver Pioneers blow a 3-0 lead to the #3 North Dakota Fighting Hawks. One night later, the Pioneers rebounded and used their third period dominance to send the Fighting Hawks back to the frozen hellscape of Grand Forks, North Dakota with a loss. Continue reading Denver rides power play, three-goal third period to recover from rivalry meltdown
Photo: While many Fighting Hawks fans could not make it to Denver, a lot did.
As usual, North Dakota fans showed up in force at Magness Arena this weekend. But their appearance around Denver could be seen and felt off the ice as well. So, here are our Top 10 Hawks fan observations from this past weekend: Continue reading 10 observations of North Dakota fans in Denver
Last night, the top-ranked Denver Pioneers lost in heartbreaking fashion to the #3 North Dakota Fighting Hawks after blowing a 3-0 lead. It was about as bad a loss as Denver has seen this year and it seems like this could be a turning point, for better or for worse, in the season.
DU head coach Jim Montgomery wasn’t happy with his team’s performance and he didn’t hold back in talking about what went wrong. Watch his postgame media scrum from last night below: Continue reading WATCH: Jim Montgomery talks loss to North Dakota, lack of team commitment
The calendar year of 2017 would simultaneously be a gratifying and trying year for Tariq Hammond. The University of Denver Pioneers defenseman helped his team claim their eighth national title over Minnesota Duluth on April 8. Unfortunately, the staple of Denver’s blueline was on the receiving end of crunching hit against the boards that snapped his ankle requiring surgery. Continue reading Denver captain Tariq Hammond makes season debut in North Dakota loss
It was about as perfect a start as the top-ranked University of Denver Pioneers could have asked for. They were skating hard, passing well, and crashing the net at every turn. As such, the Pios were dominating play at Magness Arena against the #3 North Dakota Fighting Hawks. Denver looked every bit the best team in the country and North Dakota…well they didn’t. Continue reading Pioneers blow 3-0 lead, show little life after first period in 5-4 loss to North Dakota
The hottest team in Denver (#1 Pioneer hockey (6-2-2) is paired with the hottest broadcast duo in Denver this weekend.
DU reality TV star JJ Lane is paired with his hockey broadcast partner Jay Stickney on the cover of next month’s People Magazine Rockies West edition. The pair are called, “Sexiest Men in the Booth,” – the same edition that labels Blake Shelton as the “sexiest man alive”.
People Magazine was writing a feature story on JJ Lane and his new broadcast role for DU hockey several months ago when his dynamic partner, Jay Stickney, was ‘discovered’ by the People staff. As the season has progressed, their chemistry has been obvious to local fans at Magness Arena who began to notice wives and girlfriends with one eye on the ice and the other eye on the booth. The broadcast partners even have a nickname – “booth candy” .
JJ Lane first noticed the chemistry when they went out for a drink and Lane, a leading man on both The Bachlerette and Bachelor in Paradise, “became a wingman – for the first time ever”.
But Stickney doesn’t want his newly found fame to detract from the 8-time champions on the ice – so he is “dressing down” on game days. “I want people to know that I can call games, too.”
When asked where JJ’s left hand is on the cover of People Magazine, Stickney replied, “the dump button.”
Rivalries create a stage of passion-driven, high caliber play among an of atmosphere fueled by passionate supporters awaiting to witness how the continuum of the storied collision will result. The unfolding storylines between the top-ranked University of Denver Pioneers (6-2-2) and the No. 3 University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks (7-2-3) continues to divulge to the delight of the those who have witnessed the rivalry cultivate, as one of the richest in college hockey. Continue reading From the eyes of David Carle, a glance at North Dakota
