For a team like Denver, there are always games on the schedule that are, in effect, scheduled victories. It’s hockey, after all, so no game is ever truly a sure thing until the teams hit the ice but sometimes, the talent gap is so wide that it would be a monumental, Vanderbilt over Alabama-type upset. This weekend, the #1 Denver Pioneers (2-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) had two such games on their schedule when they traveled to southern Alaska to take on the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (0-2-0) to kick off their title defense and quest for the program’s 11th national title. As expected, the Pioneers delivered and will return to Denver with two resounding victories under their belts. Continue reading #1 Denver Finishes Off Resounding Season-Opening Sweep of Alaska-Anchorage
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#1 Pioneers Rout Alaska-Anchorage in Season-Opening Road Victory
The #1 Denver Pioneers (1-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) have turned the page from their record-setting 10th national championship season and if there was any lingering doubt about it, the 2024-25 team put them to rest immediately by drubbing the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (0-1-0) 6-2 to open the season. It’s only one victory on the march towards title number eleven. Still, it was resounding as the Pioneers outshot the Seawolves 38-12, out-attempted them 68-19, and tallied a whopping four power-play goals in nine tries. Continue reading #1 Pioneers Rout Alaska-Anchorage in Season-Opening Road Victory
DU Opens Conference Play with 3-2 Win Over ORU
#1 Denver men’s soccer (6-0-4, 1-0) opened Summit League play Wednesday night against Oral Roberts (4-3-3, 1-1) with a 3-2 victory at Pioneer Field.
Despite a 10-day break between their victory over Seattle and this game, the Pioneers didn’t miss a beat and dominated play early. DU’s Ronan Wynne scored in the 27th minute and DU took the 1-0 lead to halftime. The Golden Eagles had no shots for the half while DU had 7 shots with only Wynne’s on target. The Golden Eagles bunkered in during the half, playing just to stay in contact with the top-ranked Pioneers. Continue reading DU Opens Conference Play with 3-2 Win Over ORU
BREAKING: Denver Awarded Three NCAA Postseason Events in 2027 & 2028
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Denver’s head coach David Carle has argued for campus sites for the NCAA Regional Hockey Tournament. Instead, the NCAA continues to support neutral Regional playoff sites so DU bid and won hosting duties for the 2027 hockey regionals in Loveland’s Blue Arena (no longer named the Budweiser Events Center). The host Pioneers were already awarded the 2026 NCAA Ice Hockey Regional in Loveland. The NCAA also awarded Denver Gymnastics with hosting duties for one of the four 2027 regionals. Denver was also awarded hosting duties for the Frozen Four at the United Center in Chicago in 2028. Continue reading BREAKING: Denver Awarded Three NCAA Postseason Events in 2027 & 2028
Reconstituted PAC-12 Raids Mountain West and Also Reportedly Grabs Gonzaga
Washington State and Oregon State are no longer the sole survivors of PAC-12 conference realignment as they continue to make moves. The college conference landscape was rocked again this week as the reconstituted PAC-12 added Utah State from the Mountain West Conference and Gonzaga from the West Coast Conference (WCC), though the university has recently refuted the latter. The Utah State addition brings a 7th football program to the conference and the potential addition of Gonzaga, a West Coast Conference basketball power, adds a non-football depth piece and would bring immediate basketball credibility to the conference. Continue reading Reconstituted PAC-12 Raids Mountain West and Also Reportedly Grabs Gonzaga
LetsGoDU Hockey SUPER-POLL™ Selects Pioneers #1 for 20th-Straight Season
We proudly release this season’s 2024-25 LetsGoDU SUPER-POLL™. The storied annual hockey poll is a must-read for collegiate hockey fans around the USA and around the world. This year, our AI data analytics model is backed by a major investment by Canadian Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and calculated at the Goddard Computing Center in Houston, force-ranked college hockey programs. The complex methodology applies weight to program investment, rosters, coaching staff, fans, mascots, school colors, schedules, and 57 other critical metrics. The generative AI simulations feed the neural network using our large language model, DU was placed in the top spot – the 20th consecutive season for the defending national champions in the LetsGoDU SUPER-POLL™. Here is the top 10 in order: Continue reading LetsGoDU Hockey SUPER-POLL™ Selects Pioneers #1 for 20th-Straight Season
#2 Denver Boots Yale in Home Opener, 4-1
A record crowd of 1,803 witnessed #2 Denver (4-0-3) dismantle Yale and maintain their unbeaten record in the Pioneers’ 2024 home opener. After falling behind 1-0 early, the Pioneers reeled off four goals to easily finish off the Bulldogs. The victory kicks off a five-match home stand. Continue reading #2 Denver Boots Yale in Home Opener, 4-1
Celebrating 20 Years of Damien Goddard’s Brainchild – LetsGoDU
Damien Goddard always had a passion for school spirit at DU. In 1985, as an undergraduate at the Kappa Sigma house, he started the Bleacher Creatures, a student fan group. Once he graduated from DU and entered the pre-Internet era, school spirit on campus waned. Goddard moved back to Houston and DU Hockey’s fortunes took a turn for the worse in the late ’80 and early ’90s. In the mid-1990s, he tried to keep track of Denver Hockey by following the Denver Athletics website, reading the Denver Post, and contributing to one of the then-few outlets for college hockey fan interaction – the United States College Hockey Organization (USCHO) fan forum. He saw the need for more information about DU hockey and more Denver fan interaction. Continue reading Celebrating 20 Years of Damien Goddard’s Brainchild – LetsGoDU
Denver Completes Unbeaten Road Trip, Ties UCLA 0-0
#3/2 Denver men’s soccer (3-0-3) successfully completed one of the most challenging road trips in program history. DU’s final match of a season-opening six-match road trip to start the season took them to Los Angeles on Monday night to face the #6 UCLA Bruins (2-1-2) at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The teams played to a scoreless halftime tie and carried the blank slate through the final fourth-five minutes. Final score 0-0. Continue reading Denver Completes Unbeaten Road Trip, Ties UCLA 0-0
