Quentin Shore showed up in a big way Friday night as the Denver Pioneers beat the Western Michigan Broncos 5-3. Shore netted two goals in the Pios’ winning effort and nearly added a third multiple times in the third period. Continue reading Shore Nets Two as Denver Beats Western Michigan 5-3
College Hockey News Names Pios Team of the Week
College Hockey News featured the University of Denver as their Team of the Week. Coach Jim Montgomery acknowledged that the holiday break gave the team a chance to get reinvigorated and refocused – both coaches and players.
In addition to improved goaltending, Montgomery focused on the team’s priorities going forward: “I would say there’s three areas. It’s our power play, number one,” said Montgomery, in reference to a power play unit that is 11-for-76 this season, ranking 44th in the country. “Second is scoring 5-on-5 goals, and third is breaking out of our end clean.”
Proactive Response Needed to Address Microagressions
According to The College Fix, another university is taking on the issue of microaggressions. “At Pennsylvania State University” according to The Fix, “no hurt feeling is too small, no slight too inconsequential, no unintentionally biased statement too unimportant. Administrators want to know it all.” Continue reading Proactive Response Needed to Address Microagressions
Pioneer First Half Surge Overwhelms Leathernecks
Denver (10-8) got off to their best first half of the season and held off a second half charge from Western Illinois (7-8) for a confidence-building 76-69 road victory on Thursday night in Macomb, Illinois. Denver streaked out to a 39-21 first half lead and comfortably fought off a second half push by the Leathernecks for the win. Freshman Thomas Neff and Senior Nate Engesser started the game with three point buckets and the first half rout was on. Duke Douglas, an unexpected hero, was everywhere for DU with 10 points and 6 defensive rebounds. Nate Engesser, getting his first start, led the team with 14 points. It was all 11’s for Marcus Byrd, Bryant Rucker, and super freshman Joe Rosga. The Pioneers bench outscored the Western Illinois bench 28-18. DU’s biggest player, Daniel Amigo was MIA for game -number three for the crimson and gold. Continue reading Pioneer First Half Surge Overwhelms Leathernecks
Postscript – NCAA Compromises for Big 12
As a follow-up to yesterday’s article on the Big 10 proposal to require inner-league divisions and league championship game for football conferences in order to qualify for the national championship playoffs, the NCAA FBS members voted yesterday on a compromise which will only require a league championship game. The means, essentially, that the Big 12 will not be required to add two teams to create divisions. However, they must hold a playoff between their top two teams in order to qualify for the national championship playoffs.
Compromise May Submarine DU Prospects
As LetsGoDU reported recently, all the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) members are meeting this week to address a Big 10 proposal (they are at it again!) for football members that would require each conference to have divisions and a division playoff in order to qualify for consideration for participation in national championship playoffs. This would require the Big 12 to expand from the current 10 teams to 12 teams, create divisions, and have a championship game to meet these requirements. If the legislation is passed this week, it is widely expected that that the Big 12 would add the University of Cincinnati and BYU. BYU is currently an independent in football and in the West Coast Conference for other sports, a potential landing spot for DU athletics. Continue reading Compromise May Submarine DU Prospects
Vanilla Broncos Can Play Denver Spoiler
Not THE Denver Broncos – the Western Michigan Broncos.
When Western Michigan rolls into Denver for this weekend’s 2-game series against DU, many fans are going to be discounting these Broncos. They sit at #28 in the RPI rankings, they are in the bottom half of D1 scoring and D1 defense, and their goalie(s) is not in the top 50 goaltenders in save percentage. This is a perfect trap series for DU, especially with important NCHC foes Minnesota Duluth and underachieving Miami. Continue reading Vanilla Broncos Can Play Denver Spoiler
Update: NCHC May Benefit from Arizona State’s First D1 Season
Photo: New York Times
Their first season as a DI hockey program, the Arizona State Sun Devils are true road warriors with only five home games at Oceanside Ice Arena, their 41-year-old home rink which seats 800. They also have scheduled some games and tournaments at Gila River Arena in Glendale, home of the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes, and expect to play more games there in the coming seasons until they build their own on-campus arena. Continue reading Update: NCHC May Benefit from Arizona State’s First D1 Season
Battle On Blake: Student Tickets on Sale Soon
The Denver Pioneers Instagram account announced on Monday that student tickets to the Battle on Blake will be sold from January 12-14. Tickets will be available for purchase by students starting at 10 AM Tuesday. Continue reading Battle On Blake: Student Tickets on Sale Soon
Pioneers Showered with Weekly Awards
The Bauer NCHC Player of the Week awards all went to Colorado players with three Pioneers and one Tiger garnering the honors.
- Danton Heinen – Offensive Player of the Week
- Will Butcher – Defensive Player of the Week
- Dylan Gambrell – Rookie of the Week
This should give the surging Pioneers a big boost after the sweep of UNO in their new house.