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Ah North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks. The ultimate villain of college hockey. The talented, sometimes unbeatable villain of a sport with a fanbase that is easy to hate. But dammit all if they aren’t the best team in the country. Continue reading Frozen Four Team Profile: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
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“Gwoz was fired.”
I received that text from a friend three years ago today. Three years ago today, April Fools’ Day, George Gwozdecky was fired as the head coach of the University of Denver hockey program. The 19 year tenure of the second-winningest coach in program history had unceremoniously ended. Continue reading On this Date in Denver History: April Fools’ Day 2013
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If you’re traveling to Tampa for the Frozen Four, be sure to join LetsGoDU and BC Interruption for College Hockey Blogapalooza 2016. Along with LetsGoDU, staff from BC Interruption, reporters from Quinnipiac University, and other fans and writers will be joining in the fun.
The plan is to start the evening’s festivities at the Hobey Baker Award Ceremony, which starts at 6 PM at the historic Tampa Theatre. Immediately following the ceremony, we will take a short ride from the theatre to the Tampa Bay Brewing Company in Ybor City. If you don’t plan on attending the Hobey Baker Award ceremony but want to join us at the brewery, we will likely be arriving around 7:30.
Tampa Bay Brewing Company is located at 1600 East 9th Avenue in Tampa. They have a great menu of drinks and food that fits any taste or preference. This is something you will not want to miss!!
For more information, be sure to head over to BC Interruption’s announcement. Also be sure to follow @LetsGoDU, @BC Interruption, and @g_riggi on Twitter for updates throughout the week.
We’ll see you next Friday!
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After three consecutive Frozen Fours without a title, the confidence that usually engulfs the North Dakota faithful this time of year has been tempered. Many of them argue that they have lost three in a row so they must be ‘due’ for another national title. However, behind the scenes, the question must be asked – Could UND hockey become this era’s version of the Buffalo Bills (1990-1993)? Or better yet, the Atlanta Braves? Continue reading Unease Settles Over Fighting Hawks Nation
Are you planning to travel to Tampa to watch DU compete for a National Championship and aren’t sure what to do for tickets? If so, the Denver athletics program just released information on how to purchase tickets through the DU ticketing office. Continue reading Denver Releases Frozen Four Ticketing Information
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For the first time in eleven years, the University of Denver Pioneers are going to the Frozen Four. Thanks to an impressive performance from the vaunted Pacific Rim Line and a gritty finish to the game by the entire team, the Pioneers have punched their ticket to Tampa and will play bitter rival North Dakota in the national semifinal. Continue reading Denver Clinches Frozen Four Berth with 6-3 Victory over Ferris State
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Thanks to their victory over the No. 12 Boston University Terriers, the No. 7 University of Denver Pioneers will play the No. 18 Ferris State Bulldogs in the West Regional Final with a Frozen Four berth on the line. The Bulldogs upset the No. 2 St. Cloud State Huskies in the first game at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota by a 5-4 score in overtime. Continue reading Ferris State Bulldogs at a Glance
After much of the conversation surrounding the matchup between the No. 7 University of Denver Pioneers and No. 13 Boston University Terriers was about how closely matched the two programs were, Denver defied all expectations to win by a shocking 7-2 score. Continue reading Pioneers Dominate Terriers Wire to Wire, Advance to Regional Final
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With the No. 7 University of Denver’s NCAA Tournament first-round game with No. 12 Boston University later today, we thought that doing a Q&A with a BU blogger would be a great way to gain insight into BU’s program and how they might match up with DU.
Thanks to the willingness of Matt Pereira with BayState (Road) Sports to do this feature, we were able to get some key questions answered. They did the same with us and here is their Q&A with me. Here’s the conversation: Continue reading Denver-BU Q&A Preview with BayState (Road) Sports
Ain’t playoff hockey great? We’ve had two weeks of it already and there is more coming this weekend in Albany, NY; Worcester, MA; Cincinnati, OH; and St. Paul, MN. Of course, the regional the matters most to us here at LetsGoDU is the West region in St. Paul where the No. 7 University of Denver Pioneers will face the No. 12 Boston University Terriers on Saturday. The winner of that game will play the winner of the St. Cloud vs Ferris State matchup. Continue reading DU Hockey Mailbag: The Real March Madness
