For a game that saw 11 goals, 13 penalties, a game misconduct, three different goalie changes, and two goals on the same power play, you’d think that it would have been a back-and-forth game. Such was not the case this evening at Magness Arena when the #2 University of Denver Pioneers hosted the University of Wisconsin Badgers. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Continue reading Pioneers down Badgers in wild 6-5 affair
Head Coach Jim Montgomery always employs a relentless, quick style of hockey which poses both offensive and defensive challenges. Even while they’re rolling on a 10-game unbeaten streak, the No. 2-ranked University of Denver Pioneers (7-2-3, 3-0-3 NCHC) are looking to improve their offensive chemistry and maintain their gritty play. Continue reading Penalty killing leader Logan O’Connor embodies DU’s relentless hockey
Last night, DU and Miami tied for the second time in as many nights. There were more frustrations than there were positives over the course of the weekend and the Pios have a long way to go if they are going to get back to playing well enough to compete for a national title. Continue reading WATCH: Jim Montgomery talks frustrating tie with Miami
For the second time in as many nights, the #1 University of Denver Pioneers and the Miami University RedHawks tied at Magness Arena. With a victory in the shootout, the Pioneers once again earn the extra point for the NCHC standings. Continue reading Pioneers and RedHawks tie again in gritty affair
The #2 University of Denver Pioneers only scored 4 goals over the course of their two games at The Ralph this weekend, but those 4 goals were just enough to take four of the six possible points from the #6 North Dakota Fighting Hawks. With a 2-1 loss in 3-on-3 overtime Friday night, which will go down as a tie for NCAA purposes, and a 3-2 victory on Saturday, the Pioneers come home feeling good about where they are at this early juncture of the season. Continue reading Pioneers ride rock-solid defense to take 4 points in Grand Forks
The Pioneers swept Western Michigan this weekend with 3-1 and 4-2 victories at Magness Arena. Denver was the dominant team for much of the weekend, but Western’s clutch defense and timely offense kept them in both games right up until the final seconds of both games. Continue reading WATCH: Jim Montgomery discusses sweep of Western Michigan
In a last minute lineup change, #3 University of Denver Pioneers head coach Jim Montgomery decided to shake things up and insert previously injured star Dylan Gambrell into the lineup and start his line. The move paid off as Gambrell scored and the Pioneers topped the Western Michigan University Broncos 3-1. Continue reading Gambrell’s surprise return leads DU to victory over Western Michigan
The 6th-ranked University of Denver Pioneers will travel to East Lansing, Michigan to take on the Michigan State Spartans this weekend. After what has transpired over the last two weeks, going 0-2 and then sweeping one of the country’s most talented teams in Boston University, this will be another key weekend for the Pioneers on their way to forging their 2016-17 identity. Continue reading Early Look: Michigan State Spartans
After an incredible series between two top-tier hockey programs, DU head coach Jim Montgomery talked about what he liked to see out of the Pioneers. He also talked at length about freshman Henrik Borgström’s 2G, 1A performance which clinched the sweep for the Pios.
Watch: Continue reading WATCH: Jim Montgomery talks sweep of Terriers
How “sweep” it is for the soon-to-be-higher than 10th-ranked University of Denver Pioneers. Thanks to a clutch 3-1 victory, the Pioneers, who many had feared would come out of the weekend looking at a scary 0-4 record, swept arguably the best team in the country in the #2 Boston University Terriers. Continue reading Borgström’s two goals lift Pioneers to sweep of Terriers
