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DU Pioneers upset No. 1 Michigan in 2OT at Frozen Four
David Carle knew what was coming. “It’s sports. It’s either pure elation or utter heartbreak,” the Denver coach said this week. “It’s the beauty of it. That’s why it’s captivating for fans and coaches and players and everybody alike.” That’s what Carle’s Pioneers and No. 1 overall seed Michigan delivered in Thursday’s Frozen Four in…
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The past, present and future on the line as Denver battles Michigan in Frozen Four again
David Carle hasn’t forgotten the headline from the game that ended his season a year ago. “Denver Thrown Off Its Game by Western Michigan, Ending Enormously Successful 4-Year Run,” College Hockey News read after the Pioneers fell to Western Michigan in double overtime at the Frozen Four in St. Louis. That four-year run included two…
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Get to know the Denver Pioneers, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota at the 2026 Frozen Four
Hockey blue bloods don’t get purer than the four teams in Las Vegas this weekend. The NCAA champion Saturday night will add to a long, storied tradition as this year’s Frozen Four field consists of the programs with the most national titles. Some, like Denver and Michigan, are recent Frozen Four visitors, with each making…
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Deion Sanders poses potential spring exhibition between CU Buffs and CSU Rams
BOULDER — A Rocky Mountain Showdown in April? Deion Sanders is ready to sign up for that. As the Colorado coach continues to push for the ability for his team (and the rest of college football) to play exhibition games against other programs during the spring, he proposed an idea. It’s one that cuts out…
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Brendan McMorrow’s return has helped DU Pioneers’ postseason push to Frozen Four
A self-described “low-stakes” poker player is eager to push all of his chips into the center of the table for the biggest weekend of his young hockey career in the Gambling Capital of the World. Denver freshman Brendan McMorrow, whose favorite movie of all time is the 1998 cult classic “Rounders” about the underground world…
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CU Buffs season ends after loss to Oklahoma in College Basketball Crown
Defeat at the MGM Grand Garden Arena is a second straight season-ender for Tad Boyle’s team. In a reigniting of an old-school Big Eight rivalry, Colorado fell to tournament favorite Oklahoma in the opening round of the College Basketball Crown by a final of 90-86 in overtime on Wednesday evening, officially ending the 2025-26 season…
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Plenty of work to do for CU Buffs line with new offensive system and loss of star LT Jordan Seaton
BOULDER — It’s the 6-foot-5, 307-pound, multimillion-dollar question in the Colorado offensive line room. How in the world do you replace someone like Jordan Seaton? The star left tackle, who was more than happy to adopt the nickname “the franchise” ahead of the 2025 season, is no longer with the Buffaloes, opting to enter the…
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CSU Rams hit ground running in first spring practice period under coach Jim Mora
FORT COLLINS — Jim Mora moves from station to station, watching every position group like a hawk. A blow horn sounds. While the Colorado State football practice has entered its third hour, it’s time for the next competition period. It’s the first scrimmage day of the spring, so it’s the No. 1 offense vs. the…
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Denver Pioneers hockey routs Western Michigan, advances to third straight Frozen Four
LOVELAND • Murray Armstrong has company in the Denver hockey record book. The iconic coach whose name and picture are all over the Pioneers’ facility is no longer the only coach in program history to reach three straight Frozen Fours. After No. 2 seed DU’s 6-2 win over No. 1 seed Western Michigan on Sunday…
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Denver native Kieran Cebrian scores crucial goal for Pioneers in win over Western Michigan | NCAA hockey notebook
LOVELAND — Kieran Cebrian plays all of his home games just a few minutes away from his childhood home in Denver’s Washington Park neighborhood. It’s only fitting that the lone Colorado native who plays regular minutes for the Pioneers scored the biggest goal in DU’s latest regional final victory. After Western Michigan threatened to make…