Tag: College Hockey
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DU hockey beats Wisconsin, wins record 11th NCAA national championship
David Carle’s Denver dynasty has another championship. For the third time in the last five years, the Pioneers are the kings of college hockey. After winning a double-overtime thriller against No. 1 overall seed Michigan in a national semifinal, DU doubled down and made its trip to Las Vegas count with a 2-1 win over…
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DU Pioneers quickly move past thrilling 2OT win and onto prep for national championship vs. Wisconsin
David Carle understands better than anyone what his Denver team is getting set to face on Sunday afternoon. A year after a very disappointing 13-21-3 season, Wisconsin is back on college hockey’s biggest stage, seeking its first national championship since 2006 in its first Frozen Four appearance since 2010, as the Badgers and Pioneers will…
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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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Mark Kiszla: Could little DU beat mighty Michigan for best NHL defensive prospect since Cale Makar?
While the DU Pioneers and Michigan clash under the bright lights of the Frozen Four, an even more intense battle between these two giants of college hockey looms in the shadows for the best defensive prospect since Cale Makar. Landon DuPont is his name. Write it down. And underline DuPont’s name in crimson and gold,…
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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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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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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…
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Denver Pioneers, Western Michigan face off for Frozen Four spot in Loveland Regional final
LOVELAND — Here we go again. Could the Loveland Regional have ever played out any differently? Of course, it’s Denver and Western Michigan left standing and set to battle it out once again in the postseason. Last year, the two met in what was probably the de facto national championship game in the Frozen Four…