Tag: David Carle
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Mark Kiszla: These DU Pioneers can look like champs or chumps, all in span of 24 hours
Here’s the $64,000 question for a talented DU hockey team that sometimes isn’t worth two bits: Why can’t these Pioneers kick butt and take names every night, the way they did Saturday in a 6-0 rout of St. Cloud State? “Why is it a $64,000 question?” DU coach David Carle, playfully turning the question back…
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No. 9 Denver grabs series split at No. 5 North Dakota after dramatic win
David Carle’s team is on the board in 2026. After five straight games without a win since the start of January, No. 9 Denver (13-10-2, 9-5-0 NCHC) bounced back and picked up a 3-2 road victory over No. 5 North Dakota (18-6-0, 10-4-0 NCHC) on Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.…
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No. 7 Denver swept by No. 6 Western Michigan to remain winless in 2026
The home team is officially winless in the regular season series between Denver and Western Michigan. Each of the four games between the two teams that met in the Frozen Four last April in St. Louis was won by the visitors. After winning both games in Kalamzoo in November, the No. 7 Pioneers (12-9-2, 8-4-0…
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No. 6 DU Pioneers hockey closes 2025 with series split at St. Cloud State
Denver simply gave St. Cloud State too many opportunities. On the verge of another sweep on the road, the No. 6-ranked Pioneers (12-6-1, 8-2-0 NCHC) let the Huskies (8-10-0, 3-7-0) right back in Saturday night’s game with a pair of penalties in the third period, one minor for hooking and a simultaneous major for contact…
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Balanced offense has No. 6 DU Pioneers rolling into final series before the new year
The halfway point of the regular season has arrived, and David Carle is ready to make a claim about the NCHC. “The future national champion sits in our league,” the Denver hockey coach said this week. That’s not a bad message for Carle to send to his No. 6 Pioneers team, considering they’re currently at…
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No. 6 Denver hockey sweeps No. 19 Miami (Ohio), retains NCHC lead
David Carle’s team knows how to bounce back. After suffering an overtime loss in a thrilling game against Minnesota last Saturday at Ball Arena, No. 6 Denver (11-5-1, 7-1-0 NCHC) rebounded with a weekend sweep over No. 19 Miami (Ohio) at Magness Arena. It was another balanced effort all weekend as four different players scored…
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Denver Pioneers erase three deficits but fall 6-5 in OT heartbreaker to Minnesota
Down 3-1, 4-2, and 5-4 in the third period, the Denver Pioneers fought back to force overtime at Ball Arena against the Minnesota Gophers. It still wasn’t enough. Javon Moore scored with 35 seconds left in overtime for the Gophers to give Minnesota the 6-5 win over the Pioneers. The ice was lopsided, with Denver…
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No. 3 Denver hockey falls in overtime for weekend split at Arizona State
The winning streak is over. After David Carle and No. 3 Denver began NCHC conference play with five straight wins, the Pioneers fell to Arizona State in overtime by a score of 3-2 on Saturday night in Tempe. It snaps a six-game winning streak overall for the Pioneers, but they still have not lost in…
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Denver rallies after scary injury to Garrett Brown and completes weekend sweep of Colorado College
COLORADO SPRINGS — There was really one thing that needed to be said in the Denver locker room in between the first and second periods. “Let’s win it for Garrett.” After seeing their teammate junior defenseman Garrett Brown get stretchered off the ice following a head-first collision on the boards in the final minute of…
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Ahead of Gold Pan showdown, DU Pioneers may have found No. 1 goaltender in freshman Quentin Miller
With the Lawson Lunatics yelling at him for six straight periods, Denver freshman goaltender Quentin Miller shut down the defending national champions with a smile on his face. After feeling like Western Michigan stole two trophies from them last season with double-overtime wins in both the NCHC Frozen Faceoff and the NCAA Frozen Four, the…