Two University of Denver hockey players are going pro. Sophomore forward Jason Zucker has signed with the Minnesota Wild, and junior center Drew Shore has signed with the Florida Panthers. Both players have decided to forgo their final years of collegiate eligibility. Zucker is expected to make his NHL debut […]
Like his players, George Gwozdecky was still simmering from the stunning loss when he received some words of consolation from an unlikely source. It was late in the spring of 2002 when the University of Denver’s hockey coach attended the dinner for the Hobey Baker Award, college hockey’s equivalent of […]
Making its 23rd appearance in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament, No. 3 seed Denver will play No. 2 seed Ferris State at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Green Bay, Wis., on Friday. Puck drop at Resch Center is set for 3:30 p.m. MT. Joining the Pioneers (25-13-4) and Bulldogs […]
Senior Luke Salazar scored 1:40 into overtime to propel No. 3 seed Denver past No. 10 seed Wisconsin in game three of the first round of the WCHA playoffs Sunday night at Magness Arena. With the win, the Pioneers advance to the WCHA Final Five Tournament in St. Paul, Minn., […]
It seemed fitting that the University of Denver campus was covered in more than a foot of snow when the ESPN2 trucks assembled on Feb. 4 to cover the Pioneer men’s basketball game versus Middle Tennessee that afternoon. People often associate the Mile High City with snow, and DU has […]
The No. 19-ranked University of Denver gymnastics squad hosts its first of two quad meets this season, welcoming No. 13 Missouri, No. 24 West Virginia and Western Michigan to Hamilton Gymnasium at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Pioneers enter the meet with a regional qualifying score (RQS) of 195.270, the figure […]
The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team opens its home slate by hosting the annual DU Face-Off Classic at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on Feb. 25 and 26. The Pioneers welcome the Michigan Wolverines at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The teams will meet for the first time in both schools’ histories, […]
Throughout competitive sports, there are stories of adversaries becoming friends. After all, no one else knows the pain of defeat and the joy of victory better. In college football, the relationship between head coaches Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Bo Schembechler of Michigan is the stuff of lore. In […]
The No. 18 University of Denver gymnastics squad opens its 2012 home schedule after a grueling three-meet road trip against squads in the nation’s top 25. The Pioneers will host Air Force and Centenary College on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 6 p.m. in Hamilton Gymnasium. Saturday’s meet will be streamed […]
Sometimes it’s all about who you know. Erik Johnson, head coach of the University of Denver women’s basketball team, will never argue that point. Particularly when he considers the fortuitous recruitment of junior point guard Emiko Smith. Smith recently etched her name in Pioneers lore by breaking the program’s all-time […]
Colorado State Volleyball Associate Head Coach Jesse Mahoney has been named volleyball head coach at the University of Denver, Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations Peg Bradley-Doppes announced recently. Mahoney succeeds Beth Kuwata and becomes the sixth head coach in DU volleyball history since the program’s […]
Following a two-game Sun Belt Conference road trip, the University of Denver women’s basketball team returns home to Magness Arena to take on the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. This marks the 15th meeting between the Sun Belt foes, with the Lady Toppers controlling the all-time series […]
The University of Denver men’s ice hockey team faces off against the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers at 7:37 p.m. Jan. 6 at Magness Arena in the final nonconference series before the Pioneers start seven straight weekends of WCHA action. Chargers’ head coach Chris Luongo played at Michigan State from 1985–89 while Denver […]
No one would give it a second thought if Lindsay Cone decided to pack away her golf bag to spend more time honing her skills on the ski slopes. Cone, after all, has won a pair of All-America honors since joining DU’s ski program, and she has emerged as one […]
Damien Goddard may be part rebel, but he’s all Pioneer. The University of Denver graduate, blogger and DU hockey uber-fan doesn’t always toe the school line, but his devotion to the hockey program, the fans, and ultimately to DU school spirit is unquestionable. Goddard, 46, graduated with a business management […]