The defending national champions, Denver Hockey, announced their 2024-25 schedule Wednesday. Denver opens the season with a trip to David Carle’s home state of Alaska on October 5th & 6th to face the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves. The Pioneers then return to home ice against Northeastern two weeks later.  The non-conference schedule is highlighted by a Wisconsin Badger trip to Magness on October 25th and 26th, followed by a road trip to face Yale on November 1st & 2nd. Lindenwood closes out the early non-conference schedule. Denver completes their non-conference schedule with winter ..read more

If it was a prize fight, officials would have thrown the towel in after the first round. Denver forged an 8-stroke lead on second place Oral Roberts after Day 1. Denver added another 13 strokes to their advantage on Day 2. Denver bettered the next best team, South Dakota State, in the third and final round by 18 strokes. After the smoke cleared, five Denver golfers were in the top seven and DU had a 42-stroke lead on second place Oral Roberts. The victory sends yet another Denver Athletics squad into the NCAA tournament. DU junior Clara Gestsdottir shot a low-score 68 on day 3 to medal with a ..read more

For the second season in a row, Denver head coach David Carle has been tabbed to coach Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.  The tournament will begin on December 26, 2024 and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2025. Carle guided the USA to a 6-2 win over Sweden in the final of the 2024 tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden. Carle will return the same staff to pursue the repeat on Canadian turf, always a challenging proposition. Canada was knocked out of the quarterfinals by Czechia in 2024 edition. The selection continues to raise Carle’s p ..read more

DU’s run of athletic success extended another week. DU men’s and women’s lacrosse earned road victories this weekend, securing regular season Big EAST  titles. Denver’s men’s and women’s tennis teams won regular season conference titles and coasted through their Summit League Tournaments this weekend to advance to the NCAA tournament. #12 Denver women’s lacrosse (12-3, 5-0) overcame a four-goal deficit to secure a road win against the Villanova Wildcats. Denver outscored Villanove 8-1 in the second half, led by two goals by Kipp Sloan in the third quarter and a pair of tallies by Julia Gi ..read more

Two-time NCAA champion junior defenseman Sean Behrens signed a three-year NHL deal with the Colorado Avalanche last night. He will begin his professional career with the Colorado Eagles of the AHL on an amateur tryout contract. His NHL deal will begin in the fall. Behrens signed his Avs contract Thursday night at the Colorado Avalanche game against the Oilers as his teammates looked on. We have signed defenseman Sean Behrens to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning in 2024-25. He will report to the Colorado Eagles on an Amateur Tryout Contract.#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/s4a1QsgXUt — x ..read more

The University of Denver launched The Denver Difference Celebration on Thursday night. Delayed by COVID-19, the fundraising campaign aims to add $1 billion to DU’s operations and endowment. Currently, the University of Denver’s endowment is estimated to be slightly more than that but no details were provided at the launch regarding the split between campaign funds into the endowment, ongoing operations, or capital projects. DU reported that half the target pledges, $500 million, were made ahead of Thursday’s launch. A University of Denver announcement called the launch “A $1 billion campa ..read more

It’s just been a few days since I stood proudly among the Denver Pioneer faithful at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., and watched the giant scoreboard clock tick down to zero, leading me to one of the very best moments of my life, as well the lives of so many other fellow Pioneer fans — especially you hard-core LetsGoDU blog readers! The sight unfolding on the ice below us was one of the most glorious these eyes have ever seen: DU had become the best program in NCAA history, setting the record with 10 NCAA Division I Frozen Four titles. Twenty-six University of Denver Pioneer players, re ..read more

The tradition continued Saturday night as couches around the University and University Park neighborhoods met a cruel fate on the DU campus. Students were fueled by beer and a heady hockey championship win. As local custom would have it, IKEA, Henredon, and Floyd sofas met a fiery end. All that is left are memories, ashes, and a throbbing headache. Here are our Top 10 reasons couches were torched on the DU campus following the Pioneers’ NCAA record 10th National Championship win. Large item trash pickup service is not available until next month. Everyone digs firefighters in uniforms Chance ..read more

The DU players ‘got it’ this weekend – their 10th national championship. The DU Athletic Department and administration ‘get it’, too. Whether DU won or lost last night’s championship, this story was written and ready to post well before Denver Hockey took their final bows at the championship finale ..read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Michigan had a 26-year head start. It wasn’t enough. North Dakota had a chance. But too many near misses couldn’t hold off the greatest college hockey program of all time. On April 13, 2024, in front of 18,694 at the Xcel Energy Center, the University of Denver Pioneers punctuated their 74th season with a 2-0 shutout victory over #1 overall seed Boston College to finally overtake the Wolverines and win the coveted race to 10 national championships. The story of the team that achieved college hockey immortality starts and ends with goaltender Matty Davis. The junior goalie fro ..read more