All Things Denver XXXVI

[vizoroo]

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"Colorado College hockey will honor the late Scott Winkler, a 2013 graduate and former player, who passed away this summer, with an on-ice ceremony prior to the home against Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, Oct. 19."
http://blogs.gazette.com/collegehock...now-available/

Best of the West preseason poll

[du78]

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Drew Shore just sent to San Antonio as FL called up goalie Scott Clemmensen after Tim Thomas got hurt. Down to 8 in the NHL right now.

[vizoroo]

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Drew Shore just sent to San Antonio as FL called up goalie Scott Clemmensen after Tim Thomas got hurt. Down to 8 in the NHL right now.

Drew was on the lineup card last night as right wing. Was that a bad sign?

[du78]

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Drew was on the lineup card last night as right wing. Was that a bad sign?

He didn't dress in one game and was on the 4th line in the others. He can be sent down without going thru waivers. FL made a lot of late free agent signings of vets when new ownership took over. Most GMs and coaches like a veteran presence in the line-up. Drew will be back.

[vizoroo]

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Just saw this--Viva! Zac Larraza
http://thehockeywriters.com/praising...-local-impact/

[Old Pio]

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Just saw this--Viva! Zac Larraza
http://thehockeywriters.com/praising...-local-impact/

"I was mostly disappointed in the way they handled it." Boy howdy.

[BigBossMan]

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Looks like Garth still has friends in low places. http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewAr...CLID=209280356 Great to see Jimmy supporting a really great cause but I hope he took Alan Jackson’s advice: Obey the law. If you drink, don’t drive, do the watermelon crawl.

[COHockey]

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Question. Just bumped into one of UNB's assistant coaches (they got back to Fredericton last evening). He mentioned that he was surprised the "ice wasn't very good" at CC or DU. Is he right? Is that normal? Is is a high-altitude thing? Or just the time of year? I'm not trolling, just curious.

A little of all four? Bad ice is not exactly normal all the time, but the bad ice early and late in the season is common at AF, CC, and DU. Although the summer was not has hot as it has been in the past, the warm temperatures wreck havoc on the ice. With the high altitude is how solar it gets and warm even in autumn, you'll be freezing in the shade and sweating in the sun. One good thing with the altitude is the dryness. Until the NHL cracked down, even the Avalanche was known to have crappy ice during those times.

I one time had the opportunity to talk to the facility manager at the old barn in Tampa Bay and when he brought up the subject of ice, he said either you had to be lucky up north in the right climate or pay a huge amount of money.

[du78]

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DU Game Notes for Merrimack series

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf9/2...B_OEM_ID=18600

Merrimack Game Notes

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf9/2...B_OEM_ID=18600

[Pablo]

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Hey guys, excited to trek out there for Mack-DU and the beerfest this weekend. Should be a good series. Any "must-do" bars, restaurants etc near the rink for pre and post game?

Places that are walkable to the arena are Crimson & Gold, Jordans, Spanky's and Renegade. The first three are more pre-game-ish types of places. Campus Lounge about a mile north on University is also a traditional DU hockey hangout--owned by a former DU hockey player. But I love Renegade--a small place with an awesome selection of beers, and really good pizzas. Can't go wrong there. Hope you have fun in Denver.

[HoosierPioneer]

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Places that are walkable to the arena are Crimson & Gold, Jordans, Spanky's and Renegade. The first three are more pre-game-ish types of places. Campus Lounge about a mile north on University is also a traditional DU hockey hangout--owned by a former DU hockey player. But I love Renegade--a small place with an awesome selection of beers, and really good pizzas. Can't go wrong there. Hope you have fun in Denver.

If you're coming out for Beer Fest, agreed that you can't go wrong with Renegade. The Pioneer is also walkable, on the opposite side of campus from the Ritchie Center. Probably a better environment for post-game than Renegade or C&G, I've never been a big fan of Jordan's. For late night (until 3am) or post Beer Fest, check out Biker Jim's Dogs, I think lunch from the carts is the best way to go. Euclid Hall will be another great place to be for beer and eats, but it will probably be pretty packed this weekend. 5280.com and Westword are good restaurant references. Hope you have a great time.

[HoosierPioneer]

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A little of all four? Bad ice is not exactly normal all the time, but the bad ice early and late in the season is common at AF, CC, and DU. Although the summer was not has hot as it has been in the past, the warm temperatures wreck havoc on the ice. With the high altitude is how solar it gets and warm even in autumn, you'll be freezing in the shade and sweating in the sun. One good thing with the altitude is the dryness. Until the NHL cracked down, even the Avalanche was known to have crappy ice during those times.

I one time had the opportunity to talk to the facility manager at the old barn in Tampa Bay and when he brought up the subject of ice, he said either you had to be lucky up north in the right climate or pay a huge amount of money.

Heard through a friend of a friend... of a friend... from a guy that works in facilities at Pepsi Center thought it might have something to do with chiller capacity, Pepsi Center had 2 chillers for their 1 sheet, whereas the Ritchie Center had one chiller for 2. But wasn't it just last year that a new chiller was brought in at close to $1M? The second one would stay in place as backup. In my totally unqualified observations in skating on both, the ice in Joy Burns is significantly harder than the ice in Magness. It's been discussed that being a multi-use arena hurts, as well. But yeah, lots of factors maybe at play. I've always wondered if it may be secretly a little bit on purpose, like a baseball team keeping the grass a little bit longer to slow things down and throw the other team off. Except it doesn't seem to have done much for DU.

[vizoroo]

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Same Coach
Same System
Only 4 freshman.
I think the same captain?
Same Conference

Strength is in our blue-line and goalie. We return 5 starting defenseman and have two supposedly solid incoming (one is actually a soph. transfer from Providence ) blue-liners. Marotta is most likely the starter in net and played very well for us last yr. Up front we need to diversify our production, as last year saw us rely almost entirely on Mike Collins (had a great yr with 38 pts and 32 in conf.), next best pt total was one of our D-men (Heywood). Need some other guys to step up this year. Possess a lot of size, heard a rumor that we have the tallest team in D-1 this yr, but counter it with some speed guys, Scotti, Myers, Bates and Bahe come to mind. Have a few friends making the trip out there, and know they are looking forward to it.

From FearTheWarrior
Canisius is the tallest, Merimck is 8th and 5th oldest.

[du78]

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It is GAME DAY

[du78]

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Results of 1st orange-lemon this year. Orange - Makowski Lemon - Arnold