All things Denver XXVII: From Boonetown to Motown - It's not a Ford, it's a Chevy!

[Pablo]

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No question in my mind that playing with Pronger has stepped Matt's playing up to another level. His confidence is back and his talent is showing again.

BTW Matt had 6 blocked shots (6 of 30) in game 6. Shades of DU vs Maine in the 2004 Championship game.

I just had a flashback to Matt's critical play in the 6-on-3, where he got his stick down at the last second to either deflect the shot or hit the Maine guy's stick, to prevent a shot into an open net behind Berkhoel. Ahhh....nothing like talent and good fortune.

[Puck Swami]

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I just had a flashback to Matt's critical play in the 6-on-3, where he got his stick down at the last second to either deflect the shot or hit the Maine guy's stick, to prevent a shot into an open net behind Berkhoel. Ahhh....nothing like talent and good fortune.

Everytime you wonder if the Hockey Gods really do hate Denver, watch that last 90 seconds of that 2004 Maine NC game. Carle's stick deflection and Jon Jankus' shot hitting the crossbar were moments that could have easily turned DU into a runner-up and not a champion.

[Pablo]

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Everytime you wonder if the Hockey Gods really do hate Denver, watch that last 90 seconds of that 2004 Maine NC game. Carle's stick deflection and Jon Jankus' shot hitting the crossbar were moments that could have easily turned DU into a runner-up and not a champion.

With our good fortune in the 6-on-3 (and the skate in the crease), the hockey gods MORE than made up for DU's deflection off the post in the DU-BU/Drury NCAA game. Was that Paul Veres?

[Puck Swami]

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With our good fortune in the 6-on-3 (and the skate in the crease), the hockey gods MORE than made up for DU's deflection off the post in the DU-BU/Drury NCAA game. Was that Paul Veres?

Yep. Veres hit the pipe in 97.

[Pablo]

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Yep. Veres hit the pipe in 97.

The days of Antti Laaksonen and Erik Andersson. Those Scandinavians could play. I'm still ******ed at Deadmarsh for his cheap shot on Andersson in the NHL...

[du78]

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Here is an another different DU Lax article in today's Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/sports/college...mens_lacrosse/

This year's DU lax program has generated more national publicity for DU than any other activity (academic, athletic or artistic) at DU this year. To have major feature arcticles in the New Yorker, The New York Times, and Associated Press, as well as local and sport specific coverage has been amazing. Not since Michelle Kwan graduated from DU in 2008 has DU seen this kind of media coverage...

Boy if DU can win their first NCAA playoff game this weekend, what a huge boost to the program that would be. Playing on Long Island in the heart of lacrosse country and beating the local team in the NCAAs would be something. Unfortunately I will not be there as my oldest son will be graduating from Providence this weekend. One down, two to go.

DU just finished preparing and submitted their NCAA Certification Report. The link below has a story to the once a decade certification and links to the report. It is lengthy but does give significant insight into the inner workings of the athletic department.

http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewAr...CLID=204932344

[Puck Swami]

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Interesting piece of DU memorabilia for sale on Ebay:

DU/CC program from 1960-61, the year DU went 30-1-1 and won the NCAA title in what many believe is the most dominant college hockey team ever assembled.

The e-bay listing has 11 screen shots from the program that are worth looking at....including an ad for the Campus Lounge and McDonald's 15 cent hamburgers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/University-Denve...item5ad950d3eb

[thedunker]

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Just when you thought you've read every possible article about DU's Lax coach, this gem comes along. Needless to say, I wouldn't mind seeing a few of Tierney's tactics employed by our hockey program...

http://letsgodu.blogspot.com/2010/05...-year-one.html

D: That was one great article you found. A win on Saturday (it will be very difficult) makes this a dream season and will scare every other program about our future. Are you catching a drift that Dillon Roy seems to have the Leadership qualities of Ryan Caldwell.

[Old Pio]

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Interesting piece of DU memorabilia for sale on Ebay:

DU/CC program from 1960-61, the year DU went 30-1-1 and won the NCAA title in what many believe is the most dominant college hockey team ever assembled.

The e-bay listing has 11 screen shots from the program that are worth looking at....including an ad for the Campus Lounge and McDonald's 15 cent hamburgers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/University-Denve...item5ad950d3eb

And a little ad for Rockybilt (which was located on the north side of Evans, just a couple of doors west from what used to be University Park Pharmacy on the corner). Rockybilt burgers featured a sauce that would gag a gut wagon dog.

[Old Pio]

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Just when you thought you've read every possible article about DU's Lax coach, this gem comes along. Needless to say, I wouldn't mind seeing a few of Tierney's tactics employed by our hockey program...

http://letsgodu.blogspot.com/2010/05...-year-one.html

You betcha, Red Ryder. I assume his approach was the same at Princeton.

[du78]

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And a little ad for Rockybilt (which was located on the north side of Evans, just a couple of doors west from what used to be University Park Pharmacy on the corner). Rockybilt burgers featured a sauce that would gag a gut wagon dog.

Was that the place that was a free-standing building just west of the pharmacy that kind of looked like a shack/log cabin? Looked pretty gruesome. It was torn down the first year I was there.

We used to order a lot of pizzas for delivery from Scotty's which was on the south side of Evans just west of campus.

Bennett, Shore and Brittain signed their LOIs.

http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewAr...CLID=204945161

[Old Pio]

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Was that the place that was a free-standing building just west of the pharmacy that kind of looked like a shack/log cabin? Looked pretty gruesome. It was torn down the first year I was there.

We used to order a lot of pizzas for delivery from Scotty's which was on the south side of Evans just west of campus.

Bennett, Shore and Brittain signed their LOIs.

http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewAr...CLID=204945161

That sounds right. Very small place, very small. But open late for drunk/stoned DU students to get their fix of rocky sauce. Bleh. The grill was located in the front window (evidently they weren't worried about passersby calling the cops). There was a Chicken Delight on the east side of Colorado Blvd a little north of Evans. IIRC, they delivered, so that put 'em near the top of everybody's list. Did he say Chicken Delight? Wow, I read about them in history class. The deli in the bowling alley had pretty good heroes. And there was an Italian place adjacent to the aformentioned Chicken Delight--Caninos?

[du78]

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The deli in the bowling alley had pretty good heroes.

If I recall correctly, the bowling alley was in the same space that The Border is now located. It had manual pin setters (DU students who worked there).

Green Bay wins Clark Cup (USHL championship) 5-3 behind incoming recruit David Makowski's 3 assists. Incoming recruit Garrett Allen had Fargo's first goal of the evening.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...0209/100512163

[dggoddard]

Re: All things Denver XXVII: From Boonetown to Motown - It's not a Ford, it's a Chevy!

Interesting piece of DU memorabilia for sale on Ebay:

DU/CC program from 1960-61, the year DU went 30-1-1 and won the NCAA title in what many believe is the most dominant college hockey team ever assembled.

The e-bay listing has 11 screen shots from the program that are worth looking at....including an ad for the Campus Lounge and McDonald's 15 cent hamburgers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/University-Denve...item5ad950d3eb

Interesting that DU hoops had a visit from Michigan that year and played at UCLA. Guess we'll never see that again.

[vizoroo]

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Glad I didn't read this Chambers article before DU's signing announcement yesterday.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2...re-has-signed/