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All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

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Puck Swami said:
Judging from the clip, he won't get there with his fighting skills, either.:eek:

Testuide was a walk on who got the most out of his talent at DU.

For him to even get the AHL is nothing short of amazing.
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His fighting is improving. I just couldn't find a clip from the other night.

I think he was a black belt so he's got that going for him.
 
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The Daily Poll from the Leafs site

Why have Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel been such a good fit?Good chemistry

Good chemistry38.61 %
Both are opportunistic16.98 %
Both can shoot16.51 %
Both have good vision27.9 %
 
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Just came across this sad news....Don't know if any of you knew Craig Stimac, one of only six DU baseball players to ever make it to the major leagues, where he played 29 games with the San Diego Padres in the early 1980s. He was found dead of an apparent suicide in Italy about a year ago. He had played there after his US career was over and had become a stockbroker in Italy.

Death Story in italian:
http://www.fibs.it/it-it/E-MORTO-CRAIG-STIMAC.aspx?IdSection=677

DU players in the majors:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_denver_baseball_players.shtml
 
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Puck Swami said:
Just came across this sad news....Don't know if any of you knew Craig Stimac, one of only six DU baseball players to ever make it to the major leagues, where he played 29 games with the San Diego Padres in the early 1980s. He was found dead of an apparent suicide in Italy about a year ago. He had played there after his US career was over and had become a stockbroker in Italy.

Death Story in italian:
http://www.fibs.it/it-it/E-MORTO-CRAIG-STIMAC.aspx?IdSection=677

DU players in the majors:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_denver_baseball_players.shtml
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Sad news. Knew his brother Steve,who also played baseball at DU.
 
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Puck Swami said:
Just came across this sad news....Don't know if any of you knew Craig Stimac, one of only six DU baseball players to ever make it to the major leagues, where he played 29 games with the San Diego Padres in the early 1980s. He was found dead of an apparent suicide in Italy about a year ago. He had played there after his US career was over and had become a stockbroker in Italy.

Death Story in italian:
http://www.fibs.it/it-it/E-MORTO-CRAIG-STIMAC.aspx?IdSection=677

DU players in the majors:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_denver_baseball_players.shtml
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Very sad news, knew "Steamer" very well when he was at DU. He and Dan Schatzeder were probably the two best players ever to play at DU. "Shotz" enjoyed a 15-year major league as a pitcher. Steamer and Shotz formed one of the best batteries ever at DU. They were two players that Jack Rose got from the Chicago area where he had a nice pipeline to some of the Chicago's best H.S. players.
 
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Old Pio said:
Let's hope. Either way it's a nice piece.
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Old Pio, where in Phoenix do you live?
There is a good chance that I will be moving to Phoenix either later this year or early 2011...

:)
 
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brianvf said:
Old Pio, where in Phoenix do you live?
There is a good chance that I will be moving to Phoenix either later this year or early 2011...

:)
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Near the intersection of Indian School Rd and 7th st. Close to the VA hospital. Which is good, 'cause that's where I get my ostomy bags. You're buying.
 
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Old Pio said:
Near the intersection of Indian School Rd and 7th st. Close to the VA hospital. Which is good, 'cause that's where I get my ostomy bags. You're buying.
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:)

We're looking at houses in the Avondale/Litchfield Park area.
It sounds like RT O'Sullivans televises almost all the UND games...we could meet up there for the DU/UND games. :)
 
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vizoroo said:
Hobey Baker voting is on going and the site is actually working!
http://www.hobeybaker.com/ballot/

Vote for Rhett and Marc!

There seems to be an Eastern bias in the voting :(
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It not worth getting bent out of shape over the Hobey voting. The fan vote is worth 1/64 of the formula. Odds are if DU finishes in the Top Three in the country either Chevy or Rakhshani will make the final 10. After that, they'll need to have a big WCHA playoff run.

With DU's relatively easy schedule down the stretch they both should put up some pretty decent numbers.
 
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A Shot and a Goal said:
[In additon to a pair of non-conference games]Denver has ten regular season WCHA games remaining on its schedule. The Pioneers play at North Dakota, home against Minnesota and Michigan Tech, hit the road to play Mankato and finish the regular season with a home and home series against Colorado College.

Thus far in the season Denver is: 2-0 versus North Dakota; 2-0 versus Minnesota; 1-0-1 against both Mankato and Colorado College. Denver has not yet played Tech. Against the four other WCHA teams remaining on its regular season schedule Denver is a combined 6-0-2.
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Having won its final two non-conference, regular season games, Denver begins its stretch run to finish the WCHA regular season portion of its schedule with a series against Minnesota.

The Pioneers have posted a 4-0 record against North Dakota and a 2-0 record versus Minnesota to this point in the season. Perhaps neither the Golden Gophers or Sioux are as strong at present as their squads sometimes are. Nevertheless, there are few teams ever in the position of having the opportunity to post a combined 8-0 regular season record against Minnesota and North Dakota.

Looking forward to the games this weekend. Good luck to the Pioneers.
 
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dggoddard said:
It not worth getting bent out of shape over the Hobey voting. The fan vote is worth 1/64 of the formula. Odds are if DU finishes in the Top Three in the country either Chevy or Rakhshani will make the final 10. After that, they'll need to have a big WCHA playoff run.

With DU's relatively easy schedule down the stretch they both should put up some pretty decent numbers.
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http://www.hobeybaker.com/vote/

1/64 or not--this is the correct page
 
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vizoroo said:
The hockey game should be over before Grimmette leads the 2010 Olympic team in the parade of nations.
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Thank God for TIVO. Despite all its faults, I'm a sucker for the Olympics. The heart of any opening ceremony (apart from the parade of nations) is the raising of the Olympic flag (accompanied by the Olympic Hymn) and the lighting of the torch (a tradition for which we have the Nazis to thank). My hope is that sometime before I die Bob Costas and the rest of the NBC twerps will just keep quiet during the three minutes it takes to play the hymn. I'm guessing my optimism is misplaced.

While I was in Sapporo in '72 a journalist from Europe asked me if the Superbowl is so special, why do we have it every year?
 
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Old Pio said:
Thank God for TIVO. Despite all its faults, I'm a sucker for the Olympics. The heart of any opening ceremony (apart from the parade of nations) is the raising of the Olympic flag (accompanied by the Olympic Hymn) and the lighting of the torch (a tradition for which we have the Nazis to thank). My hope is that sometime before I die Bob Costas and the rest of the NBC twerps will just keep quiet during the three minutes it takes to play the hymn. I'm guessing my optimism is misplaced.

While I was in Sapporo in '72 a journalist from Europe asked me if the Superbowl is so special, why do we have it every year?
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I used the Olympic Hymn for my wedding entrance march so I know what you mean. Olympism still means something - the idea that the best of each country can gather every four years in peace and battle out differences on field, court, track, ice, and slopes is still incredibly powerful. Having been to so many Olympics live, you cannot imagine how much great it is to share in that spirit until you've seen it for yourself without NBC or ABC or CBS mediating it for you. The hymn and the torch are the best moment in all of sports, and no amount of Costas, commerdialism, drugs and cost overruns can blot out the powerful symbolism and history that the Games have provided.
 
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