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All Things Denver XXXI

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WCHA Pre-Season Media Poll

94X WCHA PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. Denver (15 first-place votes) … 11.32 poll average
2. Colorado College (7) … 10.52
3. North Dakota (2) … 10.4
4. Nebraska-Omaha (1) … 8.24
5. Minnesota Duluth … 8.08
6. Minnesota … 7.76
7. Wisconsin … 5.56
8. St. Cloud State … 5.52
9. Alaska-Anchorage … 3.84
10. Bemidji State … 2.92
11. Minnesota State … 2.12
12. Michigan Tech … 1.72

PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jason Zucker, forward, Denver (10 votes); Jaden Schwartz, forward, Colorado College (8)
Others receiving votes: Jack Connolly, forward, Minnesota Duluth; Justin Schultz, defenseman, Wisconsin; Drew Shore, forward, Denver.

PRESEASON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Rocco Grimaldi, forward, North Dakota (17 votes)
Others receiving votes: Seth Ambroz, forward, Minnesota; Scott Mayfield, defenseman, Denver; Sam Mellor, forward, Alaska-Anchorage; Kyle Rau, forward, Minnesota

PRESEASON COACH OF THE YEAR
Scott Owens, Colorado College (8 votes); Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech (5)
Others receiving votes: Dean Blais, Nebraska-Omaha; George Gwozdecky, Denver; Don Lucia, Minnesota; Dave Shyiak, Alaska-Anchorage

PRESEASON ALL-WCHA TEAM
Forwards
Jack Connolly, Minnesota Duluth; Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College (unanimous selection); Jason Zucker, Denver
Others receiving votes: J.T. Brown, Minnesota Duluth; Rocco Grimaldi, North Dakota; Corban Knight, North Dakota; Danny Kristo, North Dakota; Drew Shore, Denver
Defensemen
Ben Blood, North Dakota; Justin Schultz, Wisconsin (unanimous selection)
Others receiving votes: Gabe Guentzel, Colorado College; Brad Hunt, Bemidji State; Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State; Brady Lamb, Minnesota Duluth; David Makowski, Denver
Goalie
Aaron Dell, North Dakota
Others receiving votes: John Faulkner, Nebraska-Omaha, Kent Patterson, Minnesota
 
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BigBossMan said:
We can kick it off with Pee On Swami Day and wrap it up with a punch your favorite player’s grandma contest. :p
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Make sure you get Old Pio and his frat bros involved. I want to see this thing done right. Do you think Mike Talliaferro will be available to make a guest appearance? :rolleyes:
 
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Per an article in American Junior Hockey News about alumni.

Chris Nutini has signed not only a contract with the Reading Royals of the ECHL, but also a tryout deal (PTO) with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch.
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Rock hurt his knee last night in Calgary. Donovan had a lot of ice time. Isles basically played their Bridgeport team against Calgary.

Defenseman Matt Donovan was much more comfortable in his second exhibition game, and he led all Islanders defensemen in time-on-ice (23:28). His four shots made up nearly a third of the team’s shots on net, and he added three blocked shots.

“I felt a little bit better and a lot less nervous than the game against Boston,” Donovan said.

Disappointed with the loss, he said, “We just couldn’t burry the chances that we had.”
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DU also picked first in Grand Forks herald coaches poll.

41st annual Herald poll

(first-place votes in parentheses)

1. Denver (7) 115

2. UND (4) 110

3. Colorado College (1) 105

4. Nebraska-Omaha 89

5. Minn.-Duluth 75

6. Minnesota 74

7. St. Cloud State 61

8. Wisconsin 54

9. Alaska-Anchorage 36

10. Bemidji State 30

11. MSU-Mankato 29

12. Michigan Tech 14

Player of the year: Jaden Schwartz, F, CC (8), Justin Schultz, D, Wisc. (2), Terry Broadhurst, F, Omaha (1), Jack Connolly, F, UMD (1)

Rookie of the year: Rocco Grimaldi, F, UND (10), Joey LaLeggia, D, Denver (1), Jayson Megna, F, Omaha (1)


Tyler Ruegsegger re-signed by Alaska Aces

http://www.echl.com/URLaces-bring-back-mazzolini-and-re-sign-ruegsegger-p172985
 
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OK, now I'm excited. I can't wait to hear how the Freshmen perform!! Did we ever conclude who the blond haired puck carrier was? Is anyone going to be on the score update thread?
 
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Dmann said:
OK, now I'm excited. I can't wait to hear how the Freshmen perform!! Did we ever conclude who the blond haired puck carrier was? Is anyone going to be on the score update thread?
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I'm sure I'll be popping into the score update thread on Saturday evening. :)
 
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I might try to make it to that game. If not, though, I will poke my head into the scoring thread.
 
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Pre-Season DU goal light test.

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Dmann said:
Where's the love??

www.uscho.com/2011/09/28/ten-to-watch-picking-college-hockeys-top-defensemen-for-2011-12/
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I don't know enough about the players that are listed there, to compare them to our DU guys. But I think we have 3 defensemen that are "worthy of watching" in Makowski, Ryder and Mayfield.

I can't believe no one has put together a "best hits" video compilation for Ryder. That guy CONSISTENTLY puts out some of the best (and legal) hits that I have ever seen from a DU defenseman.
 
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CBS Sports Network to televise @DU_Hockey at Boston College on Friday, Oct. 14. Puck drop changed to 5:35pm MT.

Also all home games not on Root Sports will be streamed live on Pioneer Vision except for the 2/10 game against Minnesota and the 2/24 game against UND. My guess is that these 2 games will be broadcast nationally and will be announced in the future.
 
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Holy Crap! I had no idea about any of this regarding Swami. I just assumed he was taking the summer off from the boards. I would consider him the most respected DU poster, if not the most respected overall poster, on the boards. Very sorry to be missing his insight and knowledge on here. I hope he comes back.
 
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goldy_331 said:
Holy Crap! I had no idea about any of this regarding Swami. I just assumed he was taking the summer off from the boards. I would consider him the most respected DU poster, if not the most respected overall poster, on the boards. Very sorry to be missing his insight and knowledge on here. I hope he comes back.
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This.
 
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s11r9seat8 said:
We have been watching the Colorado Eagles news and they have signed a lot of players, but not Kevin Ulanski or Matt Glasser. Anyone have any idea where they are headed? At least we have Maiani to watch in Loveland...
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I read on Elite Prospects that Glasser signed with Eaters Geleen in Netherlands.
 
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