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All Things Denver XXXVII

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Just for kicks, here's a look at how returning Denver players did last year and are doing this year in terms of plus/minus figures. Players are listed in order of their jersey number. There are three figures, in order they are: last year's +/-, this year's +/- and the difference between the two. Bear in mind there's still plenty of time for players to have their +/- figures improve or falter. In comparison to last season the figures show tough years thus far for Zajac, Larraza and Doremus. On the positive side LaLeggia, Levin and Allen have had the largest numerical increases, although Allen's figures last year and this are both negative numbers.

Doremus had the best plus/minus figure on the team last season at +14. Thus far Trevor Moore leads the team this season at +8.


Didier: +4/ +1/ -3
Levin: -2/ +4/ +6
Makowski: +2/ -1/ -3
Zajac: +12/ +1/ -11
Loney: +2/+5/ +3
Jacobson: +1/ -4/ -5
Larraza: +12/+1/ -11
Allen: -8/ -2/ +6
Doremus: +14/ +4/ -10
LaLeggia: -7/ +3/ +10
Tabrum: +2/ -2/ -4
Q. Shore: +2/ -4/ -6
Arnold: -2/ -2/ Even
 
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du78 said:
Beau Bennett will not return to Pens line-up until after the Olympics.

http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/5405302-74/bennett-penguins-games#axzz2qO0QUrq1

Vote for Sam Brittain for the Hobey Baker Award. You can vote once every 24-hr period.

http://www.hobeybaker.com/awards/the-hobey-baker-memorial-award/vote
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Think we should post this every Day and vote for Sam.
In my mind their, he is a top goal tender, MVP of the team and since we already have 3 Captains, Sam should be promoted to Major!

du78 said:
Nice article in the NY Times on the four Zajac brothers. Nolan wanted to be a goalie but his brothers talked him out of it. :eek:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/sports/hockey/four-talented-brothers-in-the-devils-familiar-mold.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
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“Now I pride myself on not being a forward, because they all are. I’m trying to learn from everyone and carve my own path.”
Wonder how Nolan felt about playing forward.
 
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A Shot and a Goal said:
Just for kicks, here's a look at how returning Denver players did last year and are doing this year in terms of plus/minus figures. Players are listed in order of their jersey number. There are three figures, in order they are: last year's +/-, this year's +/- and the difference between the two. Bear in mind there's still plenty of time for players to have their +/- figures improve or falter. In comparison to last season the figures show tough years thus far for Zajac, Larraza and Doremus. On the positive side LaLeggia, Levin and Allen have had the largest numerical increases, although Allen's figures last year and this are both negative numbers.

Doremus had the best plus/minus figure on the team last season at +14. Thus far Trevor Moore leads the team this season at +8.


Didier: +4/ +1/ -3
Levin: -2/ +4/ +6
Makowski: +2/ -1/ -3
Zajac: +12/ +1/ -11
Loney: +2/+5/ +3
Jacobson: +1/ -4/ -5
Larraza: +12/+1/ -11
Allen: -8/ -2/ +6
Doremus: +14/ +4/ -10
LaLeggia: -7/ +3/ +10
Tabrum: +2/ -2/ -4
Q. Shore: +2/ -4/ -6
Arnold: -2/ -2/ Even
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Two things to consider:
  1. scored fewer goals than we did last year so fewer chances to get a "+"
  2. 42% of the goals scored were on the power play so no pluses there (24 of 58)
We also were scoring more last year 3.36 to this year's 2.64-more chances to get a "+" and last year only 27% of the goals were on the power play (35 of 131)
 
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vizoroo said:
Two things to consider:
  1. scored fewer goals than we did last year so fewer chances to get a "+"
  2. 42% of the goals scored were on the power play so no pluses there (24 of 58)
We also were scoring more last year 3.36 to this year's 2.64-more chances to get a "+" and last year only 27% of the goals were on the power play (35 of 131)
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All of which is EXACTLY my point: playing at even strength[whether 5 on 5, 4 on 4] this team stinks, period. Without the power play goal scoring ability of this team I don't think it would win ten games this season.
 
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du78 said:
Defenseman Blake Hillman of the Dubuque Fighting Saints has committed to DU. He is from Elk River Minnesota, 6'1" and 170 pounds. He was born 1/26/96. He is a defensive d-man with 1 goal and 6 assists for 7 points in 29 games and is +12. Not sure when he is coming as he will turn 18 at the end of this month and is a senior in HS. I guess he could be a true freshman next season. Also it looks like Jared Fiegl has or was de-committed to/by DU.

http://ushl-dubuque.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=7204986&seasonid=11221
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Heiseneberg has him coming in 2014.

USHL annnouncement of his committment. Also the USHL and College Hockey Inc sites still have Fiegl committed to DU while Heisenberg doesn't. Don't know why there is a discrepancy but hopefully he is still coming to DU.

http://www.ushl.com/news.php?action=detail&news_id=2251
 
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du78 said:
Heiseneberg has him coming in 2014.

USHL annnouncement of his committment. Also the USHL and College Hockey Inc sites still have Fiegl committed to DU while Heisenberg doesn't. Don't know why there is a discrepancy but hopefully he is still coming to DU.

http://www.ushl.com/news.php?action=detail&news_id=2251
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I've attempted to put together a list of DU recruits. I've put a date on those who have committed to Monty. Corrections will be appreciated.


2014 Recruiting Class
F Garrett Gamez (Tri-Cities, USHL)
F Jared Fiegl (U.S. Under-18)
G Tanner JAILLET Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) 12/04/13
D Tariq HAMMOND Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) 10/16/13
D Blake Hillman Dubuque(USHL) 1/13/14
D Sean Mostrom Rio Grande Valley (NAHL)1/14/14

2015 Recruiting Class
F Dylan Gambrell (Dubuque, USHL)
F Sebastian FUCHS Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL) 11/11/13
F Logan O'CONNOR Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 10/23/13
F Jarid LUKOSEVICIUS Powell River Kings (BCHL) 10/23/13
F Kevin CONLEY Youngstown (USHL)/Wausau West HS (WI-HS) 08/27/13

2016 Recruiting Class
F Troy Terry (Thunderbirds/u 17 select)
F Liam FINLAY Okanagan Rockets Midget (BCMHL) 10/23/13


DeCommits or UnCommits
D Gage Ausmus(North Dakota)
F Tyler Pham(Army 2014)
Connor Chatham Plymouth(OHL)
F Ray Pigozzi (UMass),
F Landon. Smith (Quinnipiac 2014)
Cody dePourcq Penticton (BCHL)

Possible
Center Tyler Sheehy said interest between him and the UW staff has picked up of late and he has the Badgers on a list of options that includes and plans to visit Boston University, Denver, Minnesota, North Dakota and Western Michigan. Sheehy, from Burnsville, Minn., decommitted from Ohio State when a coaching change was made there.
Sheehy has 24 points (12 goals, 12 assists) in 21 games for Waterloo (USHL).
Read more: http://host.madison.com/sports/blog/badger-men-s-hockey
 
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BTW:
Drew Shore got his first NHL goal of the season last night.
Tyler Bozak had 2 goals and an assist in Toronto's victory over Boston.
 
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you forgot Conner Chatham listed as 30th on the midterm draft rankings who commited and left after George was fired who is playing for the Plymouth Whalers.
 
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I see Wade Bennett is a nominee for the Humanitarian Award. Congrats toWade!
What is really amazing is that he started the year as a Freshman and by the Winter Quarter is a Senior!:eek: :cool:

You may have missed Trevor Moore's goal on Saturday came in as the fifth best goal in NCHC play.
 
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Anyone else get this email?

Greetings Pioneer Fans,

As a friend of the program, we would like to invite you to attend a luncheon and hockey practice. You will have the opportunity to meet Coach Montgomery and personally hear about the upcoming series against North Dakota. The details are as follows:

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Parking in Lot 103 (corner of High St. and Buchtel Blvd.)
Magness Arena – east concourse (section 11)
1:00pm - Coach Montgomery talk
1:15pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Hockey practice begins

Please RSVP to Marianne Leiby at 303-871-2388 or marianne.leiby@du.edu by Tuesday January 21. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at practice.

Go Pioneers!

Ryan Peck
Senior Associate Athletic Director
Development and Major Gifts
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Happy Birthday, Jason Zucker

"While a lot of fans where still in line for an icy cold beverage, Zucker was busy scoring his fourth goal of the year. Only eight seconds into the final frame, the tally set a Wild record for the fastest goal to start a period."
 
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Haven't posted in a long time but my wife forwarded me this letter. Thought it was worth sharing --


University of Denver
Jan. 17, 2014

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I'm sure that many of you sense, as do I, that the University stands at a significant point of transition and that we are about to enter an altogether new phase in our 150 year long history. Looking back, we've all been working hard since the dark days of the mid-1980's when we weathered that deep, existential financial crisis. So many good things have been accomplished since that time, and there is a great deal to be proud of. Much of this progress is due to the commitment of our wonderful faculty and staff, and to a consistent approach based on responsible management and an unwavering focus on the continuous growth of quality.

This year, fiscal 2014, will be our 25th consecutive year of operations in the black. Over the past two decades we've invested more than a half-billion dollars into our campus, which is now among the most beautiful and functional in America. Our students, both undergraduates and graduate students, are the most capable and most diverse that the University has ever seen. They've been drawn to DU by our superb faculty and staff, who have created a magnetic intellectual and cultural environment that attracts students and scholars from all over the country and all over the world. Indeed, we are the region's most international University, with nearly 1,500 international students, one of America's finest study abroad programs, international programs in virtually all of our units, and one of the world's finest schools of international studies. Our “reach” has become quite extraordinary, with the substantial majority of our students being drawn to Denver from places other than Colorado. We have certainly become a magnet for talent, and this is one of the principal ways in which we serve the city whose name we bear. I've been so very, very fortunate to bear witness to all of this growth in the quality of the academic enterprise at DU.

The years ahead will bring great changes to all of higher education, and for our University they will be years of extraordinary opportunity. We have a solid financial platform from which to address those changes. Apart from balanced operations, the success of our ASCEND campaign (which will end this sesquicentennial year) has been such that our net assets now top $1.1 billion. Our endowment is many times the size it was in the mid-1980's and more than double its size when I took office in 2005, and now exceeds annual operating expenses by a substantial margin. Because of successful fundraising and solid operations, we've added to student financial aid while we've managed to hold tuition increases to a modest level for the last several years. In fact, the net cost of attendance for DU undergraduates receiving financial aid is now roughly the same as it was ten years ago. All of this, a foundation based on academic quality and financial responsibility, provides us with a platform from which we must seize the opportunities of the coming years.

Those coming years will be an extraordinary and challenging time, a time when our University can rise to still greater heights of quality and impact. It will need new leadership for that new time, consistent leadership for another decade or more. I've been Chancellor for nine years now, and it is time for me to step aside and make room for that new leadership. Consequently, after many months of deep consideration, Julanna and I have decided that this year will be our last at DU. Today, I have informed our Board of Trustees that I will step down as Chancellor at the end of the current fiscal year, this coming June 30th. For me that will mark 33 years at the University, the last 13 as Chancellor or Provost, and all as a faculty member.

There will be lots of time to remember those years over the coming months. For now, let me simply say thank you to all of my friends and colleagues among the DU community. I've been so very fortunate to be counted as one of you. Leading this institution that I love so dearly has been the greatest honor of my life.

Best regards,
Robert Coombe
 
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