All Things Denver XXXVIII: On To Better Days!

[vizoroo]

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In case anyone wonders, I'll be "joining in progress" tonight as I'll be watching Oak Park HS close out its regular season at home. How great is it to be living in a time when I can be sitting on my a*s in Phoenix watching my old Chicago area high school play football?

Go Oak ParK!

Glad you let us know. Or we might have thought you had fallen in ice cresher for your Crown sno-cones

BTW mark your Lacrosse calendars:

Denver Mens Lacrosse retweeted


Liam Banks‏@LB3Liam·8 hrs8 hours ago
@ESPNU will you be in ATL Feb 14 when @Duke_MLAX faces off against @DU_MLAX should be a great match up of final four teams @paulcarcaterra

 

[thedunker]

Go Oak ParK!

Glad you let us know. Or we might have thought you had fallen in ice cresher for your Crown sno-cones

BTW mark your Lacrosse calendars:

Denver Mens Lacrosse retweeted




Liam Banks‏@LB3Liam·8 hrs8 hours ago
@ESPNU will you be in ATL Feb 14 when @Duke_MLAX faces off against @DU_MLAX should be a great match up of final four teams @paulcarcaterra

Pretty early end to hs football season. Maybe OP has some road games left. TY for lax update. DU at UNC also to be televised.

Nice win and start to season for PIOS.

 

[Old Pio]

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Pretty early end to hs football season. Maybe OP has some road games left. TY for lax update. DU at UNC also to be televised.

Nice win and start to season for PIOS.

Playoffs next. The great Bob Zuppke won back to back state titles at Oak Park before moving to Champaign where he won 4 national titles and 7 Big Ten titles for Illinois. He took with him Oak Park's orange and blue color scheme. The Illini play on Zuppke Field.

 

[vizoroo]

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DU allowing 8 home games to stream on NCHC.tv
http://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/439673?referrer_id=878553

No DU package--you have to buy the whole program. Makes me really wonder why DU/CBS/NCHC couldn't work something out before the season started.

 

[Dmann]

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bump

 

[Pablo]

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I thankfully didn't listen to or watch Saturday night's fiasco, but just read that LaLeggia got a 5 min major (I think.) Is this anything that will impact his ability to play vs. BC?

 

[du78]

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I thankfully didn't listen to or watch Saturday night's fiasco, but just read that LaLeggia got a 5 min major (I think.) Is this anything that will impact his ability to play vs. BC?

No, he will be able to play this weekend.

 

[vizoroo]

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Unfortunately I did listen to Saturday's game and it wasn't a lot of fun. In post game Monty said played pretty well 1st period but fell apart in the 2nd. Lost focus...really hadn't played a weekend series that required that. Playing BC will require a lot of focus and execution.

Joey LaLeggia only has 1 goal so far, but Zajac and Butcher have 4 and 3 points respectively. Q Shore and Trevor Moore are the leading scorers at 1=4=5. Viva leads in goals with 3. Even after Sat. Cowley has a Sv% of .937 and GAA of 1.85.

Although this is insane, USCHO has been showing a Pairwise since the 1st weekend games were played. We have moved up from 43rd (when we hadn't played a game) to 20th after the RPI weekend now to 5th

 

[Pablo]

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Unfortunately I did listen to Saturday's game and it wasn't a lot of fun. In post game Monty said played pretty well 1st period but fell apart in the 2nd. Lost focus...really hadn't played a weekend series that required that. Playing BC will require a lot of focus and execution.

Joey LaLeggia only has 1 goal so far, but Zajac and Butcher have 4 and 3 points respectively. Q Shore and Trevor Moore are the leading scorers at 1=4=5. Viva leads in goals with 3. Even after Sat. Cowley has a Sv% of .937 and GAA of 1.85.

Although this is insane, USCHO has been showing a Pairwise since the 1st weekend games were played. We have moved up from 43rd (when we hadn't played a game) to 20th after the RPI weekend now to 5th

Wow, we are just skyrocketing to the post-season. Ha.

Only a matter of time before LaLeggia gets on track offensively. Too much talent for that not to happen eventually. Impressive stats for Cowley so far.

 

[du78]

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Big news out of BC, D-man Santini out for the rest of the first half after wrist surgery. They are down to six healthy D-men. This is a very important series for DU that will have ramifications for the whole season. DU got their butts kicked by BC in last year's regionals. BC lost its top line to graduation and early departure. That line destroyed DU last year with Gaudreau being a one-man wrecking crew. Some revenge would be sweet. Having success against BC will have significant PWR implications all year long. If everyone recalls last season, DU's OOC schedule did not include enough high powered schools and that hurt them in the PWR. You don't want to have to win the league tourney every year to make it into the NCAAs, you want to get there on your own merit and success. That means beating the top echelon teams during the season. That also prepares you for the NCAA tourney when you only face top teams. GO DU!!!!!! BEAT BC!!!!!!

 

[vizoroo]

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I think Santini was Butcher's partner on defense last year at the WJC. Sorry he was injured, but he will be back for BC's stretch run and won't be a thorn in the Pios side this weekend. Maybe the altitude will tire out the remaining BC blueliners.

Pios will have to take more shots and score more this weekend as even without Gaudreau BC
has scored 18 goals in 4 games. The good news 16 of these were against cc, RIT, and UMass--none of which are considered powerful teams.

Pios really need to cut down on the penalties. Against Duluth 17 for 56 minutes including 2 majors/misconducts. In 4 games BC has 25 for 50 minutes. Can't afford to be down/sitting a skater for almost half of each game

 

[Old Pio]

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I find myself longing for the days when we treated BC like traffic cones. On the other hand, whupping 'em this weekend would be major payback and set the pios on the road to an outstanding season.

"I wanted a coach and got a priest instead" BC's Tim Sheehy who turned down a scholie from DU to play for "Snooks" Kelly at BC.

 

[thedunker]

I find myself longing for the days when we treated BC like traffic cones. On the other hand, whupping 'em this weekend would be major payback and set the pios on the road to an outstanding season.

"I wanted a coach and got a priest instead" BC's Tim Sheehy who turned down a scholie from DU to play for "Snooks" Kelly at BC.

Old Pio- I knew a girl at your HS whose father owned most pinball machines in USA. Remember her?

 

[32 Degrees!]

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When does the weekly Jim Montgomery radio show start up again on 102.3 ESPN Radio? I believe it used to be on Wednesday nights 6-6:30. It hasn't been on yet because of the MLB Playoffs; but I assume it will be soon?? It's kind of interesting because you can call in with questions. I always plan my dinner around it.

 

[Old Pio]

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Old Pio- I knew a girl at your HS whose father owned most pinball machines in USA. Remember her?

Not right off the top of my head. There was a guy on my block who owned the Chez Paree night club. Don't recall any pin ball moguls. In the old days, pin ball machines were a significant part of "The Outfit's" portfolio.

 

[vizoroo]

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Homecoming/ReUnion Weekend

We know some who won't be there --NHL commitments

Matt Carle--Tampa will miss the 2004 team Hall of Fame induction 1-1-2-got the goal tonight
Tyler Bozak--Toronto 4-6-10 First Star tonight 1-1-2 won 75% of faceoffs
Joe Colborne--Calgary 0=8-8 Playing center and right wing
Patrick Wiercioch--Ottawa played 5 games but not on the scoreboard yet
Jason Zucker--Minnesota 5-1-6 Including a breakaway shorty against Tampa He's still F-A-S-T
Matt Donovan-- NY Islanders Earning NHL money, but has been a healthy scratch

Injured Reserve
Beau Bennett--Pittsburgh
Paul Stastny--St. Louis

 

[Dmann]

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bump!!

 

[thedunker]

Not right off the top of my head. There was a guy on my block who owned the Chez Paree night club. Don't recall any pin ball moguls. In the old days, pin ball machines were a significant part of "The Outfit's" portfolio.

Laura Gottlieb, daughter of Alvin. I googled him, seems clean, but his customers were probably the boys. I love Mob books. Just read a great one about Sam Giancanna, Chicago's own. Very smart man. I met Laura on a teen tour of Europe. I didn't want to publish her name in case you were married to her

 

[vizoroo]

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It's about history...
It's about time,,,,
It's about the 2014 DU Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
and it's about time to recognize...

John MacMillan
Hockey 1958-60

Team Captain 1960
NCAA Champion 1958 and 1960
Stanley Cup 1962. 1963 Toronto Maple Leafs

Right-winger John MacMillan played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings in the 60s. He was best known as a dangerous scorer in college and a reliable two-way forward for the San Diego Gulls of the Western league, retiring in 1971.

Born October 25, 1935, in Lethbridge, Alberta, MacMillan excelled on the WCJHL's Lethbridge Native Sons before attending the University of Denver. After scoring 30 goals in 1959-60 he was voted to the WCHA second all-star team. Led by MacMillan. the Pioneers were the WCHA regular season champions, winning the Macnaughton Cup, and defeated CC for the playoff championship.

The 1960 Pioneers then went on to defeat Boston University and Michigan Tech for DU's and Murray Armstrong's 2nd NCAA Championship, and ended the season with a 25-4-3 record.
MacMillan's DU Career Stats 99GP 65-62-127

Congratulations and a belated Happy Birthday, Hall of Famer John MacMillan!

 

[du78]

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DU Game Notes for BC series

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/denv/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2014-15/release/release.pdf

WHERE WE WERE/ARE/AND ARE GOING...
• Denver opened NCHC play with a split at Minnesota Duluth last weekend.
• DU and BC begin a two-game set Friday. This weekend is Denver’s 2014 Homecoming Weekend.
• The Pioneers will continue their seven-game homestand when they host Western Michigan Nov. 7 and 8.

DENVER IN THE POLLS...
• The Pioneers are currently 11 in the USA Hockey Magazine Poll and No. 11 in the USCHO.com Poll.
• Denver was ranked No. 15 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Preseason Poll and No. 18 in the USCHO.com Preseason Poll.
• DU finished the 2013-14 season ranked 15/17 in the two polls.

THE MONTH OF THE PUMPKIN...
• Denver is 62-27-6 in the month of October since the 2001-02 campaign.
• The Pioneers have played .500 hockey or better in the month of October every season since the 2001-02 campaign.
• With its win on Oct. 24 at Duluth, Denver stretched that streak to 14 seasons.

SCOUTING BOSTON COLLEGE...
• Boston College also comes into the weekend series at 3-1 and fifth in both polls.
• The Eagles have nine NHL draftees.
• Ryan Fitzgerald leads BC with three goals on the season, while Adam Gilmour leads the Eagles in points with five on two goals and three assists.
• Head coach Jerry York is in his 21st season at Boston College, and is currently college hockey’s winningest coach (966 wins).