Frank Daly, a goaltender on some of DU's greatest teams in the late Sixties passed away several days ago from cancer. Only last month, Frank's 1967-68 National Championship Team was inducted into the University of Denver Hall Of Fame. Sadly, Frank was too ill to attend the ceremony.Frank was Goaltender Gerry Powers' backup and was a member of the Pioneers Back to Back National Championship Teams teams in 1968 and 1969.
Frank's great claim to fame happened with about 6 minutes remaining in the 1969 NCAA semi-final game. DU was comfortably ahead of Harvard and in cruise control when Murray Armstrong lifted Powers and let Frank play in a game. He faced one shot, saved it and ended his career with a 1.000 saves % and a GAA of 0. Frank was one of the few US players in that era of Pio hockey--he was from the Boston area.
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