From: Denver Post
by Mike Chambers
Having last weekend off wasn't necessarily needed rest for the University of Denver hockey team. After their best performance of the season Oct. 28 in a 4-2 victory at Minnesota-Duluth, the Pioneers have nearly two weeks between games.
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DU (4-4, 2-2 WCHA) resumes Friday in a two-game WCHA series at defending NCAA champion Wisconsin (4-4-2, 3-2-1). Pioneers coach George Gwozdecky hopes his team will pick up where it left off.
DU (4-4, 2-2 WCHA) resumes Friday in a two-game WCHA series at defending NCAA champion Wisconsin (4-4-2, 3-2-1). Pioneers coach George Gwozdecky hopes his team will pick up where it left off.
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"You can definitely see the team developing," said Gwozdecky, who spent most of last week recruiting. "That was a very important game, and win, at Duluth two Saturdays ago. We gained confidence from it.
"You can definitely see the team developing," said Gwozdecky, who spent most of last week recruiting. "That was a very important game, and win, at Duluth two Saturdays ago. We gained confidence from it.
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"It was our best performance of the season, and now we're looking forward to this weekend's series. We've got another tough one in Wisconsin."
"It was our best performance of the season, and now we're looking forward to this weekend's series. We've got another tough one in Wisconsin."
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Spelling it often
Spelling it often
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DU freshmen Tyler Ruegsegger and Rhett Rakhshani are considered among the country's premier rookie forwards. But they are also being talked about because of their unfamiliar hockey hometowns - Ruegsegger is from Lakewood and Rakhshani from Huntington Beach, Calif. - and the difficult spellings of their last names.
DU freshmen Tyler Ruegsegger and Rhett Rakhshani are considered among the country's premier rookie forwards. But they are also being talked about because of their unfamiliar hockey hometowns - Ruegsegger is from Lakewood and Rakhshani from Huntington Beach, Calif. - and the difficult spellings of their last names.
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Inside College Hockey.com says of the duo: "Typist's nightmare as easy names like Carle and Stastny give way to head-scratchers like Ruegsegger and Rakhshani. And defenders are finding them even harder to stop than they are to spell."
Inside College Hockey.com says of the duo: "Typist's nightmare as easy names like Carle and Stastny give way to head-scratchers like Ruegsegger and Rakhshani. And defenders are finding them even harder to stop than they are to spell."
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Ruegsegger is tied with junior Ryan Dingle and redshirt freshman Brock Trotter with a team-leading eight points (three goals). Rakhshani has six points (two goals).
Ruegsegger is tied with junior Ryan Dingle and redshirt freshman Brock Trotter with a team-leading eight points (three goals). Rakhshani has six points (two goals).
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