(left & below) CC played for years at the Broadmoor Hotel, because they were either too poor or too cheap to build their own hockey arena
Credit: This story was contributed by DU fan "Rikkyboy"
It was during my Freshman Year at DU during the 1983-84 season. DU was playing Colorado College at the Broadmoor World Arena. Both teams were crappy and the rivalry was all the fans had in those days.
I was down there with two dorm-mates and were sitting near the DU bench. The game was becoming a DU blow out (it eventually ended 8-6).
At some point DU scored and a big drum was tossed onto the ice from the CC Student Section. The DU goalie, Chris Olson, skated over to the drum and swung his stick through it with an axe like motion. The DU fans in attendance bust into cheers. Eventually, the drum was picked up and dropped off at the DU bench. I went down a few rows to retrieve it, as Chris lived next door to me in J-Mac Dormitory and I thought it might be cool to give it to him later. Someone on the DU bench handed it over the glass and I raised the drum out above my head. As I'm was running back to my seat, I was knocked back on my butt by some older CC fan (I ran into him, he grabbed me and pushed me back). I jumped up and cocked my arm to swing a punch, a couple DU students grabbed me and pulled me back into their row of seats. Security came over and escorted the attacker out of the building.
Broadmoor security also took the drum. Later on someone who was sitting behind the attacker told me that the he was getting more frustrated with every goal DU scored. When I got the drum, he started to get up and his wife was trying to grab his arm to keep him in his seat, which did not happen.
The "rumble" made the paper too.
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