Twitter: David Carle Becomes DU Assistant Coach

(above) David Carle was named DU Assistant Coach on Monday

Denver 2 - Colorado College 1 FINAL

(above) Check out the "Denver Post Photo Slideshow" link below

Freshman Will Butcher broke open a scoreless tie in the Third Period On Saturday evening at Magness Arena as DU defeated Colorado College 2-1.

Zac Larraza scored the second DU goal.

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Denver Post Photo Slideshow

Denver Post Game Recap

USCHO.com Game Recap

Twitter: Zac Larraza Cleared To Play

DU's Injury Report From Monty's Press Conference

As the University of Denver hockey team departs for Alaska, the training room will be in heavy use while the team is away.

Garrett Allen suffered a lower extremity in practice yesterday and will not make trip to Alaska this weekend.

Freshman Evan Janssen is also out with a lower extremity injury. According To Mike Chambers of the Denver Post, he's expected to miss three weeks with a knee injury.  Likely this has to be very disappointing to Evan as he played junior hockey in Alaska in the NAHL in 2011-12.

Zac Larraza is still injured.

Emil Romig's NCAA "Euro-suspension" still has six games to run.

Nolan Zajac will continue to play at forward until several of the injured players return to the lineup.

There are only 21 eligible players to travel. Since this is a tournament, all three goalies can make the trip. The remaining 18 skaters will make the trip, including Wade Bennett who didn't dress last weekend.

DU Will Lose Three Forwards To Start Season

Zac Larraza will miss six to eight weeks, Brad Hawkinson will miss the entire season and Emil Romig has been suspended by the NCAA for eight games.

Mike Chambers of the Denver Post has the details.

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Denver 7 - Alaska Anchorage 1 FINAL

The University of Denver hockey team rolled to a comfortable 7-1 victory over the University of Alaska Anchorage at Magness Arena on Friday night.  The win moved the Pioneers into a tie for 4th Place in the WCHA & tied for 7th place in the Pairwise Rankings.

Daniel Doremus, Nick Shore (1 PP), Zac Larraza (1 even, 1 shortie), Matt Tabrum, Shawn Ostrow & David Makowski scored for DU.

Denver Post Game Recap

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Pairwise Rankings

WCHA Standings

Week 2: LetsGoDU Photo Caption Contest

Last week we featured a photo of DU hockey player Zac Larraza staring down the University of Minnesota-Duluth skating cheerleader team.  An alert reader suggested a Photo Caption contest and the comments poured in.

On Thursday LetsGoDU received an email from a member of the UMD skating cheerleaders accusing our blog of "insulting & libeling their cheer team."

She went on to mention that our reader comments were "degrading & veering the line of sexual harrassment and that she was extremely offended by the sexual innuendos directed towards them."

She added that Mr. Larraza, "skated through their formation twice, tried to ruin their routine & purposely bumped into one of the cheerleaders."

So with that in mind, lets head into week two of Photo Caption Contest.

PHOTO: Larraza Stares Down UMD Cheerleaders

(Above) Viva Larraza has his game face on

St. Cloud State 5 - Denver 2 FINAL

(above) Scott Mayfield reaches for the puck on Friday night

St. Cloud State University used relentless pressure to break down the University of Denver on Friday night at the National Hockey Center.  DU managerd to tie the game at 2-2 early in the third period, but three goals in the last half of the final period did in the Pioneers.

Zac Larraza and Nick Shore scored for DU. 

USCHO.com Game Recap

St. Cloud Times Game Recap & Photos

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WCHA Standings

Pairwise Rankings

Denver 3 - Nebraska Omaha 3 FINAL OT

(above) Boone pimps his @DU_Boone Twitter account during the Root Sports broadcast on Saturday night

The University of Denver and Nebraska-Omaha skated to a 3-3 tie on Saturday night at Magness Arena.  DU goaltender Jussi Olkinuora improved his record to 7-1-4 on the season.

Zac Larraza, Shawn Ostrow & Paul Phillips scored for DU.

DU remains tied for first place in the WCHA with UNO but eight teams remain within two wins of first place.  The Gophers, North Dakota & St. Cloud State have two games in hand and are just one or two points out of first place.

Denver Post Game Recap

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Denver 6 - Boston University 0 FINAL

The University of Denver hockey team started off the second half of the season the same way they began it.  Scoring plenty of goals goals and playing stifling defense on Saturday night at Magness Arena.

Shawn Ostrow, Zac Larraza, Quinten Shore, Nick Shore, Chris Knowlton & Nolan Zajac scored for DU.

Pioneers goaltender Juho Olkinoura recorded his third career shutout while BU was shutout for the first time in 125 games.  The longest such streak in college hockey.

DU Lineup

Forwards
Loney - N. Shore - Knowlton
Larraza - Ostrow - Doremus
Jacobson - Q. Shore - Tabrum
Levin - Arnold

Defense
Phillips - Mayfield
D. Mermis - LaLeggia
Zajac - Makowski
Didier

Goal
Juho Olkinoura

Brittain
Murray

Denver Post Game Recap

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WCHA Standings

Pairwise Rankings

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DU 5 - Air Force 2 FINAL

The University of Denver scored ten goals over the weekend after cruising to a 5-2 victory over Air Force in Magness Arena on Saturday night.  Nick Shore recorded a hat trick, Joey LaLeggia and Zac Larraza added goals.

DU's new three D-man power play unit is leading the country in scoring percentage.

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Denver Post Game Recap

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(above) 13 year-old Baker Shore already has several NHL players following his tweets

New York Times Blog Features DU Game Recap

(above) Zac Larraza's Game Winning Goal

The New York Times Blog has a nice recap of the University of Denver's dramatic comeback over Minnesota-Duluth. 

Zac Larraza Becomes DU's Latest Hero

(above) Zac Larraza's game winning goal ended the longest playoff game in Final 5 history

From: Star-Tribune

by Roman Augustovitz

Zac Larraza was wearing a white hard hat after Denver's 4-3, two-overtime triumph over Minnesota Duluth on Friday at the Xcel Energy Center in the Final Five semifinals.

Larraza was the game's unlikeliest of heroes. The fourth-line winger from Scottsdale, Ariz., had not scored a goal in 23 games this season. Yet he ended this 3-hour, 45-minute struggle on a rebound at 8:14 of the second extra session.

He really should have given his hard hat -- awarded after games to the Pioneers' hardest worker -- to the goalie. Sam Brittain faced 70 shots and stopped 67 in the longest game in Final Five history. It went 88 minutes, 14 seconds in ice time.

Larraza? "At most I played about 10 shifts," he said. "I had fresh legs in the overtime."

He scored on his only shot of the game, seconds after linemate Matt Tabrum clanked a shot off the right post.

DU 4 - Minnesota-Duluth 3 OT FINAL

(above) VIDEO: DU's 4th line comes to the rescue as Zac Larraza scores the game winner in double overtime

Freshman Zac Larraza scored in double overtime as the University of Denver continued its improbable overtime winning streak on Thursday afternoon in St. Paul.  DU advanced to the WCHA Final 5 Championship game against North Dakota on Saturday night.

DU appeared to have the game well in hand with a 3-0 lead midway through the second period when Minnesota-Duluth staged their comeback.

Two second period goals and goal late by the Bulldogs in the third period set up a dramatic overtime.

The game winning goal by Larazza was his first career goal at DU. Sam Brittain made 67 saves for the Pioneers.

DU is now in a three-way tie for 8th place in the Pairwise Rankings.  With the victory DU punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament next week.

Denver Post Game Recap

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