News & Notes From Around Pioneer Nation

(above) DU Recruit Drew Shore is profiled on YouTube by Jootk

DU recruit Drew Shore is profiled Jootk in a YouTube video. The video is a day in the life of a US National Development Team player. Notice the University of Denver flag in the video.

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the Wisconsin Badgers and the WCHA Semi-Finals.

DU recruit Shawn Ostrow's Camrose Kodiacs were eliminated from the Alberta Hockey League's playoffs with a 4-0 Game #7 loss to the Brooks Bandits. Ostrow completed a fantastic comeback from a knee injury to lead the Kodiacs in scoring in the playoffs (2g-8a). Ostrow will be teamed with brother Kyle next season at Denver.

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog Breaks Down CC

This week Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the Colorado College Tigers. Its probably not surprising that Colorado College's most famous skating alumni are ice skater Peggy Fleming and ice dancer Christopher Dean.

Swami's Blog Breaks Down Wisconsin Badgers

This week Puck Swami's Know Your Foe breaks down the University of Wisconsin Badgers. Check it out.

News & Notes From Around Boone Nation

College Hockey News has a great interview with Coach Gwozdecky. He talks about Mullen, Bozak, WCHA and Bemidji.

Puck Swami breaks down Colorado College this weekend in his Know Your Foe Blog. As usual Swami does a great job filling us in on the series, traditions and history of DU's biggest rivalry.

The Rocky Mountain News has a story by Pat Rooney that details DU's battle with Colorado College on Friday night.

The #13 has not been lucky for Colorado College hockey players recently as DU & CC pair off on Friday the 13th. The Colorado Springs Gazette has the story.

The Duluth News Tribune has all the news on Patrick Mullen's suspension. Turns out that Mike Connolly is going to be OK and not miss any games.

While DU focuses on winning the WCHA title, CC's eyes are firmly on the Gold Cup as Mike Chambers of the Denver Post reports.

Media Coverage Of This Weekend's UAA Series

The always interesting and very well written, UAA Fan Blog has some good info on the weekend series between DU and Alaska-Anchorage. Check it out.

Mike Chambers of the Denver Post asks Coach Gwozdecky a half dozen questions about last weekend and the upcoming series against UAA. The Q & A session appears in Chambers' Blog.

As usual Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog has everything you need to know about UAA, the city of Anchorage and the history of their hockey program.

Mike Chambers of the Denver Post has an excellent article on the UAA series and what the team learned about themselves in North Dakota last week. Chamber's even throws a "Boone reference" into the article. Way to go Chambers, Bring Back Boone.

The Gowzdecky March video on YouTube was a big hit yesterday. If you want to see what our video was based on here's the YouTube Trailer to Bridge on the River Kwai.

Doyle woody of the Anchorage Daily News has a story on UAA special teams issues.

Puck Swami's Blog Looks At Alaska-Anchorage

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the University of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves this weekend. Puck Swami has all the details on the school, the city and the hockey program.

Puck Swami's Blog Looks At North Dakota

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux this weekend. UND certainly has an interesting hockey history and Puck Swami has all the details.

Thousand Fan March & BBQ Adds Facebook Page

Event: Thousand Fan March & BBQ
Where: Spanky's - 1800 E. Evans Ave
When: Saturday, Jan. 10 (3:30-6:00 PM)

On Saturday the DU Grilling Society, LetsGoDU & Spanky's Roadhouse are co-hosting an event to build school spirit, get our fans pumped up for the Michigan Tech game that evening and promote "Boone Awareness."

If you're a member of Facebook.com you can RSVP for the event and forward invites to your friends. Just hit the "Invite People" Link and forward to your Facebook contacts.

Spanky's will rope off the parking lot so that we can tailgate, mingle and get psyched for the game. LetsGoDU will be selling commemorative long-sleeve T-shirts for 10 bucks (5 bucks for students), Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog will be hosting a poster contest, the "Boone Flag" will be on display to be signed by attendees. Then we'll march to Magness Arena en masse between 6-6:30 PM.

The weather is supposed to be in the high 40's and sunny, but the event will go on, rain or shine. If its cold, we'll have Spanky's Party Room reserved for our use.

Hope to see you there and BRING YOUR FRIENDS.

Puck Swami's Blog Breaks Down Michigan Tech

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down Michigan Tech. Swami doesn't mention it in his blog, but former Michigan Tech football coach Ted Kearly has won over $1 million playing poker in the past two years.

Puck Swami's KYF Blog Inks Sponsorship Deal

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog has agreed to sponsor the Poster Contest on Saturday afternoon. They will provide all the materials and prizes including gift certificates to Spanky's and Free T-Shirts to the winners. The contest will be from 3-6 PM at Spanky's Road House at 1800 East Evans Ave.

If your company would like to sponsor a portion of the festivities this weekend, drop us an email.

News & Notes From Around Pioneer Nation

(above) DU plays Minnesota State-Mankato twice this weekend

• DU's rise in the standings has been led by some unexpected players. College Hockey News takes a look at the role Marc Cheverie, Luke Salazar and Anthony Maiani have had in the Pioneers success.

• Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Matt Carle, a former University of Denver star, has missed five games with back spasms and is taking anti-inflammatory medication. Carle, acquired from Tampa Bay on Nov. 7, has two goals and three assists in 23 games.

• Minnesota State-Mankato's forward Kael Mouillerat will be back in the lineup after missing seven games with an upper body injury. He's a point a game player and a key to the Mavericks power play. [read rest of article]

• The first 1,100 Minnesota State's student tickets are distributed for free on Wednesday's at MSU's Taylor Center. The school then sells additional student tickets for $6 apiece. MSU has 14,500 students.

• Everything you want to know about Minnesota State this weekend can be found on Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog.

• DenverPioneers.com has the Game Notes, stats & previews for this weekend's action.

• The Boone image above was "Photoshopped" from Lars Paulgaard's new goalie mask by a DU student who has been doing our "artwork" recently. We'd like to see this version of Boone adopted as the official mascot of the Athletic Department. LetsGoDU is doing everything in our power behind the scenes to reverse the Chancellor's decision and return Boone to the DU community. We'll be working in the Winter Quarter with DU students for a Boone Election Referendum.
  

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Looks At MSU-M

(above) Miss Minnesota Jennifer Hudspeth is a Minnesota State grad

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the Minnesota State University Mavericks this week. As usual Swami has done a through job of of researching our opponents.

Go DU - Beat The Huskies

(above) DU plays the Michigan Tech Huskies this weekend in Houghton

• Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog profiles Michigan Tech this week

• Coach Gwozdecky's mid-week Press Conference covers Michigan Tech, Marc Cheverie & Joe Colborne.

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the Colgate University Raiders & United State Air Force Academy Falcons this week. As usual Swami has done a through job of of researching our opponents.

Don't 'cha hate it when a school thats supposed to be as prestigious as Colgate, most famous alum is Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes fame.

Swami's Air Force Academy review might be his best work yet. Check it out.

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the University Of Minnesota Gophers this week. As usual Swami has done a through job of of reseaching our opponents.

If you knew that Loni Anderson, Yanni & Kevin McHale went to Minnesota, go to the head of the class.

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the St. Cloud State Huskies this week. As usual Swami has done a through job of of reseaching our opponents.

If you knew that actor Richard Dean Anderson went to St. Cloud, go to the head of the class. Coach Motzko is going to have to pull a "MacGyver" to turn around St Cloud.

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs this week. As usual Swami has done a through job of of reseaching our opponents.

If you knew that David Oreck, of vacuum cleaner fame, went to UMD you don't need to read the article. However if you knew that the only reason that we mentioned Oreck was to make some backhanded joke about UMD sucking in hockey, go to the head of the class.

Game Day Articles on DU-CC Halloween Tilt

(above) Colorado College goaltender Richard Bachman will be dressed as Chaz Michael Michaels from "Blades of Glory" on Halloween Night

"It's going to be intense," CC goalie Richard Bachman said. "This is why we play college hockey ... rivalry game on Halloween night. It's going to be a fun atmosphere."

- Denver Post

Costumes are welcome, and the sellout crowd will be in for a treat. CC is the defending Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season champion, and DU is the WCHA's reigning playoff champ.

- Denver Post

"It's just one level higher, one degree more, of the intensity, of the emotion, of the energy, of the noise," DU coach George Gwozdecky said.

-Rocky Mountain News

Mike Chambers at the Denver Post has written an excellent article

Pat Rooney of the Rocky Mountain News talks about the intensity of the series

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe breaks down Colorado College from A to Z

LetsGoDU looks at "CC: Always A Bridesmaid"

Denver based writer Theresa Spisak covers the WCHA for USCHO.com

College Hockey News writes about the "Icing Incident" last week

DenverPioneers.com has all the pregame stats, notes & info on both teams

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the Colorado College Tigers this week. As usual Swami has done a through job of of reseaching our opponents.

Raise your hand if you knew that Colorado College tried to change their mascot from a tiger to a fish in 1994.

Puck Swami's Blog Breaks Down Ohio State

Puck Swami's Know Your Foe Blog breaks down the Ohio State Buckeyes this week. As usual Swami has done a through job of of reseaching our opponents.