Showing posts with label USCHO.com Posters Game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USCHO.com Posters Game. Show all posts

LetsGoDU-USCHO Posters Game A Big Success

Top Row (left to right): GLM, shrader, brianvf, Lord Sidious, MNS, Bakunin, Mowers10, Eric
Bottom Row: pgb-ohio, The Darkness, Quizmire, Geist, con1977, MEg, BCEagle

(above) Several Posters Game T-shirts were spotted at the Frozen Four

(above) Players wore the jerseys of their favorite school, which added to the "all-star" feel of the event

(left) The official logo of the event

Just hours before the National Championship game in the Pepsi Center, a different brand of hockey took place in DU's beautiful Magness Arena. In front of 6,400 mostly empty seats, some of the most ferocious internet posters in college hockey participated in the annual USCHO.com Posters Game. The pace was slower and less skilled than the Notre Dame vs. Boston College championship affair, but was just as passionate and enthusiastic.

Witnesses described the game as a rousing success and not without it's share of great moments and a couple of low lights as well.

The game featured the home team (white jersey) Baconators and the visiting team (dark jersey) Vagalanche. The Vagalanche defeated the Baconators 8-6 and were lead by Geist and shrader who each had two goals. brianvf and MAV each also had a goal and MNS had a few assists in the game. The Baconators had a hat trick from DU's USCHO beat writer Candice Horgan and two goals from Lord Sidious.

The Who's Whining Now Blog handed out post game awards and recognition.

This year for the first time, the ice time was sponsored and donated by LetsGoDU and several DU alums. The entire event was organized by Denver based hockey writer Theresa Spisak.

In 2009 the game will be held during the Frozen Four in Washington D.C.

LetsGoDU Sponsors Pick-Up Hockey Game

Beautiful Magness Arena, home of the seven time National Champion Denver Pioneers, will play host to the USCHO.com Posters Hockey Game on Saturday, April 12th @ 1:15 PM.

This annual hockey extravaganza during the Frozen Four, combines computer geeks and obnoxious college fans in a casual pick-up hockey game. Once again bragging rights will be on the line as "players" from all over the nation match wits and skill.

For more information, registration and answers to all questions go to the Posters Game Thread on USCHO.

The NCAA National Championship game will be at 5 PM at the Pepsi Center two hours after the game. Both Magness Arena and the Pepsi Center are on Denver's light rail, within easy access of both arenas.

LetsGoDU and several University of Denver Alums contributed funds to offset the ice time at Magness Arena. Players may purchase a T-shirt as a memento of the historic occasion. Spectators and volunteers are welcome.