Category: Avash Kalra
'Start That Journey Again'
Boston CollegeThe last time the college hockey world saw Denver goaltender Matt Davis, he was raising the national championship banner in St. Paul, Minn., fresh off a spectacular 35-save performance in the Pioneers' title game triumph over Boston College...
Read moreCelebrini, Levshunov Go 1-2 at NHL Draft
Macklin CelebriniLed as expected by Boston University phenom and reigning Hobey Baker Award winner Macklin Celebrini — now the San Jose Sharks' No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft — a total of nine current or incoming NCAA players were drafted Friday night in the first round, matching last year's total...
Read moreSave the Date
Avash KalraAfter a lengthy on-ice celebration for the Denver Pioneers, fresh off winning an NCAA record 10th national championship in program history, goaltender Matt Davis had barely returned to the locker room before he decided that he had to go back outside...
Read more'Walk Together Forever'
McKade WebsterThe sight of Denver captain McKade Webster crumpling to the ice after a violent collision against the boards — a minor penalty for boarding called on the play against Boston College junior Mike Posma — seemed jarring...
Read moreFrozen Four Wednesday Notebook: Denver
Western Michigan"I'm happy to be back...
Read more'We Hate to Lose'
Ohio StateLong before earning international medals and a pair of NCAA championships — one for each them — McKade and Makenna Webster came across the sport of hockey almost by chance...
Read moreNoah's Arc
Avash KalraEvery team in the country spends plenty of time away from home, away from dorm rooms and classrooms — instead, bus rides and plane trips, commonplace...
Read moreHunger Games
QuinnipiacLast March, only one team — Minnesota or St. Cloud State — could go to Tampa for the Frozen Four, when the in-state rivals squared off in the Fargo Regional Final...
Read moreInto Thin Air
Fighting HawksGrand Forks, North Dakota, officially sits at 837 feet above sea level — notably, 4,443 feet lower in elevation than Denver, where the Fighting Hawks travel this weekend to take on the Pioneers in a highly-anticipated NCHC showdown...
Read moreNCHC Watch List, 2023-24
Fighting Hawks5 Things to Watch...
Read moreThe Roads Most Traveled
MinnesotaRand Pecknold was hired as head coach of the Quinnipiac Bobcats in May of 1994 — almost four years before the oldest player on his current 2022-23 roster was even born...
Read moreCool Hand Luke
Avash KalraOn the lineup sheet, freshman Luke Mittelstadt is listed at the very bottom, below the traditional three defensive pairings, as the so-called seventh defenseman behind six players who have been drafted by NHL teams...
Read moreWednesday FF Notebook: Minnesota, BU
James WestbyFamily connections at Minnesota are common, and this year is no different, with several players continuing family traditions by donning Gopher jerseys and playing at the NCAA Frozen Four...
Read moreTake My Breath Away
Avash Kalra"When they get the puck, the whole rink freezes. The other team, coaches, players, fans — there's a pause. And everyone waits to see what's going to happen when the great ones get it...
Read moreTo Manchester, United
DenverThe spring and early summer of 2022 in the Mile High City was full of celebration — starting with Denver winning the national championship in Boston and certainly culminating a few months later when the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup. The teams celebrated together, too, with the Pioneers joi...
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