College Hockey Video of the Week (5/16/11): Denver's David Makowski scores 195 foot goal

This took place this past February in a game between Denver and Michigan Tech.

College Hockey Video of the Week (1/3/11): Denver Teaches You How To Eat A Lemon

Everyone is finally back on campus as the winter term begins today. That means that the bulk of Union's ECAC schedule begins this weekend. The Dutchmen had an up and down winter break, and they're probably feeling some pressure heading into some of the most important games of the year (as well as the fans). So, as a way to lighten the tension I thought I'd post a fun college hockey video for this week.

This video features a cool and funny tradition that the Denver Pioneers have during practice. I know other teams do something similar, and others have their own funny traditions. Does anyone know if the Dutchmen have something similar to this Denver tradition?

Hitting the Links

First off, I want to say thank you to all my readers. Union Hockey Blog had over 9,100 views in October! That's more than double the amount of the views in September! I really love doing this and I hope everyone that reads the blog enjoys doing so. The support of the readers is really what motivates me to make this blog the best it can be.

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Thanks Again!

Here are some important links from Monday:

- Union is tied for 15th with Wisconsin in the USCHO poll.

- Union falls one spot to #14 in the USA Today/USA Hockey magazine poll.

- Union stays at #9 in the INCH poll.

- USCHO's Brian Sullivan has Union 15th in his national rankings and gives out ECAC weekly awards.

- Ken Schott asks questions about all of the ECAC teams in his weekly "College Hockey Slap Schotts" segment.

- Denver forward Jesse Martin is in stable condition after being seriously injured against North Dakota on Saturday. For more on Martin's injury click here. Get well soon Jesse, the whole college hockey community is behind you! Here is the video of what happened:

College Hockey Video of the Week (11/1/10): DU Head Coach Geroge Gwozdecky goes nuts

Every Head Coach has different styles. Some are quiet, some are loud, some give speeches, some say nothing, etc.

Denver Pioneers Head Coach Geroge Gwozdecky definitely has his own style, which you can see in this video.

Coach Gwozdecky has been very successful over his college hockey career. He also has won two Spencer Penrose Awards as the National Coach of the Year, and is the only person to win an NCAA hockey championship as a player (Wisonsin 1977), assistant coach (Michigan State 1986), and head coach (Denver 2004-2005). I was lucky enough to see Gwozdecky and the Pioneers win the national championship in Boston and Columbus, respectively.

I remember being a kid and sitting directly across from the Army bench and watching then Head Coach Rob Riley when he got upset with a call. He would get so mad that he turned red and looked like his eyes were going to pop out of his head. But, he never did anything like this:




You can see a different view with different announcers by clicking here.