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> From jmcdonal Tue Oct 18 07:39:48 1994
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> Subject: DU/Wisconsin Press Release
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> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 17:31:36 -0600 (MDT)
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> This week: Denver will play at Wisconsin (1-0-0) in a two-game Western
> Collegiate Hockey Association series to open its 46th season in the
> school's history. The two teams meet at the Dane County Coliseum on
> Friday, Oct. 21 at 6:35 p.m. Mountain time. Saturday's face-off time
> is slated for 6:05.
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> Television: Prime Sports Network, the regional cable television sports
> network, will produce Pioneer hockey for the seventh consecutive
> season in 1994-95. Jim Conrad and Steve Harms will team up and call
> the action live from Madison on Friday night. The telecast will begin
> at 6:30 p.m. Mountain time.
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> Radio: KYBG Sports Talk (1090 AM), the flagship station for DU hockey,
> will broadcast live both games. Norm Jones will call the plays for the
> 13th straight season.
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> Head Coach George Gwozdecky (Wisconsin '78) enters his first year at
> the University of Denver. He brings a wealth of experience and success
> to his new position at DU. Prior to his appointment in May 1994,
> Gwozdecky served as head coach at Miami University (Ohio) for five
> seasons -- his first Division I job. During his tenure at Miami he was
> twice named Central Collegiate Hockey Association Coach of the Year
> and posted an 83-94-19 (.468) record. In 1992-93 his team won the
> school's first league title and he was named National Coach of the
> Year in addition to being named CCHA Coach of the Year.
> Prior to his stint at Miami, the 41-year-old coach served as assistant
> coach at Michigan State following a three-year stint as head coach at
> the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. At UW-River Falls he compiled
> a record of 67-30-2 (.687).
> Gwozdecky has been associated with national collegiate hockey
> championships as a player, assistant coach and head coach. He returns
> to his alma mater this weekend where he played left wing for the 1977
> NCAA Championship team. On Saturday night he will be honored as an
> inductee to the UW Hockey Hall of Fame. His association as an
> assistant coach for Michigan State's 1986 NCAA Championship team, and
> as head coach of the UW-River Falls 1983 NAIA Championship team,
> provides him valuable experience to succeed at Denver.
> Gwozdecky took advantage of the opportunity to maintain consistency in
> his coaching philosophy and management style by luring his assistant
> coaches from Miami to Denver. Steve Miller and Greg Drechsel, along
> with equipment manager David Randolph joined Gwozdecky's staff at
> Denver in September.
>
> Pioneer Points: The Pioneers return 22 lettermen and lose only three
> from last year's 15-20-3 team which finished ninth in the WCHA... two
> newcomers will dress this weekend in Mike Dairon (RW, North Vancouver,
> B.C.) and Anders Bjork (C, Stockholm, Sweden)... Dairon is Gwozdecky's
> first signee at DU... Bjork sat our last season due to an NCAA
> amateurism rule... the last time DU played at the Dane County Coliseum
> was Jan. 22-23, 1993. The Pioneers won the first game 5-4 in overtime
> on a goal from Jason Elders 47 seconds into the extra session. The
> following night Wisconsintook off with a 4-0 lead before DU managed
> two goals in the third period... sophomore winger Warren Smith returns
> to action this weekend after a year in rehabilitation from major back
> surgery... of the Pioneers' '94-95 opponents historically they have
> been least successful vs. Wisconsin (.344 win percentage).
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> DU vs. Wisconsin: This is the 81st meeting between the two teams.
> Wisconsin leads the series with a 50-25-5 (.666) all-time record and
> leads the series at the Dane County Coliseum 22-11-3 (.653). The
> Badgers currently ride a three-game winning streak over the Pioneers.
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> Tickets for DU home games: As of 9 a.m. on Oct. 17 more than 2,100
> season tickets had been issued for the 1994-95 season. Nearly 2,000
> tickets remain for the home-opener vs. North Dakota Nov. 4.
>
> Injuries: Junior winger Brent Cary sustained his fifth injury in two
> years during a drill in practice Monday, Oct. 10. He collided head-on
> with senior defenseman John McLean (Roseville, Minn.) at mid-ice. Cary
> was diagnosed with a fracture of the left side of his seventh cervical
> vertebra by team physician Dr. Robert Loeffler. McLean had a slight
> concusion and was sidelined last week. Cary will be out approximately
> 12-15 weeks while McLean returns to action this week.
>
> Reviewing the Red-White games (Oct. 14-15):
> Friday, Oct. 14 (White 6, Red 4)- Sophomore Mike Corbett had one goal
> and two assists as his White team defeated the Red 6-4. Freshman Mike
> Dairon scored two goals and had an assist for the Red. Despite the
> high score, the goaltending efforts were outstanding as junior Sinuhe
> Wallinheimo saved 40 shots for the White, and sophomore Jim Mullin
> saved 25 shots for the Red.
>
> Saturday, Oct. 15 (Red 6, White 6)- The two teams battled to a tie to
> take the game to a shootout. Ten Pioneers took the netminders
> one-on-one but Petri Gunther scored the lone goal as the White team's
> final shooter to give them the edge. Angelo Ricci had a goal and two
> assists while linesmate Jason Elders added two goals for the Red.
> Mullin had 31 saves on the night. Wallinheimo had 19 saves for the
> White team and stopped all five red shots in the shootout. Kelly
> Hollingshead and Craig McMillan scored power-play goals for the Red,
> and Dave Klasnick scored for the White in a 5-on-3 situation.
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> Gwozdecky on the weekend: "One thing we tried to accomplish in playing
> two red-white games is to simulate a series. We could see improvement
> from Friday to Saturday night and think this will be an easier
> transition to the regular season. Craig McMillan played well on the
> power play and made some good decisions... we think he can lead us in
> that aspect of the game. The line of Elders, Ricci and Dairon is a
> dangerous line. What Dairon does for that line is what Brent Cary did.
> He's (Dairon) a very smart player with good ice-sense and good hands."
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> Practice times: The Pioneers will practice at the DU Arena from 3-4:45
> p.m. Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday the team will practice at
> the DU Arena from 12-1:15 p.m. prior to its departure for Madison. On
> Friday the team will practice from 10:45-11:45 a.m. at the Dane County
> Coliseum.
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> Travel Headquarters: The official travel party will stay at the
> Holiday Inn Southeast, (608) 831-2000. The team will arrive in Madison
> at 9:43 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, and return to Denver at12:40 p.m.
> on Sunday, Oct. 23.
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> Next week: Denver travels to Houghton, Michigan, to take on Michigan
> Tech in a two-game WCHA series Friday-Saturday, Oct. 28-29. Both games
> will be broadcast live on KYBG Radio (1090 AM) beginning at 5:30 p.m.
> Mountain time. The Pioneers open at home vs. North Dakota on Nov. 4-5
> at 7:05 p.m.
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