Down goes Denver.
by wearendhockey (2019-11-10 10:36:36)
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Duluth handed the Pioneers their first loss on the season (8-1-1). Friday night the Bulldogs put a stop to Denver's season opening 8 game winning streak, coming back from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to forge a 3-all tie.

Just about the entirety of the college hockey world thought Denver and Duluth were 1 and 1A as far as the teams to beat this season but Duluth struggled a bit out of the gate, losing a season opening exhibition match to a Canadian college and dropping 2 games at Wisconsin, getting blown out by 4 goals in the first game. Denver played a similar schedule to ours to open the season, racking up 6 wins against teams that won't be anywhere near the PWR top-16 when the season is over (although in fairness to their schedule, they did travel to Lake State and Alaska).

In the early going only 3 teams are now left without a loss, Notre Dame, Harvard and Cornell. Ivy League schools start much later than the rest of college hockey and Notre Dame has played more games so far than Cornell and Harvard combined.

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