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Denver has climbed from mediocrity to supremacy in a surprisingly short period of time under the leadership of coach Murray Armstrong. When he took over in 1956-57, he guaranteed a national championship in three years. It took only two. And in 1958, after Denver had won its first NCAA title, the Pioneers had grown so strong that only two teams in the Western league would play them the following year (NDU and CC). As a result, the league folded, and Denver did not have enough NCAA-accredited games for the tournament in 1959. The league was reconstituted...
...Denver continued to dominate Western and American hockey. Here are some of the accomplishments of the Pioneers in the past four years under Armstrong: three NCAA championships (58, '60, '61); a 6-1-2 record against American amateur representatives in the World Games and the Olympics (the U.S. Nationals) including a 7-5 win over the gold medal-winning Olympic team last year and a 10-0 victory this year; wins over the West German and Swedish Olympic team; and the distinction of never losing to the Russian Nationals (two ties...
Unlike most of the Eastern colleges, but consistent with the policies of the majority of Western schools, Denver pursues an active over-the-counter recruiting program and awards players athletic Grant-in-Aid scholarships not necessarily based on need. Wieman explained that Coach Armstrong has a total of 26 hockey scholarships for freshmen and upperclassmen which cover tuition, fees, room and board (each worth about $1500 per year). Also, Armstrong gets $500 each year from a "Student Promotion Fund" to cover traveling expenses for an annual recruiting trip into Western Canada at the end of the season...
...Armstrong goes right up into the controversial Junior Amateur hockey leagues to recruit players. A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, the 45-year old Armstrong believes that "There is no question about it, the Canadian is a better hockey player than the American. He is on skates from the age of three, and because Canada has outdoor ice for a longer period of time than any other country except Russia, he naturally plays more hockey...
Junior A teams are not just over-grown park league teams. Armstrong said that a single game can draw around 5,000 fans in Regina, 7,000 in Edmunton, and up to 8,000 in Winnipeg. Many players pass up juvenile hockey and begin playing Junior A at the age of 16, as did Denver's Captain Bill Masterton and most of his teammates...