Battle for the Gold Pan
| Battle for the Gold Pan | |
| DU-CC Rivalry | |
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| University of Denver Pioneers | Colorado College Tigers |
| Ice Hockey | |
|---|---|
| First Meeting | CC 16–0 DU January 6, 1950 at CC |
| Last Meeting | DU 4–0 CC (March 11, 2017) at Denver |
| Next Weekend Series | TBD |
| Longest Streak |
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| Current Winning Streak | DU – 12 Games |
| Games Played | 308 |
| All-time series | DU leads 175–116–17 [.561] |
| Gold Pan series | TIED 12–12 (24 Years) [.500] |
| DU | CC |
| 1994 / 95 1997 / 98 1998 / 99 2003 / 04 2004 / 05 2005 / 06 2009 / 10 2010 / 11 2012 / 13 2014 / 15 2015 / 16 2016 / 17 |
1993 / 94 1995 / 96 1996 / 97 1999 / 00 2000 / 01 2001 / 02 2002 / 03 2006 / 07 2007 / 08 2008 / 09 2011 / 12 2013 / 14 |
The Battle for the Gold Pan (also called The DU/CC Rivalry, or known locally as The Gold Pan) is a series played between the Colorado College Tigers and the University of Denver Pioneers hockey teams.
The Gold Pan is among the top rivalries in college ice hockey. With over 300 games played, only Michigan and Michigan State have more games played among top rivalries, which also include the Green Line Rivalry, between Boston University and Boston College and the Border Battle, between the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin.
The University of Denver and Colorado College hockey teams began playing one another in 1949–50, the first season for the University of Denver men's team. Colorado College has had a hockey program since 1938. The two schools were charter members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), which was founded in 1951. The schools are also charter and current members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), founded in 2011 with play starting in the 2013–14 season.
Both colleges are private schools with small student populations on Colorado's Front Range. Colorado College (enrollment near 2,000 students) is located in Colorado Springs, while the University of Denver (undergraduate enrollment near 6,000 students) is located in Denver. The two campuses are only 65 miles apart, right off of I-25. The home ice for the Colorado College Tigers is the Broadmoor World Arena, which has a larger, Olympic-size rink, sitting at 6,250 feet above sea level, while the home ice for the Denver Pioneers is Magness Arena, a smaller, NHL-size rink at 5,370 feet. Nearly 300 NHL and other professional hockey players have passed through the hockey programs of the schools.
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