Good to hear Colorado can still beat Minnesota at hockey
)
Congrats to U. of Denver for a great win by a deep team. They were rated 2nd much of the year, but improved to #1 and kept that when it was decided on the ice, not just in the polls. They earned it on paper and on the ice.
But just how did "Colorado . . . beat Minnesota?" If you want to get into that foolishness, look at the rosters. There's half a dozen Coloradans on the Pioneers; about 2/3rd of the Duluth team are from the state where the college is located. There's historical reasons the Minnesota schools do that, but that's beside the point here, too. Boosterism for a school is fine; but to try to extrapolate that to something it obviously doesn't mean is kind of nuts.
Anyway, I echo Canadiens58's congrats to the Pioneers and I'll add the same for the other college champs this year, too - Division 1 and 3, men and women. CIS teams, too. They provide a lot of entertainment, along with opportunities for their athletes. I hope more colleges take up the sport.