All-America hockey candidate Tyler Bozak of the University of Denver will have knee surgery Friday, but the team is hoping he’ll return next month, coach George Gwozdecky said.
Bozak will undergo arthroscopic surgery after a precautionary MRI on Tuesday revealed the sophomore center tore cartilage in a knee-on-knee hit Friday at Minnesota State.
Bozak doesn’t know when he might return. Gwoz- decky said Bozak, who has 21 points in 18 games, will not play in the Jan. 2-3 Denver Cup against Holy Cross and either RPI or Boston University, but he could return Jan. 9 when the Pioneers resume Western Collegiate Hockey Association play against Michigan Tech.
DU’s team doctor, former University of Colorado football player Eric McCarty, will perform the surgery.
Mike Chambers, The Denver Post
Diana Lopez RMAC player of the century.
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the fourth oldest college league in the U.S., has released its all-time women’s basketball team as part of its 100th birthday in 2009. Regis’ Diana Lopez, the only player to be player of the year three times, was voted the all-time top player in RMAC history.
