O’Connor & Co. became fervent combatants during a two-year war for house bragging rights. Their battlefield? Settlers of Catan, a popular strategy-based board game.
In this file photo from March 26, 2017, from left, University of Denver’s Will Butcher, Tanner Jaillet and Logan O’Connor celebrate after Denver defeated Penn State 6-3 in the Midwest Regional final in the NCAA men’s college hockey tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. Logan O’Connor, Dylan Gambrell and Will Butcher used their time at the University of Denver to achieve many of their childhood hockey dreams.There was also another, less-publicized pursuit during their time as roommates.
The house, a triplex on High Street, wasn’t the only location for these showdowns. David Carle, then an assistant for the Pios, said he remembers seeing the Catan board make a few appearances in the players’ lounge at Magness Arena. “We had one guy who never won. It became a running joke. It almost came to a point where the rest of us would do whatever we could to not let it happen.”
O’Connor played a lot of card games with his family growing up. There are typically card games happening on the plane for NHL players to pass the time traveling on the road.
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