Logan O’Connor, Dylan Gambrell and Will Butcher used their time at the University of Denver to achieve many of their childhood hockey dreams.
They became national champions together for the Pioneers. They all moved on to the NHL.
There was also another, less-publicized pursuit during their time as roommates. The trio of future pros, plus a few other Pios teammates, competed for another prestigious honor: King of Catan.
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.
“We had a crown, like a typical college thing, in the middle of the living room,” O’Connor told The Denver Post.