It’s March 26, 2016 and the DU Pioneers are taking on the Boston University Terriers in the West Regionals of the NCAA Division I tournament at Xcel Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. As anticipation builds before the Pioneers take the ice against BU, then-assistant coach David Carle holds his usual pre-game penalty kill meeting with a few of his players in the locker room.
As his players gathered around the whiteboard, Carle erases the “Trust the Process” slogan that is scribed on the board in preparation to draw up his PK gameplan. It’s a mantra implemented by then-head coach Jim Montgomery.