Finding themselves in the Frozen Four has never been an accident for the men’s hockey team at University of Denver. Their storied history includes 10 national championships from 20 trips to the end of season tournament. As a result of these championship runs, the university found the trophy room wasn’t the only storage space in need of increased capacity. In need of an upgrade to its outdated and inflexible storage, the university sought out a provider that could deliver an elite-level system to match its winning program.
High-Performance Collegiate Athletic Equipment Rooms
Champion teams' commitment to excellence is especially evident in their equipment rooms, where well-organized storage systems ensure teams have everything they need to stay safe and perform their best.
High-Performance Collegiate Athletic Equipment Rooms
Champion teams' commitment to excellence is especially evident in their equipment rooms, where well-organized storage systems ensure teams have everything they need to stay safe and perform their best.
A Power Storage Play for the Pioneers
The Pioneers’ hockey gear comes in all shapes and sizes. From sticks to sweaters and pucks to pads, each piece requires a specific configuration to be stored in the most efficient and accessible way possible. In their attempts to keep these items corralled on its static storage, the university’s equipment staff had to spread items into multiple rooms – forcing them to run between locations to access materials.
Needing to change it up, the university reached out to its local Spacesaver representative to bring in a solution nimble enough to shut out inefficiencies night-after-night. Already having experienced the value of Spacesaver’s solutions firsthand through an existing system at the university and contacts who use the systems in their facilities, Nick Meldrum, Director of Equipment Room Operations, was set on bringing one of our High-Density Mobile Storage systems into the hockey storage area. Upon gaining a complete understanding of the team’s needs, our rep recommended a Wheelhouse® High-Density Mobile Shelving system equipped with our versatile 4-Post Shelving and accessories.
Wheelhouse® High-Density Mobile Storage
The easy to reconfigure, expand, and relocate storage system you choose to fit your space, budget, and plans.
Wheelhouse® High-Density Mobile Storage
The easy to reconfigure, expand, and relocate storage system you choose to fit your space, budget, and plans.
A Much-Appreciated Assist
While everything seemed to be in place to build a championship storage lineup, there was one key piece missing – available funds – as the department did not have this project budgeted for the current season. Upon learning this and understanding the immediate value this system would bring to the Pioneers, Jim Parilla – a longtime supporter of Pioneers athletics – donated the funds to get the systems in place and ready for another Frozen Four run.
Having been given the green light to deliver a system that would help the team with lighting the lamp on game day, our local rep got to work designing a winning storage layout. Now, with our High-Density Mobile Storage in place, the team has double the usable space when compared to the static storage they previously employed, as well as a more efficient strategy for storing gear and supporting a championship season!
"These storage systems are a ton more efficient and offer increased capacity and better inventory control for our staff."
- Nick Meldrum, Director of Equipment Room Operations
