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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 FROZEN FACEOFF SEMIFINAL DENVER PIONEERS NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS RECORD: 10-12-1, NEUTRAL: 4-6-1 RECORD: 19-5-1, NEUTRAL: 8-2-1 2020-21 SCHEDULE DENVER TEAM STATS DECEMBER (3-6-1) OVERALL: 10-12-1 SHOTS/GAME: 30.7 LAST 5: 3-2-0 GOALS FOR/GAME: 2.87 12/2/20 at #3 Minnesota Duluth* 2-1 L POWER PLAY: 18.8% (18/96) GOALS AGAINST/GAME: 2.78 12/4/20 vs. #1 North Dakota* 4-3 L (OT) PENALTY KILL: 83.7% (77/92) PIM/GAME: 11.7 12/5/20 vs. St. Cloud State* 4-3 L 12/8/20 at #1 North Dakota* 3-2 W PIONEER LEADERS 12/10/20 at Miami* 5-1 W 12/12/20 vs. #3 Minnesota Duluth* 4-1 L POINTS: Cole Guttman (22) 12/15/20 at Western Michigan* 3-2 W GOALS: Carter Savoie (12) 12/17/20 vs. Miami* 3-0 L 12/19/20 vs. Western Michigan* 3-3 T ASSISTS: Cole Guttman (14) 12/20/20 at #9 St. Cloud State* 3-1 L POWER-PLAY GOALS: Carter Savoie (6) POWER-PLAY POINTS: Cole Guttman (11) JANUARY (3-3-0) PIM: Connor Caponi (25) FACEOFF %: Cole Guttman (.546) 1/1/21 at Colorado College 4-3 L 1/2/21 vs. Colorado College 6-1 W GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: Magnus Chrona (17/17) 1/17/21 vs. #2 North Dakota 4-0 W WINS: Magnus Chrona (7) 1/18/21 vs. #2 North Dakota 5-1 L GAA: Magnus Chrona (2.52) | SAVE %: Magnus Chrona (.905) 1/23/21 at #11 Omaha 4-1 W RECORDS: Magnus Chrona (7-10-0) | Corbin Kaczperski (3-2-1) 1/24/21 at #11 Omaha 5-2 L SHUTOUTS: Magnus Chrona (1) FEBRUARY (3-3-0) PUT TO THE TEST 2/5/21 vs. #9 Omaha 3-1 W • Due to combination of positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and 2/6/21 vs. #9 Omaha 5-4 L (OT) subsequent quarantining of individuals, Denver travels to the Frozen 2/12/21 at #1 North Dakota 3-0 L Faceoff for their first game in 14 days with 16 skaters and three goal- 2/13/21 at #1 North Dakota 5-2 L ies. The Pioneers tested for nine consecutive days (March 3-11) prior 2/25/21 at Colorado College 5-1 W 2/27/21 vs. Colorado College 4-0 W to their practice day on March 12 NORTH DAKOTA & DENVER MARCH (1-0-0) • Denver and North Dakota are set to meet for the seventh time this 3/13/21 Omaha% 5-4 W season, which comprises 29% of the Pioneers' 2020-21 schedule. Den- 3/15/21 NCHC Semifinal 2:06/7:06 PM 3/16/21 NCHC Championship 6:37 PM ver is 2-4-0 vs. the Fighting Hawks this season with a 3-2 win on Dec. 8 in the NCHC Pod and 4-1 win on Jan. 17 at Magness Arena All Times MT and subject to change % NCHC Frozen Faceoff FORWARD THINKING *Games played in NCHC Pod in Omaha, • Skating as a forward for the first time in his collegiate career, defen- Neb. seman Bo Hanson scored the game-winning goal in Denver's 5-4 win MEDIA COVERAGE against Omaha in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Quarterfinal on Saturday. The last time Hanson played forward prior to Saturday was as a ban- CBS Sports Network TV: tam in 2011 for the Kent Valley Rainiers in Seattle. The goal marked his ESPN Denver 1600 RADIO: first as a Pioneer and first collegiate goal since Feb. 29 when he was @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY playing for St. Lawrence FROZEN FACEOFF NOTES USCHO.COM POLL • For the first time in history, the NCHC Frozen Faceoff is being played in Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW a single-elimination format in Grand Forks, N.D. 1 Boston College (23) 16-4-1 777 2 • Denver enters the tournament as the fifth seed based on its point-per- 2 North Dakota (12) 18-5-1 760 1 3 Minnesota State (5) 18-3-1 711 4 game (1.409). Per NCHC policy, the conference uses points-per-game 4 Minnesota 20-6-0 673 3 to determine the final order of the standings and seedings for the 5 Wisconsin 19-8-1 667 5 NCHC Tournament where teams do not complete all 24 games 6 Michigan 14-9-1 558 7 • Denver and Minnesota Duluth are the only two-time winners of the 7 Massachusetts 13-5-4 548 6 NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The Pioneers won in 2014 & 2018 8 St. Cloud 15-9-0 539 8 9 Boston University 10-3-1 451 10 • The Pioneers are 20-6-1 all-time in the Frozen Faceoff and 2-4 in the 9 Minnesota Duluth 13-9-2 451 9 semifinal round. Denver has faced North Dakota only once in the Fro- 11 Omaha 14-9-1 403 12 zen Faceoff semifinal, falling 1-0 on March 17, 2017. The Pioneers are 12 Quinnipiac 17-6-4 383 11 3-1-1 all-time vs. the Fighting Hawks in the Frozen Faceoff 13 Bowling Green 19-8-1 299 13 14 Clarkson 11-7-4 240 14 SECURED THE PAN 15 Bemidji State 13-8-3 182 17 16 AIC 13-3-0 181 16 • The Pioneers retained the Gold Pan for the 15th season and second 17 Providence 10-8-5 148 15 straight year with a 3-1-0 record in the regular season series vs. Col- 18 Lake Superior 15-6-3 107 20 orado College. The final two games of the series set for March 4 & 19 Notre Dame 14-12-2 91 NR March 6 were cancelled with no ability to reschedule prior to the Fro- 20 Northeastern 9-8-3 87 18 zen Faceoff. DU & CC have played two fewer games (22) than the other Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech six teams in the conference 44, Army 41, Connecticut 35, Robert SAVOIE NAMED TO NCHC ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Morris 17, Denver 5, Western Michigan 2 • Carter Savoie was one of three unanimous selections for the NCHC All-Rookie Team. He had 12 goals and seven assists for 19 points in 22 regular-season games. The St. Albert, Alberta native and Edmonton USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY Oilers prospect paced NCHC freshmen in goals and shots (77), placing MAGAZINE POLL second in rookie scoring behind St. Cloud State's Veeti Miettinen. He Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW also led conference rookies in power-play goals (6) and game-winning 1 Boston College (18) 16-4-1 488 2 goals (3), which he scored against North Dakota on Dec. 8, Colorado 2 North Dakota (10) 18-5-1 470 1 College on Jan. 2 and Colorado College on Feb. 27 3 Minnesota State (6) 18-3-1 451 4 4 Wisconsin 19-8-1 397 5 CHRONA & TUOMISTO NAMED NCHC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 5 Minnesota 20-6-0 395 3 6 St Cloud State 15-9-0 307 8 • Magnus Chrona & Antti Tuomisto were named NCHC Goalie & Rookie 7 Michigan 14-9-1 302 7 of the Week on March 1. Tuomisto had one goal and two assists in the 8 UMass 13-5-4 286 6 series vs. Colorado College, while Chrona went 2-0-0 with a .981 save 9 Minnesota Duluth 13-9-2 213 9 percentage, 0.50 GAA and 29-save shutout 10 Boston University 10-3-1 204 11 11 Quinnipiac 17-6-4 177 10 WHO'S HOT 12 Omaha 14-9-1 161 12 13 Bowling Green 19-8-1 70 13 • Cole Guttman: Three-Game Point Streak (3-4-7) 14 Clarkson 11-7-4 55 14 • Kohen Olischefski: Three-Game Point Streak (1-3-4) 15 AIC 13-3-0 38 15 • Hank Crone: Three-Game Point Streak (1-3-4) Others receiving votes: Lake Superior State • Denver's PK: 94% (32/34) in the last seven games 25, Bemidji State 15, Providence 10, Northeastern 6, Notre Dame 6, UConn 3, Army 1 DENVERPIONEERS.COM PUCKS ON NET SITUATIONAL SCORING • The Pioneers have outshot their opponent in 17 of 23 games including SITUATION 2020-21 Under DC 10 of the last 13. The Crimson & Gold have fired 30 or more shots in W L T W L T 11 games and 35 or more shots in five games Score 0 Goals 0 3 0 0 5 0 Score 1 Goal 0 3 0 3 15 3 • Denver ranks 12th in the NCAA in shots on goal/game margin (+6.00) Score 2 Goals 0 2 0 5 5 3 • The Pioneers rank 5th in the NCAA in shots against/game (24.7) Score 3 Goals 3 3 1 13 7 4 • Carter Savoie leads the team and NCAA freshmen in shots (82) and Score 4 Goals 3 1 0 15 1 2 shots on goal/game (3.57) Score 5 Goals 3 0 0 9 0 0 Score 6+ Goals 1 0 0 10 0 0 BRINK WINS GOLD AT WORLD JUNIORS Opp Scores 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 • Bobby Brink became the fifth Pioneer to win a gold medal with the Opp Scores 1 6 0 0 19 1 3 U.S. when he won at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. He Opp Scores 2 2 1 0 11 3 3 had six points (2-4-6) and a +8 rating in seven games.