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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020 GAME #3 NO. 4 DENVER PIONEERS [RV] ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES RECORD: 0-2-0, NCHC: 0-2-0-0, NEUTRAL: 0-2-0 RECORD: 1-0-0, NCHC: 1-0-0-0, NEUTRAL: 1-0-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE DENVER TEAM STATS (‘20-21) DECEMBER OVERALL: 0-2-0 SHOTS/GAME: 25.5 12/2/20 at Minnesota Duluth* 2-1 L CONFERENCE: 0-2-0 GOALS FOR/GAME: 2.0 12/4/20 vs. North Dakota* 4-3 L (OT) POWER PLAY: 22.2% (2/9) GOALS AGAINST/GAME: 3.0 12/5/20 vs. St. Cloud State* 7:05 PM PENALTY KILL: 62.5% (5/8) PIM/GAME: 8.0 12/8/20 at North Dakota* 2:35 PM 12/10/20 at Miami* 2:35 PM DENVER LEADERS (‘20-21) 12/12/20 vs. Minnesota Duluth* 11:05 AM 12/15/20 at Western Michigan* 2:35 PM POINTS: Carter Savoie (3) 12/17/20 vs. Miami* 6:35 PM GOALS: Carter Savoie (3) 12/19/20 vs. Western Michigan* 3:05 PM 12/20/20 at St. Cloud State* 3:05 PM ASSISTS: Mike Benning & Bobby Brink (2) POWER-PLAY GOALS: Carter Savoie (2) JANUARY POWER-PLAY POINTS: Mike Benning & Carter Savoie (2) 1/1/21 at Colorado College TBD PIM: Slava Demin (4) 1/2/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM FACEOFF %: McKade Webster (.500) 1/8/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM 1/9/21 at Colorado College TBD GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: Magnus Chrona (2/2) 1/15/21 vs. North Dakota 7:07 PM WINS: N/A 1/16/21 vs. North Dakota 7:07 PM GAA: 3.00 | SAVE %: .891 1/21/21 at Omaha 6:07 PM RECORD: 0-2-0 1/23/21 at Omaha 5:07 PM SHUTOUTS: N/A 1/24/21 at Omaha 3:07 PM 2019-20 SEASON REVIEW FEBRUARY 2/5/21 at North Dakota 6:37 PM • Season cancelled on March 12, one day before the start of the NCHC 2/6/21 at North Dakota 5:07 PM first-round playoff series vs. Colorado College. At the time, Denver was 2/11/21 vs. Omaha 7:07 PM 5th in the Pairwise rankings and set to make its 13th straight appear- 2/13/21 vs. Omaha 6:07 PM ance in the NCAA tournament 2/14/21 vs. Omaha 4:07 PM 2/27/21 at Colorado College TBD • Celebrated DU’s 70th Anniversary Season, welcoming back more than 170 alumni representing more than 60 years of Denver Hockey MARCH • Started the season 8-0-0, the best start for the program since 2000-01, 3/6/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM and went on an 11-game unbeaten streak from Dec. 7 to Jan. 25, the 3/12-14/21 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD best unbeaten stretch since the 2017 National Championship season 3/19-20/21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD • Extended the Tenzer streak with the program’s 19th straight 20-win 3/27-28/21 NCAA Regionals TBD 4/8-10/21 NCAA Frozen Four TBD season - the longest active streak in the NCAA. The streak is named for # All Times MT and subject to change. former Director of Hockey Operations David Tenzer who joined the *Games played in NCHC Pod in Omaha, program during the first year of the run in 2001-02 and retired in 2017 Neb. 2019-20 INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS MEDIA COVERAGE • Bobby Brink was one of two unanimous selections for the NCHC TV: Altitude, NCHC.TV All-Rookie team and was a finalist for NCHC Rookie of the Year. He RADIO: 104.3 The Fan finished second in NCHC rookie scoring with 11 goals and 13 assists in @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY 28 games 2019-20 INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS USCHO.COM POLL • Magnus Chrona was named to the NCHC All-Rookie Team and was a Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW finalist for NCHC Goalie of the Year with a 16-6-4 record in the regular 1 North Dakota (22) 0-0-0 777 1 2 Boston College (16) 2-0-0 771 2 season. He ranked 3rd among NCAA freshmen, 2nd among NCHC goal- 3 Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 682 3 ies in GAA (2.15) (3rd among NCAA freshmen) and led NCHC goalies in 4 Denver 0-0-0 645 5 save percentage (.920) 5 Minnesota (1) 4-0-0 640 8 • Ian Mitchell was named All-American, First-Team All-NCHC and a final- 6 Minnesota State (1) 1-0-0 622 6 ist for NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year. He had 10 goals and 7 Michigan 4-2-0 544 4 8 Massachusetts 1-2-1 457 7 22 assists in 36 games, finishing the regular season tied for 6th among 9 Clarkson 2-1-0 417 9 NCAA defensemen in scoring 10 UMass Lowell 0-0-0 386 11 • Emilio Pettersen was Second-Team All-NCHC and a finalist for NCHC 11 Quinnipiac 0-0-0 363 12 Forward of the Year. He led the team with 35 points (13-22-35) in 36 12 Providence 0-0-0 340 13 games 13 Ohio State 1-3-0 259 10 14 Wisconsin 4-4-0 249 14 THINKING OFFENSIVELY 15 Northeastern 0-0-0 247 16 16 Notre Dame 2-2-0 210 NR • Denver returns 63% of its goal scoring and 60% of its point production 17 Western Michigan 0-0-0 149 17 from last season. Juniors Cole Guttman and Brett Stapley eclipsed the 18 Bowling Green 2-0-0 140 18 25-point mark last season: Stapley (5-25-30), Guttman (14-14-28) 19 Bemidji State 0-1-0 76 19 • Freshman Carter Savoie was a two-time AJHL All-Star for the Sherwood 20 Arizona State 2-3-1 66 NR Park Crusaders where he had 172 points (84-88-172) in 112 games. Others receiving votes: Boston 64, St. Cloud 64, Penn State 55, Michigan State 39, In 2019-20, he led the league with 53 goals and finished second in Omaha 30, Northern Michigan 26, Robert league scoring with 99 points (53-46-99) Morris 24, AIC 22, Connecticut 17, RIT 6, • Freshman Mike Benning had 136 points (114-22-1336) in 114 games Maine 6, Lake Superior 4, Sacred Heart 2, for the Sherwood Park Crusaders where he led the AJHL defensemen Colorado College 1 in scoring the past two seasons. In 2019-20 he was named CJHL De- USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY fenseman of the Year, AJHL Defenseman of the Year and AJHL All-Star MAGAZINE POLL and after his 75 points (12-63-75) in 54 games put him 10th all-time Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW among AJHL defensemen in a single season 1 North Dakota (15) 0-0-0 490 1 • Freshman Antti Tuomisto had 87 points (25-62-87) in 111 games for 2 Boston College (16) 2-0-0 488 2 Ässät U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) from 2018-20. In 2019-20 he was named Jr. 3 Minnesota Duluth(2) 0-0-0 426 4 A SM-liiga Best Player & Defenseman and selected for the First All-Star 4 Denver 0-0-0 382 6 5 Minnesota (1) 4-0-0 359 7 Team 6 Minnesota State 1-0-0 348 5 7 Michigan 4-2-0 272 3 THINKING DEFENSIVELY 8 Clarkson 2-1-0 181 9 • Denver has four defensemen with more than 25 games played: Griffin 9 Massachusetts 1-2-1 182 8 Mendel (111), Slava Demin (76), Kyle Mayhew (54), Justin Lee (32) 10 UMass Lowell 0-0-0 176 12 11 Quinnipiac 0-0-0 169 11 • In net, sophomore Magnus Chrona was 3rd among NCAA freshmen in 12 Providence 0-0-0 123 13 GAA (2.15), save percentage (.920) and wins (16) in 2019-20. He also 13 Notre Dame 2-2-0 96 NR led all NCHC goalies in save percentage (.920) last season 14 Ohio State 1-3-0 92 10 15 Northeastern 0-0-0 72 NR NCHC PRESEASON HONORS Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 54, • Magnus Chrona was picked to the Preseason All-NCHC Team Bowling Green 35, Western Michigan 34, • Denver was picked second in the conference’s preseason poll Bemidji State 28, Boston 19, Penn State • Denver returns 16 players from last year’s team, including 2019-20 15, Northern Michigan 13, Michigan State NCHC Rookie of the Year finalist Bobby Brink. 9, Arizona State 7, AIC 4, Robert Morris 3, Lake Superior State 2, St. Cloud State 1. DENVERPIONEERS.COM GRAD TRANSFERS SITUATIONAL SCORING • Denver added three grad transfers for 2020-21: Bo Hanson (St. Law- SITUATION 2020-21 Under DC rence), Steven Jandric (Alaska Fairbanks) & Corbin Kaczperski (Yale) W L T W L T • Jandric had 26 goals, 54 assists and 157 penalty minutes in 150 games Score 0 Goals 0 0 0 0 2 0 Score 1 Goal 0 1 0 3 13 3 for the Nanooks. The Prince George, B.C. native led Alaska in scoring Score 2 Goals 0 0 0 5 3 3 the past two seasons and was named to the WCHA First All-Star Team Score 3 Goals 0 1 0 10 5 3 last year Score 4 Goals 0 0 0 12 0 2 • Hanson had 11 goals, 36 assists and 66 penalty minutes in 102 games Score 5 Goals 0 0 0 6 0 0 for the Saints from 2017-20.