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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 GAME #1 NO. 4 DENVER PIONEERS NO. 3 MINNESOTA DULUTH BULLDOGS RECORD: 0-0-0, NCHC: 0-0-0-0, NEUTRAL: 0-0-0 RECORD: 0-0-0, NCHC: 0-0-0-0, NEUTRAL: 0-0-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE DENVER TEAM STATS (‘19-20) DECEMBER OVERALL: 21-9-6 SHOTS/GAME: 35.33 12/2/20 at Minnesota Duluth* 6:35 PM CONFERENCE: 11-8-5-4 GOALS FOR/GAME: 3.28 12/4/20 vs. North Dakota* 6:35 PM POWER PLAY: 23.1% (36/156) GOALS AGAINST/GAME: 2.25 12/5/20 vs. St. Cloud State* 7:05 PM PENALTY KILL: 84.2% (112/133) PIM/GAME: 11.53 12/8/20 at North Dakota* 2:35 PM 12/10/20 at Miami* 2:35 PM DENVER TOP RETURNERS (‘19-20 STATS) 12/12/20 vs. Minnesota Duluth* 11:05 AM 12/15/20 at Western Michigan* 2:35 PM POINTS: Brett Stapley (30) 12/17/20 vs. Miami* 6:35 PM GOALS: Cole Guttman (14) 12/19/20 vs. Western Michigan* 3:05 PM 12/20/20 at St. Cloud State* 3:05 PM ASSISTS: Brett Stapley (25) POWER-PLAY GOALS: Cole Guttman (8) JANUARY POWER-PLAY POINTS: Cole Guttman (14) 1/1/21 at Colorado College TBD PIM: Slava Demin (50) 1/2/21 vs. Colorado College TBD FACEOFF %: Cole Guttman (.552) 1/8/21 vs. Colorado College TBD 1/9/21 at Colorado College TBD GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: Magnus Chrona (26/27) 1/15/21 vs. North Dakota TBD WINS: Magnus Chrona (16) 1/16/21 vs. North Dakota TBD GAA: 2.15 | SAVE %: .920 1/21/21 at Omaha TBD RECORD: 16-6-4 1/23/21 at Omaha TBD SHUTOUTS: Magnus Chrona (2) 1/24/21 at Omaha TBD 2019-20 SEASON NOTES FEBRUARY 2/5/21 at North Dakota TBD • Season cancelled on March 12, one day before the start of the NCHC 2/6/21 at North Dakota TBD first-round playoff series vs. Colorado College. At the time, Denver was 2/11/21 vs. Omaha TBD 5th in the Pairwise rankings and set to make its 13th straight appear- 2/13/21 vs. Omaha TBD ance in the NCAA tournament 2/14/21 vs. Omaha TBD 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 TBD 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: ESPN Denver 1600 finished second in NCHC rookie scoring with 11 goals and 13 assists in @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY 28 games 2019-20 INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE POLL • Magnus Chrona was named to the NCHC All-Rookie Team and was a finalist for NCHC Goalie of the Year with a 16-6-4 record in the regular Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW season. He ranked 3rd among NCAA freshmen, 2nd among NCHC goal- 1 North Dakota (15) 0-0-0 490 1 ies in GAA (2.15) (3rd among NCAA freshmen) and led NCHC goalies in 2 Boston College (16) 2-0-0 488 2 3 Minnesota Duluth(2) 0-0-0 426 4 save percentage (.920) 4 Denver 0-0-0 382 6 • Ian Mitchell was named All-American, First-Team All-NCHC and a final- 5 Minnesota (1) 4-0-0 359 7 ist for NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year. He had 10 goals and 6 Minnesota State 1-0-0 348 5 22 assists in 36 games, finishing the regular season tied for 6th among 7 Michigan 4-2-0 272 3 NCAA defensemen in scoring 8 Clarkson 2-1-0 181 9 9 Massachusetts 1-2-1 182 8 • Emilio Pettersen was Second-Team All-NCHC and a finalist for NCHC 10 UMass Lowell 0-0-0 176 12 Forward of the Year. He led the team with 35 points (13-22-35) in 36 11 Quinnipiac 0-0-0 169 11 games 12 Providence 0-0-0 123 13 13 Notre Dame 2-2-0 96 NR THINKING OFFENSIVELY 14 Ohio State 1-3-0 92 10 15 Northeastern 0-0-0 72 NR • Denver returns 63% of its goal scoring and 40% of its point production Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 54, from last season. Juniors Cole Guttman and Brett Stapley eclipsed the Bowling Green 35, Western Michigan 34, 25-point mark last season: Stapley (5-25-30), Guttman (14-14-28) Bemidji State 28, Boston 19, Penn State • Freshman Carter Savoie was a two-time AJHL All-Star for the Sherwood 15, Northern Michigan 13, Michigan State Park Crusaders where he had 172 points (84-88-172) in 112 games. 9, Arizona State 7, AIC 4, Robert Morris 3, Lake Superior State 2, St. Cloud State 1. In 2019-20, he led the league with 53 goals and finished second in league scoring with 99 points (53-46-99) • Freshman Mike Benning had 136 points (114-22-1336) in 114 games for the Sherwood Park Crusaders where he led the AJHL defensemen in scoring the past two seasons. In 2019-20 he was named CJHL De- USCHO.COM POLL fenseman of the Year, AJHL Defenseman of the Year and AJHL All-Star and after his 75 points (12-63-75) in 54 games put him 10th all-time Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW 1 North Dakota (22) 0-0-0 777 1 among AJHL defensemen in a single season 2 Boston College (16) 2-0-0 771 2 • Freshman Antti Tuomisto had 87 points (25-62-87) in 111 games for 3 Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 682 3 Ässät U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) from 2018-20. In 2019-20 he was named Jr. 4 Denver 0-0-0 645 5 A SM-liiga Best Player & Defenseman and selected for the First All-Star 5 Minnesota (1) 4-0-0 640 8 Team 6 Minnesota State (1) 1-0-0 622 6 7 Michigan 4-2-0 544 4 THINKING DEFENSIVELY 8 Massachusetts 1-2-1 457 7 9 Clarkson 2-1-0 417 9 • Denver has four defensemen with more than 25 games played: Griffin 10 UMass Lowell 0-0-0 386 11 Mendel (110), Slava Demin (75), Kyle Mayhew (53), Justin Lee (31) 11 Quinnipiac 0-0-0 363 12 • In net, sophomore Magnus Chrona returns after ranking 3rd among 12 Providence 0-0-0 340 13 13 Ohio State 1-3-0 259 10 NCAA freshmen in GAA (2.15), save percentage (.920) and wins (16). 14 Wisconsin 4-4-0 249 14 He also led all NCHC goalies in save percentage (.920) last season 15 Northeastern 0-0-0 247 16 16 Notre Dame 2-2-0 210 NR NCHC PRESEASON HONORS 17 Western Michigan 0-0-0 149 17 • Magnus Chrona was picked to the Preseason All-NCHC Team 18 Bowling Green 2-0-0 140 18 19 Bemidji State 0-1-0 76 19 • Denver was picked second in the conference’s preseason poll 20 Arizona State 2-3-1 66 NR • Denver returns 16 players from last year’s team, including 2019-20 Others receiving votes: Boston 64, St. Cloud 64, Penn State 55, Michigan State 39, NCHC Rookie of the Year finalist Bobby Brink. Omaha 30, Northern Michigan 26, Robert Morris 24, AIC 22, Connecticut 17, RIT 6, Maine 6, Lake Superior 4, Sacred Heart 2, Colorado College 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 Scores 0 Goals 0 0 0 0 2 0 Scores 1 Goal 0 0 0 3 12 3 for the Nanooks. The Prince George, B.C. native led Alaska in scoring Scores 2 Goals 0 0 0 5 3 3 the past two seasons and was named to the WCHA First All-Star Team Scores 3 Goals 0 0 0 10 4 3 last year Scores 4 Goals 0 0 0 12 0 2 • Hanson had 11 goals, 36 assists and 66 penalty minutes in 102 games Scores 5 Goals 0 0 0 6 0 0 for the Saints from 2017-20. The Boise, Idaho native played U16 with Scores 6+ Goals 0 0 0 9 0 0 the Colorado Rampage Opp Scores 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 • Kaczperski combined for a 29-22-4 record with a 2.53 GAA, .911 save Opp Scores 1 0 0 0 13 1 3 percentage and three shutouts from 2017-20.