UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 GAME #21 DENVER PIONEERS COLORADO COLLEGE RECORD: 7-12-1, ROAD: 1-4-0 RECORD: 4-14-2, HOME: 1-4-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE DENVER TEAM STATS DECEMBER (3-6-1) OVERALL: 7-12-1 SHOTS/GAME: 30.8 12/2/20 at Minnesota Duluth* 2-1 L LAST 5: 1-4-0 GOALS FOR/GAME: 2.60 12/4/20 vs. North Dakota* 4-3 L (OT) POWER PLAY: 16.9% (14/83) GOALS AGAINST/GAME: 2.95 12/5/20 vs. St. Cloud State* 4-3 L PENALTY KILL: 80.0% (60/75) PIM/GAME: 10.8 12/8/20 at North Dakota* 3-2 W 12/10/20 at Miami* 5-1 W PIONEER LEADERS 12/12/20 vs. Minnesota Duluth* 4-1 L 12/15/20 at Western Michigan* 3-2 W POINTS: Carter Savoie (16) 12/17/20 vs. Miami* 3-0 L GOALS: Carter Savoie (11) 12/19/20 vs. Western Michigan* 3-3 T 12/20/20 at St. Cloud State* 3-1 L ASSISTS: Cole Guttman (10) POWER-PLAY GOALS: Carter Savoie (6) JANUARY (3-3-0) POWER-PLAY POINTS: Carter Savoie (9) 1/1/21 at Colorado College 4-3 L PIM: Connor Caponi, Kohen Olischefski, Carter Savoie (21) 1/2/21 vs. Colorado College 6-1 W FACEOFF %: Cole Guttman (.565) 1/17/21 vs. North Dakota 4-0 W 1/18/21 vs. North Dakota 5-1 L GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: Magnus Chrona (14/14) 1/23/21 at Omaha 4-1 W WINS: Magnus Chrona (4) 1/24/21 at Omaha 5-2 L GAA: Corbin Kaczperski (2.60) | SAVE %: Magnus Chrona (.897) RECORD: Magnus Chrona (4-10-0), Corbin Kaczperski (3-2-1) FEBRUARY (1-3-0) SHUTOUTS: N/A 2/5/21 vs. Omaha 3-1 W 2/6/21 vs. Omaha 5-4 L (OT) NCHC POD (10GP) VS. SECOND HALF (10GP) 2/12/21 at North Dakota 3-0 L 2/13/21 at North Dakota 5-2 L CATEGORY POD NCHC RANK 2ND HALF NCHC RANK 2/25/21 at Colorado College 7:07 PM Goals For/Game 2.30 6th 2.90 5th 2/27/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM Goals Against/Game 2.80 5th 3.10 5th Power Play 23.8% (10/42) 2nd 10% (4/41) 7th MARCH Penalty Kill 74% (25/34) 7th 85% (35/41) 3rd 3/4/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM CATEGORY POD (% OF TEAM) 2nd HALF STAT (% OF TEAM) % +/- 3/6/21 at Colorado College 7:07 PM Freshmen Goals 12 goals (52%) 8 goals (28%) -24% 3/12-13/21 Frozen Faceoff Quarterfinals TBD Freshmen Points 27 points (43%) 21 points (27%) -16% 3/15/21 Frozen Faceoff Semifinals TBD Senior Goals 3 goals (13%) 7 goals (24%) +11% 3/16/21 Frozen Faceoff Finals TBD Senior Points 13 points (21%) 27 points (34%) +13% Defensemen Goals 1 goal (4%) 10 goals (34%) +30% Defensemen Points 14 points (22%) 20 points (25%) +3% # All Times MT and subject to change. *Games played in NCHC Pod in Omaha, BATTLE FOR THE GOLD PAN Neb. • Denver leads the all-time Battle for the Gold Pan, 14-13. The Pioneers split their series with the Tigers earlier this season on Jan. 1-2 (4-3 L, 6-1 W) MEDIA COVERAGE • The Gold Pan must be won outright. The Pioneers won the trophy last NCHC.TV TV: season with a 3-0-1 record against the Tigers 104.3 The Fan RADIO: • The four-game series between Denver and Colorado College replaces @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY games originally slated for Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 27 & March 6 FANS IN THE STANDS USCHO.COM POLL • On Saturday, February 27, the Pioneers will host an estimated 300-350 Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW fans in Magness Arena. It will mark the first time Denver has had fans 1 Boston College (27) 15-3-1 783 1 in the stands since March 7, 2020, a 353-day span 2 North Dakota (12) 17-4-1 771 2 3 Minnesota State (1) 15-2-1 715 3 NEW FORMAT FOR THE FROZEN FACEOFF 4 Minnesota 19-5-0 682 4 5 Wisconsin 15-8-1 623 5 • This season, the 2021 Frozen Faceoff will be a single-elimination 6 St. Cloud 14-8-0 581 6 conference tournament in Grand Forks, N.D. from March 12-16. The 7 Michigan 12-8-0 517 7 winner of the tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA 8 Boston University 9-2-0 515 11 9 Massachusetts 11-5-3 475 10 tournament. There will be no third-place game 10 Minnesota Duluth 12-8-2 447 8 • Denver ('14 &'18) and Minnesota Duluth ('17, '19) are the only two- 11 Omaha 13-8-1 391 9 time winners of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff 12 Quinnipiac 13-5-4 390 12 13 Bowling Green 17-8-1 258 14 PICKING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FIELD 14 Providence 9-6-4 249 15 • For the last 20 years, the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Committee has used 15 Clarkson 9-7-4 236 13 16 AIC 13-3-0 179 16 the Pairwise rankings to set the field for the NCAA tournament. That 17 Northeastern 9-6-2 171 16 method is ineffective this year due to a lack of inter-conference games, 18 Lake Superior 12-4-3 157 20 though components of the algorithm will still be used including quality 19 Bemidji State 9-6-3 104 NR wins, home/road weightings, overtime wins vs. regulation wins and 20 Michigan Tech 14-8-1 34 18 strength of schedule. The committee can also use the "eye test" with Others receiving votes: Army 31, assistance from regional advisory committees, made up primarily of Connecticut 27, Notre Dame 19, coaches from the various conference Penn State 17, Robert Morris 16, RIT • Each conference will receive one automatic bid, which the NCHC will 5, Western Michigan 3, Denver 3, award to the winner of the 2021 Frozen Faceoff Canisius 1 PUCKS ON NET USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY • The Pioneers have outshot their opponent in 15 of 20 games including MAGAZINE POLL eight of the last 10. The Crimson & Gold have fired 30 or more shots in Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW 10 games and 35 or more shots in four games 1 North Dakota (20) 17-4-1 496 1 • Denver ranks 10th in the NCAA in shots on goal/game margin (+6.45) 2 Boston College (14) 15-3-1 480 2 • The Pioneers rank 4th in the NCAA in shots against/game (24.3) 3 Minnesota State 15-2-1 440 3 • Carter Savoie leads the team and ranks 3rd in the NCHC in shots (76). 4 Minnesota 19-5-0 410 4 He leads the team and ranks 3rd in the NCHC in shots/game (3.80) 5 Wisconsin 15-8-1 348 5 6 St Cloud State 14-8-0 335 7 NEED FOR THE LEAD 7 Michigan 12-8-0 264 6 8 Boston University 9-2-0 251 12 • Denver has led in 12 of 20 games this season and are 7-5-0 in those 9 UMass 11-5-3 246 9 games 10 Minnesota Duluth 12-8-2 225 8 • The Pioneers are 6-4-0 when scoring the first goal of a game and 1-8-1 11 Quinnipiac 13-5-4 183 11 12 Omaha 13-8-1 154 10 when allowing the first goal of a game 13 Clarkson 9-7-4 60 13 • Denver is 6-2-0 when leading after the 2nd period and 1-10-1 when 14 Bowling Green 17-8-1 49 13 trailing or tied after the 2nd period 15 AIC 13-3-0 34 15 FACEOFF CIRCLE Others receiving votes: Northeastern 30, • The Pioneers have a 5-13-2 record in the faceoff circle this season and Providence 27, Lake Superior State 22, Michigan Tech 10, Bemidji State 6, a 3-5-2 record in their 10 games outside the NCHC Pod Notre Dame 6, Connecticut 4 • Cole Guttman leads the team with a .565 faceoff winning percentage. He has a .582 faceoff winning percentage in the 10 games outside the NCHC Pod DENVERPIONEERS.COM BRINK WINS GOLD AT WORLD JUNIORS SITUATIONAL SCORING • Bobby Brink won a gold medal with the U.S. at the 2021 IIHF World Ju- SITUATION 2020-21 Under DC nior Championship. He had six points (2-4-6) and a +8 rating in seven W L T W L T games. He had one goal, one assist and a -1 rating in five games Score 0 Goals 0 3 0 0 5 0 Score 1 Goal 0 3 0 3 15 3 • Brink is the fifth Pioneer to win a gold medal with the U.S. at the WJC, Score 2 Goals 0 2 0 5 5 3 joining Matt Carle (’04), Jason Zucker (’10), Matt Donovan (’10) and Score 3 Goals 3 3 1 13 7 4 Troy Terry (’17) Score 4 Goals 2 1 0 14 1 2 Score 5 Goals 1 0 0 7 0 0 MILESTONES REACHED Score 6+ Goals 1 0 0 10 0 0 • Denver recorded its 1,500th program victory on Jan. 2, a 6-1 win Opp Scores 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 against Colorado College. Only five other programs have reached Opp Scores 1 5 0 0 18 1 3 1,500 victories: Minnesota, Michigan, Boston College, Boston Universi- Opp Scores 2 2 1 0 11 3 3 ty & North Dakota.