UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021 GAME #18 DENVER PIONEERS NO. 9 OMAHA MAVERICKS RECORD: 7-9-1, HOME: 3-1-0 RECORD: 10-6-1, ROAD: 2-1-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE DENVER TEAM STATS DECEMBER (3-6-1) OVERALL: 7-9-1 SHOTS/GAME: 31.5 LAST 5: 3-2-0 GOALS FOR/GAME: 2.71 12/2/20 at Minnesota Duluth* 2-1 L POWER PLAY: 20.6% (14/68) GOALS AGAINST/GAME: 2.71 12/4/20 vs. North Dakota* 4-3 L (OT) PENALTY KILL: 79.0% (49/62) PIM/GAME: 9.18 12/5/20 vs. St. Cloud State* 4-3 L 12/8/20 at North Dakota* 3-2 W PIONEER LEADERS 12/10/20 at Miami* 5-1 W 12/12/20 vs. Minnesota Duluth* 4-1 L POINTS: Carter Savoie (15) 12/15/20 at Western Michigan* 3-2 W GOALS: Carter Savoie (10) 12/17/20 vs. Miami* 3-0 L 12/19/20 vs. Western Michigan* 3-3 T ASSISTS: Cole Guttman (9) 12/20/20 at St. Cloud State* 3-1 L POWER-PLAY GOALS: Carter Savoie (6) POWER-PLAY POINTS: Carter Savoie (9) JANUARY (3-3-0) PIM: Connor Caponi (21) FACEOFF %: Cole Guttman (.564) 1/1/21 at Colorado College 4-3 L 1/2/21 vs. Colorado College 6-1 W GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: Magnus Chrona (12/12) 1/17/21 vs. North Dakota 4-0 W WINS: Magnus Chrona (4) 1/18/21 vs. North Dakota 5-1 L GAA: Magnus Chrona (2.66) | SAVE %: Magnus Chrona (.901) 1/23/21 at Omaha 4-1 W RECORD: Magnus Chrona (4-8-0), Corbin Kaczperski (3-1-1) 1/24/21 at Omaha 5-2 L SHUTOUTS: N/A FEBRUARY (1-0-0) NCHC POD (10GP) VS. SECOND HALF (6GP) 2/5/21 vs. Omaha 3-1 W CATEGORY POD NCHC RANK 2ND HALF NCHC RANK 2/6/21 vs. Omaha 6:07 PM Goals For/Game 2.30 6th 3.29 4th 2/12/21 at North Dakota 6:37 PM Goals Against/Game 2.80 5th 2.57 4th 2/13/21 at North Dakota 5:07 PM Power Play 23.8% (10/42) 2nd 15% (4/26) 7th 2/26/21 vs. Colorado College TBD Penalty Kill 74% (25/34) 7th 86% (24/28) 3rd 2/27/21 vs. Colorado College TBD CATEGORY POD (% OF TEAM) 2nd HALF STAT (% OF TEAM) % +/- Freshmen Goals 12 goals (52%) 7 goals (30%) -22% MARCH Freshmen Points 27 points (43%) 16 points (25%) -18% Senior Goals 3 goals (13%) 5 goals (22%) +9% 3/12-14/21 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD Senior Points 13 points (21%) 22 points (34%) +13% 3/19-20/21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD Defensemen Goals 1 goal (4%) 8 goals (35%) +31% 3/27-28/21 NCAA Regionals TBD Defensemen Points 14 points (22%) 57 points (23%) +1% 4/8-10/21 NCAA Frozen Four TBD CHANGING ON THE FLY # All Times MT and subject to change. *Games played in NCHC Pod in Omaha, • This Weekend: Denver was originally scheduled to play a road series Neb. at North Dakota, but the dates for the North Dakota and Omaha series were swapped MEDIA COVERAGE • Next Weekend: The Pioneers will travel to North Dakota for the road TV: CBS Sports Network series originally slated for Feb. 5-6 RADIO: ESPN Denver 1600 • Overall: Denver's series vs. Colorado College on Jan. 1-2 is the only @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY series in the second half of the season that was played as scheduled WHO'S HOT USCHO.COM POLL • Hank Crone is on a three-game goal streak (3-0-3) Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW • Jaakko Heikkinen has one goal and four assists in his last five games 1 Boston College (28) 9-2-1 787 1 • Steven Jandric has four assists in his last seven games 2 Minnesota (11) 15-3-0 763 4 3 North Dakota (1) 13-4-1 725 2 • Slava Demin has three goals and two assists in his last seven games 4 St. Cloud 11-6-0 627 5 • Kohen Olischefski has two assists in his last three games 5 Minnesota Duluth 10-5-2 625 6 6 Minnesota State 9-2-1 612 3 PUCKS ON NET 7 Michigan 10-6-0 530 7 • The Pioneers have outshot their opponent in 13 of 17 games includ- 8 Bowling Green 16-4-0 524 8 9 Omaha 10-5-1 470 9 ing each of the last seven. The Crimson & Gold have fired 30 or more 10 Massachusetts 11-5-3 467 10 shots in nine games and 35 or more shots in three games 11 Wisconsin 11-7-0 369 13 • Denver ranks 7th in the NCAA in shots on goal/game margin (+6.94) 12 Quinnipiac 10-5-3 366 11 • The Pioneers rank 4th in the NCAA in shots against per game (24.5) 13 Clarkson 9-6-3 316 12 • Carter Savoie leads the team and ranks 3rd in the NCHC in shots (66). 14 Northeastern 6-3-2 277 14 15 Boston University 5-1-0 264 15 He leads the team and ranks 3rd in the NCHC in shots/game (3.88) 16 Providence 7-5-4 185 17 D-SCORING 17 AIC 13-3-0 134 19 18 Bemidji State 6-4-2 75 NR • Slava Demin has five points (3-2-5) in his last six games after going 19 Robert Morris 12-5-0 53 NR scoreless through seven games in the NCHC Pod 20 UMass Lowell 3-3-0 50 16 • Reid Irwin has three goals in his last five games after going scoreless Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech through four games in the NCHC Pod 49, Notre Dame 48, Denver 29, • Antti Tuomisto has three points (1-2-3), 14 shots and a + 2 rating in his Connecticut 26, Penn State 23, Lake last seven games after posting three points (0-3-3), 11 shots and a -5 Superior 5, RIT 1 rating through 10 games in the NCHC Pod WINNING COMBINATIONS (RECORDS) USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY • Carter Savoie - Cole Guttman - Kohen Olischefski (4-4-1) MAGAZINE POLL • Steven Jandric - Brett Stapley - Ryan Barrow (3-2-0) Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW • Brett Stapley - Ryan Barrow (4-4-0) 1 Boston College (22) 9-2-1 490 1 • Steven Jandric - Ryan Barrow (4-3-0) 2 Minnesota (11) 15-3-0 481 4 • Jack Doremus - Brett Edwards (3-3-1) 3 North Dakota (1) 13-4-1 448 3 4 Minnesota State 9-2-1 387 2 NEED FOR THE LEAD 5 St. Cloud State 11-6-0 349 5 6 Minnesota Duluth 10-5-2 347 6 • Denver has led in 10 of 17 games this season 7 Michigan 10-6-0 277 7 • The Pioneers are 6-3-0 when scoring the first goal of a game and 1-6-1 8 Bowling Green 16-4-0 274 8 when allowing the first goal of a game 9 UMass 11-5-3 250 10 10 Omaha 10-5-1 212 9 • Denver is 6-1-0 when leading after the 2nd period and 1-8-1 when 11 Quinnipiac 10-5-3 152 11 trailing or tied after the 2nd period 12 Wisconsin 11-7-0 148 13 13 Clarkson 9-6-3 97 14 BRINK WINS GOLD AT WORLD JUNIORS 14 Northeastern 6-3-2 84 12 • Bobby Brink won a gold medal with the U.S. at the 2021 IIHF World Ju- 15 Boston University 5-1-0 35 15 nior Championship. He had six points (2-4-6) and a +8 rating in seven Others receiving votes: AIC 18, Denver games. He had one goal, one assist and a -1 rating in five games 10, UConn 8, Robert Morris 6, Notre • Brink is the fifth Pioneer to win a gold medal with the U.S. at the WJC, Dame 4, Bemidji State 1, Penn State 1, joining Matt Carle (’04), Jason Zucker (’10), Matt Donovan (’10) and Providence 1 Troy Terry (’17) DENVERPIONEERS.COM MILESTONES REACHED SITUATIONAL SCORING • Denver recorded its 1,500th program victory on Jan. 2, a 6-1 win SITUATION 2020-21 Under DC against Colorado College. Only five other programs have reached W L T W L T 1,500 victories: Minnesota, Michigan, Boston College, Boston Universi- Score 0 Goals 0 2 0 0 4 0 Score 1 Goal 0 3 0 3 15 3 ty & North Dakota. Denver's all-time record: 1,502-969-168 Score 2 Goals 0 1 0 5 4 3 • David Carle reached his 50th career win on Jan. 17, a 4-1 win against Score 3 Goals 3 3 1 13 7 4 No. 3 North Dakota, in one fewer game than his predecessor, Jim Score 4 Goals 2 0 0 14 0 2 Montgomery. Carle reached 50 wins with a 50-28-12 record. Mont- Score 5 Goals 1 0 0 7 0 0 gomery reached 50 wins with a 50-33-8 mark Score 6+ Goals 1 0 0 10 0 0 • Carter King recorded an assist in his first NCAA game on Jan. 24 vs. Opp Scores 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 Omaha. King posted 18 goals and 15 assists in 58 games for the Surrey Opp Scores 1 5 0 0 18 1 3 Eagles (BCHL) last season to rank second on the team in rookie scoring Opp Scores 2 2 1 0 11 3 3 Opp Scores 3 0 2 1 9 7 4 FAMILY AFFAIR Opp Scores 4 0 4 0 1 13 2 Opp Scores 5 0 2 0 0 6 0 • Lane Krenzen's younger brother, Nolan, is a defenseman for Omaha.