UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2021 GAME #12 NO. 16 DENVER PIONEERS COLORADO COLLEGE TIGERS RECORD: 3-7-1, NCHC: 3-7-1-1, HOME: 0-0-0 RECORD: 3-4-2, NCHC: 3-4-2-2, ROAD: 0-0-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE DENVER TEAM STATS DECEMBER (3-6-1) OVERALL: 3-7-1 SHOTS/GAME: 30.4 12/2/20 at Minnesota Duluth* 2-1 L CONFERENCE: 3-7-1-1 GOALS FOR/GAME: 2.36 12/4/20 vs. North Dakota* 4-3 L (OT) POWER PLAY: 22.7% (10/44) GOALS AGAINST/GAME: 2.91 12/5/20 vs. St. Cloud State* 4-3 L PENALTY KILL: 75.0% (27/36) PIM/GAME: 8.45 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 (12) 12/17/20 vs. Miami* 3-0 L GOALS: Carter Savoie (7) 12/19/20 vs. Western Michigan* 3-3 T 12/20/20 at St. Cloud State* 3-1 L ASSISTS: Mike Benning (6) POWER-PLAY GOALS: Carter Savoie (4) JANUARY (0-1-0) POWER-PLAY POINTS: Carter Savoie (7) 1/1/21 at Colorado College 4-3 L PIM: Kyle Mayhew (15) 1/2/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM FACEOFF %: Cole Guttman (.535) 1/8/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM 1/9/21 at Colorado College 7:00 PM GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: Magnus Chrona (9/9) 1/15/21 vs. North Dakota 7:07 PM WINS: Magnus Chrona (2) 1/16/21 vs. North Dakota 7:07 PM GAA: Magnus Chrona (2.96) | SAVE %: Magnus Chrona (.893) 1/22/21 at Omaha 6:07 PM RECORD: Magnus Chrona (2-7-0) 1/23/21 at Omaha 6:07 PM SHUTOUTS: N/A FEBRUARY UPCOMING MILESTONES 2/5/21 at North Dakota 6:37 PM 2/6/21 at North Dakota 5:07 PM • Denver is one win away from its 1,500th program victory with a 1,499- 2/12/21 vs. Omaha TBD 968-168 all-time record. Only five other programs have reached 1,500 2/13/21 vs. Omaha TBD victories: Minnesota (1,834), Michigan (1,715), Boston College (1,645), 2/27/21 at Colorado College 7:00 PM Boston University (1,581) & North Dakota (1,559) MARCH • David Carle is two wins away from his 50th win as head coach with a 3/6/21 vs. Colorado College TBD 48-26-12 all-time record. Jim Montgomery reached his 50th win in his 3/12-14/21 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD 91st career game with a 50-33-8 record 3/19-20/21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD 3/27-28/21 NCAA Regionals TBD ROSTER ADDITION: JACK WORKS 4/8-10/21 NCAA Frozen Four TBD • Denver added 6’0,” 185-pound forward Jack Works from the Okotoks # All Times MT and subject to change. Oilers (AJHL) on Dec. 22. He will wear No. 25 *Games played in NCHC Pod in Omaha, • Works was named a 2020 AJHL All-Star after recording 92 points (43- Neb. 49-92) in 58 games in 2019-20. He had 65 goals, 60 assists and 152 penalty minutes in 118 career AJHL games MEDIA COVERAGE • Works had four goals in three games for the Oilers earlier this season before government restrictions suspended play for the AJHL TV: Altitude, NCHC.TV RADIO: ESPN Denver 1600 @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY BATTLE FOR THE GOLD PAN USCHO.COM POLL • Denver leads the all-time Battle for the Gold Pan 14-13 and has won Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW 1 Minnesota (36) 8-0-0 795 1 the trophy in five of the last six years 2 Boston College (4) 5-1-0 755 2 • The Pioneers went 3-0-1 against the Tigers last season 3 North Dakota 7-2-1 727 3 4 Minnesota Duluth 5-2-2 673 4 2021 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 5 Minnesota State 3-1-1 622 5 6 St. Cloud 6-3-0 581 6 • Bobby Brink is playing for the U.S. at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Cham- 7 Bowling Green 8-1-0 514 9 8 Michigan 5-5-0 492 7 pionship in Edmonton, Alberta 9 Massachusetts 5-3-1 463 10 • Brink has two goals and two assists through four games in the tourna- 10 Clarkson 4-3-0 401 8 11 Omaha 6-3-1 364 11 ment. The U.S. won first place in Group B during the preliminary round 12 Quinnipiac 6-2-0 343 16 and will face Slovakia on Saturday, Jan. 2 in the quarterfinal round. 13 Northeastern 3-1-2 325 12 Puck drop is set for 8:30 p.m. MT 14 Wisconsin 5-5-0 286 13 15 Providence 2-2-1 227 15 • Bobby’s father, Andy, played in the 1994 IIHF World Junior Champion- 16 Denver 3-6-1 193 14 ship. Andy had 20 goals and 47 assists for 67 points in 136 games for 17 UMass Lowell 1-1-0 191 17 18 Notre Dame 4-5-1 111 18 the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1992-96 19 Lake Superior 4-0-2 85 20 20 AIC 5-2-0 48 19 POWERFUL POWER PLAY Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 45, • The Pioneers have scored on the power play in five of 11 games and Ohio State 41, Michigan State 30, have scored twice on the power play in four games Arizona State 25, Michigan Tech 18, New Hampshire 9, Boston University • Carter Savoie leads Denver and is T-4th in the NCAA with seven pow- 8, RIT 6, Western Michigan 6, Penn er-play points (4-3-7), while Cole Guttman is 2nd on the team with five State 5, Bemidji State 5, Colgate 4, (3-2-5) Mercyhurst 2 FRESHMEN FOCUS USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY • Carter Savoie is T-1st in the NCAA in goals (7) and is 2nd the NCAA in MAGAZINE POLL power-play goals (4). He leads NCAA freshmen in both categories • Mike Benning is 1st among NCAA freshmen in points (8), assists (6) Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW 1 Minnesota (29) 8-0-0 506 1 and power-play points (4) 2 Boston College (5) 5-1-0 472 2 • Freshmen have accounted for 46% of Denver’s goals and 39% of its 3 North Dakota 7-2-1 448 3 points. Five of six freshmen skaters have a point this season. Four have 4 Minnesota Duluth 5-2-2 410 4 scored their first NCAA goals 5 Minnesota State 3-1-1 351 5 • Carter Savoie is the first DU freshman to score in the first five games of 6 St Cloud State 6-3-0 323 6 7 Bowling Green State 8-1-0 278 8 his college career and the first Pioneer since Jon Foster in 2004-05 to 8 Michigan 5-5-0 237 7 score in the first five games of any season 9 UMass 5-3-1 230 10 10 Northeastern 3-1-2 165 11 TAKING THE LEAD 11 Omaha 6-3-1 154 14 12 Clarkson 4-3-0 139 9 • Denver has led in seven of 11 games this season 13 Quinnipiac 6-2-0 121 NR • The Pioneers are 22-5-3 under David Carle when leading after the 1st 14 Denver 3-6-1 60 12 period and 39-2-4 when leading after the 2nd 15 Wisconsin 5-5-0 54 15 TOUGH START Others receiving votes: Providence 46, UMass Lowell 32, Lake Superior State 13, • Denver faced No. 3 Minnesota Duluth (2-1 L), No. 4 North Dakota (4-3 Penn State 12, AIC 7, Ohio State 7, Notre OTL, 3-2 W) and No. 6 St. Cloud State (4-3 L) in its first four games in Dame 6, Robert Morris 4, Boston University the NCHC Pod *Rankings reflect current USCHO rankings* 2, Michigan State 2, Arizona State 1 DENVERPIONEERS.COM NCAA FIRSTS SITUATIONAL SCORING • First NCAA Goal: Carter Savoie (Dec. 2), McKade Webster (Dec. 8), SITUATION 2020-21 Under DC Mike Benning (Dec. 10), Connor Caponi (Dec. 12) W L T W L T • First NCAA Assist: Benning (Dec. 4), Savoie (Dec. 5), Antti Tuomisto Score 0 Goals 0 1 0 0 3 0 Score 1 Goal 0 3 0 3 15 3 (Dec. 8) Score 2 Goals 0 0 0 5 3 3 Score 3 Goals 2 3 1 12 7 4 JERSEY PATCHES Score 4 Goals 0 0 0 12 0 2 • The Pioneers are wearing jersey patches with the letters “JB” hon- Score 5 Goals 1 0 0 7 0 0 oring the late Joy Burns whose vast contributions to DU included Score 6+ Goals 0 0 0 9 0 0 becoming the first woman to chair the University of Denver Board Opp Scores 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 of Trustees, which she did for 17 years, making direct contributions Opp Scores 1 1 0 0 14 1 3 to the physical transformation of campus and helping the athletic Opp Scores 2 2 1 0 11 3 3 department move to Division I Opp Scores 3 0 2 1 9 7 4 Opp Scores 4 0 4 0 1 13 2 NCHC ROOKIE OF THE MONTH Opp Scores 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 Opp Scores 6+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Carter Savoie was named NCHC Rookie of the Month for December after leading NCHC rookies in scoring with 11 points (7-4-11) in 10 Denver Scores First 2 3 0 34 8 6 games in the NCHC Pod Opp Scores First 1 4 1 14 20 6 GRAD TRANSFERS Denver Leads After 1 2 1 0 22 5 3 Tied After 1 1 5 0 7 16 3 • Denver added three grad transfers for 2020-21: Bo Hanson (St.