UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020 GAME #11 NO. 16 DENVER PIONEERS COLORADO COLLEGE TIGERS RECORD: 3-6-1, NCHC: 3-6-1-1, ROAD: 0-0-0 RECORD: 2-4-2, NCHC: 2-4-2-2, HOME: 0-0-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE DENVER TEAM STATS DECEMBER (3-6-1) OVERALL: 3-6-1 SHOTS/GAME: 31.0 12/2/20 at Minnesota Duluth* 2-1 L CONFERENCE: 3-6-1-1 GOALS FOR/GAME: 2.30 12/4/20 vs. North Dakota* 4-3 L (OT) POWER PLAY: 23.8% (10/42) GOALS AGAINST/GAME: 2.80 12/5/20 vs. St. Cloud State* 4-3 L PENALTY KILL: 73.5% (25/34) PIM/GAME: 8.90 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 (11) 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 POWER-PLAY POINTS: Carter Savoie (7) 1/1/21 at Colorado College 7:00 PM PIM: Kyle Mayhew (15) 1/2/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM FACEOFF %: Cole Guttman (.540) 1/8/21 vs. Colorado College 7:07 PM 1/9/21 at Colorado College 7:00 PM GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: Magnus Chrona (8/8) 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 (2.71) | SAVE %: Magnus Chrona (.904) 1/22/21 at Omaha 6:07 PM RECORD: Magnus Chrona (2-6-0) 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 966-168 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) *as of 12/30/20 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 *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: CBS Sports Network • Works will wear No. 25 for the Pioneers RADIO: ESPN Denver 1600 @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY 2021 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP USCHO.COM POLL • Bobby Brink is playing for the U.S. at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Cham- Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW 1 Minnesota (36) 8-0-0 795 1 pionship in Edmonton, Alberta 2 Boston College (4) 5-1-0 755 2 • Brink has two goals one assist through three games in the tournament. 3 North Dakota 7-2-1 727 3 4 Minnesota Duluth 5-2-2 673 4 The U.S. is 2-1-0 with the final game of the round robin staged for Dec. 5 Minnesota State 3-1-1 622 5 31 vs. Sweden 6 St. Cloud 6-3-0 581 6 • Brink is one of eight returners on the U.S. roster 7 Bowling Green 8-1-0 514 9 8 Michigan 5-5-0 492 7 • Bobby’s father, Andy, played in the 1994 IIHF World Junior Champion- 9 Massachusetts 5-3-1 463 10 ship. Andy had 20 goals and 47 assists for 67 points in 136 games for 10 Clarkson 4-3-0 401 8 11 Omaha 6-3-1 364 11 the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1992-96 12 Quinnipiac 6-2-0 343 16 13 Northeastern 3-1-2 325 12 POWERFUL POWER PLAY 14 Wisconsin 5-5-0 286 13 15 Providence 2-2-1 227 15 • The Pioneers have scored on the power play in half of their games and 16 Denver 3-6-1 193 14 have scored twice on the power play in four games 17 UMass Lowell 1-1-0 191 17 18 Notre Dame 4-5-1 111 18 • Carter Savoie leads Denver and is T-4th in the NCAA with seven pow- 19 Lake Superior 4-0-2 85 20 er-play points (4-3-7), while Cole Guttman is 2nd on the team with five 20 AIC 5-2-0 48 19 (3-2-5) Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 45, Ohio State 41, Michigan State 30, FRESHMEN FOCUS Arizona State 25, Michigan Tech 18, New Hampshire 9, Boston University • Carter Savoie is T-1st in the NCAA in goals (7) and is 2nd the NCAA in 8, RIT 6, Western Michigan 6, Penn power-play goals (4) State 5, Bemidji State 5, Colgate 4, Mercyhurst 2 • Mike Benning is T-8th among NCAA defensemen in points (7) and assists (6) • Freshmen have accounted for 52% of Denver’s goals and 23% of its USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY points. Five of six freshmen skaters have a point this season. Four have MAGAZINE POLL scored their first NCAA goals • Carter Savoie is the first DU freshman to score in the first five games of Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record PTS LW 1 Minnesota (29) 8-0-0 506 1 his college career and the first Pioneer since Jon Foster in 2004-05 to 2 Boston College (5) 5-1-0 472 2 score in the first five games of any season 3 North Dakota 7-2-1 448 3 4 Minnesota Duluth 5-2-2 410 4 TAKING THE LEAD 5 Minnesota State 3-1-1 351 5 6 St Cloud State 6-3-0 323 6 • Denver has led in seven of 10 games this season 7 Bowling Green State 8-1-0 278 8 • The Pioneers are 22-5-3 under David Carle when leading after the 1st 8 Michigan 5-5-0 237 7 period and 39-2-4 when leading after the 2nd 9 UMass 5-3-1 230 10 10 Northeastern 3-1-2 165 11 TOUGH START 11 Omaha 6-3-1 154 14 12 Clarkson 4-3-0 139 9 • Denver faced No. 3 Minnesota Duluth (2-1 L), No. 4 North Dakota (4-3 13 Quinnipiac 6-2-0 121 NR OTL, 3-2 W) and No. 6 St. Cloud State (4-3 L) in its first four games in 14 Denver 3-6-1 60 12 15 Wisconsin 5-5-0 54 15 the NCHC Pod *Rankings reflect current USCHO rankings* NCAA FIRSTS Others receiving votes: Providence 46, UMass Lowell 32, Lake Superior State 13, • First NCAA Goal: Carter Savoie (Dec. 2), McKade Webster (Dec. 8), Penn State 12, AIC 7, Ohio State 7, Notre Mike Benning (Dec. 10), Connor Caponi (Dec. 12) Dame 6, Robert Morris 4, Boston University 2, Michigan State 2, Arizona State 1 • First NCAA Assist: Benning (Dec. 4), Savoie (Dec. 5), Antti Tuomisto DENVERPIONEERS.COM JERSEY PATCHES SITUATIONAL SCORING • The Pioneers are wearing jersey patches with the letters “JB” hon- SITUATION 2020-21 Under DC oring the late Joy Burns whose vast contributions to DU included W L T W L T becoming the first woman to chair the University of Denver Board Score 0 Goals 0 1 0 0 3 0 Score 1 Goal 0 3 0 3 15 3 of Trustees, which she did for 17 years, making direct contributions Score 2 Goals 0 0 0 5 3 3 to the physical transformation of campus and helping the athletic Score 3 Goals 2 2 1 12 6 4 department move to Division I Score 4 Goals 0 0 0 12 0 2 Score 5 Goals 1 0 0 7 0 0 NCHC CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Score 6+ Goals 0 0 0 9 0 0 • Carter Savoie was named NCHC Co-Rookie of the Week with Riese Opp Scores 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 Gaber (North Dakota) for the week of Dec. 7-13. He had two goals, Opp Scores 1 1 0 0 14 1 3 one assist, nine shots and a +1 rating in three games Opp Scores 2 2 1 0 11 3 3 Opp Scores 3 0 2 1 9 7 4 GRAD TRANSFERS Opp Scores 4 0 3 0 1 12 2 Opp Scores 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 • Denver added three grad transfers for 2020-21: Bo Hanson (St. Law- Opp Scores 6+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 rence), Steven Jandric (Alaska Fairbanks) & Corbin Kaczperski (Yale) • Jandric had 26 goals, 54 assists and 157 penalty minutes in 150 games Denver Scores First 2 3 0 34 8 6 for the Nanooks.