UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PIONEERS National Champions: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017 Magness Arena | 2201 E. Asbury Ave., Denver, CO 80208 University of Denver Athletic Communications No. 6 Denver (18-8-4, 10-8-2-2) at Omaha (9-19-2, 5-14-1-1) 2018-2019 SCHEDULE OVERALL: 18-8-4, NCHC: 10-8-2-2 Game #31 OCTOBER: 3-0-1, NCHC 0-0-0-0 Friday, March 1, 2019 | 6:07 P.M. MT Omaha, Neb. | Baxter Arena 12 at Air Force 4-1 W 13 Alabama Huntsville 6-0 W TV: NCHC.TV | Radio: ESPN Denver 1600 19 Alaska-Fairbanks 4-1 W 20 Alaska-Fairbanks 3-3 T (OT) NOVEMBER: 4-3-1, NCHC 3-3-0-0 2 Western Michigan # 5-2 W 3 Western Michigan # 4-3 W (OT) VS 9 at St. Cloud State # 4-3 L 10 at St. Cloud State # 4-3 L 16 Minnesota Duluth # 2-0 W 17 Minnesota Duluth # 4-3 L (OT) 18-8-4 [AWAY 8-6-0) RECORD 9-19-2 (HOME 7-8-1) 23 Providence 3-1 W 24 Providence 4-4 T (OT) 3-2-0 LAST 5 2-3-0 4-4-2 LAST 10 3-7-0 DECEMBER: 3-1-0, NCHC 1-1-0-0 21/129 (16.3%) POWER PLAY 30/127 (23.6%) 7 at North Dakota # 4-1 L 91/111 (82.0%) PENALTY KILL 98/125 (78.4%) 8 at North Dakota # 2-1 W (OT) 28 at Merrimack 3-1 W 30.33 SHOTS/GAME 27.97 29 at UMass Lowell 4-1 W 2.90 GOALS FOR/GAME 2.63 JANUARY: 4-2-1, NCHC 2-2-1-1 2.20 GOALS AGAINST/GAME 3.73 10.47 PIM/GAME 14.57 4 at Wisconsin 6-3 W 5 at Wisconsin 4-3 W (OT) 11 Omaha # 1-0 W TOP SKATERS 12 Omaha # 3-2 W (OT) 19 Colorado College # 4-4 T (OT) Finlay (31) POINTS Morelli, Olofsson (31) 25 at Western Michigan # 3-1 L 26 at Western Michigan # 5-1 L Lukosevicius (15) GOALS Morelli (19) Finlay (19) ASSISTS Olofsson (21) FEBRUARY: 4-2-1, NCHC 4-2-1-1 Lukosevicius, Pettersen (5) PPG Morelli (19) 1 North Dakota # 2-1 W Lukosevicius (1) SHG Alferd (1) 2 North Dakota # 1-1 T 15 at Minnesota Duluth # 5-2 L Stapley (29) PIM Smallidge (44) 16 at Minnesota Duluth # 1-0 W Lukosevicius (104) SOG Jordan (86) 22 Miami # 3-1 L 23 Miami # 5-2 W Demin (+17) +/- Ward (E) 26 at Colorado College # 1-0 W McLellan (.538) FACEOFF % Pulkkinen (.513) MARCH: 0-0-0, NCHC 0-0-0-0 TOP GOALIES 1 at Omaha # 6:07 PM 2 at Omaha # 6:07 PM Cooley (17) GAMES PLAYED Weninger (29) 8 Colorado College # 7:07 PM 9 at Colorado College # 7:00 PM Cooley (17) GAMES STARTED Weninger (29) Cooley (10) WINS Weninger (9) NCHC Playoffs Cooley (438/469) SAVES/SHOTS Weninger (856/952) 15-16 First Round TBA Cooley (.934) SV% Weninger (.899) 17 First Round (If Necessary) TBA 22 Frozen Faceoff TBA Cooley (1.89) GAA Weninger (3.57) 23 Frozen Faceoff TBA Cooley (10-5-1) RECORD Weninger (9-18-2) NCAA Tournament Cooley (4) SHUTOUTS Weninger (4) 29-31 NCAA Regionals TBA *MUST HAVE PLAYED AT LEAST 50% OF GAMES TO QUALIFY APRIL ALL-TIME SERIES 11-13 Frozen Four TBA All-Time Record: Denver leads 29-9-2 # Conference Game *All times MT All-Time Goals For/Against: Denver leads 143-81 Last Meeting: Denver 3, Omaha 2 (OT) - Jan. 12, 2019 @DU_HOCKEY @DU_HOCKEY /DENVERHOCKEY DENVERPIONEERS.COM DENVER: SNAPSHOT • The Pioneers are 3-2-0 in their last five games and 4-4-2 in their last 10 games Steve Moats I 303-390-5764 I [email protected] • Denver’s top five scorers have accounted for 54% of the team’s total goals and 707 17th Street, Suite 3700 I Denver, CO 80202 49% of the team’s total points this season, accounting for 11 of the Pioneers’ 20 PIONEERS VS. MAVERICKS points in the last three games (3 goals, 8 assists) Ryan Barrow - 4 GP (0-0-0) • The Pioneers have been limited to 2.00 goals per game in their last five games Sean Comrie - 2 GP (0-0-0) compared to their season average of 2.90 goals per game Michael Davies - 8 GP (0-0-0) Slava Demin - 2 GP (0-2-2) • Denver has posted five shutouts this season (Cooley - 4, Larsson - 1) and are 15- Jack Doremus - 2 GP (0-0-0) 0-1 in games when limiting opponents to two or fewer goals Jake Durflinger - 4 GP (0-1-1) Erich Fear - 4 GP (1-0-1) Liam Finlay - 8 GP (2-5-7) DENVER: LAST GAME Cole Guttman - 2 GP (1-1-2) Jaakko Heikkinen - 4 GP (1-0-1) DU 1, Colorado College 0 (Feb. 26, 2019 - Colorado Springs, Colo.) Les Lancaster - 0 GP (0-0-0) • The Pioneers prevailed in the rescheduled game from Jan. 18, defeating Colorado Jarid Lukosevicius - 9 GP (3-5-8) Kyle Mayhew - 0 GP (0-0-0) College on Tyson McLellan’s first-period goal and Devin Cooley’s 24-save shutout Tyson McLellan - 6 GP (1-1-2) • Denver went 0/5 on the power play, 4/4 on the penalty kill and outshot the Griffin Mendel - 2 GP (0-0-0) Ian Mitchell - 4 GP (2-4-6) Tigers, 30-24 Kohen Olischefski - 4 GP (0-0-0) Ryan Orgel - 0 GP (0-0-0) Emilio Pettersen - 2 GP (0-2-2) DENVER: UP NEXT Jared Resseguie - 0 GP (0-0-0) Denver vs. Colorado College (March 8), Denver at Colorado College (March 9) Brett Stapley - 2 GP (0-0-0) Colin Staub - 10 GP (3-6-9) • Denver will close the Battle for the Gold Pan and the regular season with a home- Tyler Ward - 2 GP (0-0-0) and-home series against Colorado College • The Pioneers have won four-consecutive Gold Pans, matching the record set by PIONEERS WITH MAVERICKS Colorado College from 1999-2002. The Pioneers lead the all-time series in the Bat- Denver Pioneers (16-17) tle for the Gold Pan, 13-12, and are 179-118-20 all-time against Colorado College Kevin Conley (OMA) • Denver is 1-0-1 against Colorado College this season and will secure the Gold Pan Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) with a win or a tie in either of the remaining games in the season series ‘13-14: Carle - AC (DEN), Fredrik Olofsson (OMA) Penticton Vees (BCHL) OMAHA: SNAPSHOT ‘15-17: Mendel (DEN), Ward (OMA) • Omaha is getting outscored 13-3 in its last three games Lincoln Stars (USHL) • The Mavericks allow the third-most goals per game in the NCAA (3.73) and are ‘16-17: Doremus (DEN), Primeau (OMA) 3-17-0 when allowing the first goal of the game. They are 6-2-2 when scoring first Langley Rivermen (BCHL) • Omaha has the 9th-best power play in the NCAA (23.6%), but are converting at ‘16-17: Barrow (DEN), Schuldt (OMA) only 16.7% (2/12) in their last five games Bloomington Thunder (USHL) • Seniors Mason Morelli and Fredrik Olofsson lead the Mavericks with 31 points ‘16-17: Durflinger (DEN), Smallidge (OMA) each. Senior Evan Weninger has started 29/30 games in net OMAHA: LAST SERIES SCSU 4, OMA 1 | SCSU 5, OMA 0 (Feb. 22-23 - Baxter Arena) • The Mavericks were outscored 9-1 and outshot 62-53 • Mason Morelli scored Omaha’s lone goal, while Evan Weninger made 46 saves on 55 shots • The Mavericks went 0/5 on the power play and 5/6 on the penalty kill OMAHA: UP NEXT Omaha at North Dakota (March 8-9, 2019) • Omaha will wrap up the regular season on the road at North Dakota. The Maver- icks split their series with the Fighting Hawks on Jan. 18-19 DENVERPIONEERS.COM 2018-2019 SITUATIONAL SCORING USCHO.COM POLL USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE POLL Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record Points LW Rk Team (1st Pl.) Record Points LW When.... 1 St. Cloud State (49) 23-4-3 999 1 1 St. Cloud State (32) 23-4-3 508 1 2 Massachusetts (1) 24-7-0 944 2 2 Massachusetts (2) 24-7-0 476 2 Denver scores 0 goals: 0-0-0 3 Minnesota Duluth 19-9-2 870 3 3 Minnesota Duluth 19-9-2 439 3 Denver scores 1 goals: 3-4-1 4 Minnesota State 25-7-2 849 4 4 Minnesota State 25-7-2 396 4 Denver Scores 2 Goals: 3-1-0 5 Quinnipiac 23-7-2 781 5 5 Quinnipiac 23-7-2 364 6 Denver Scores 3 Goals: 3-3-1 6 Denver 17-8-4 731 7 6 Denver 17-8-4 338 7 7 Ohio State 19-8-5 690 6 7 Ohio State 19-8-5 318 5 Denver Scores 4 Goals: 5-0-2 8 Providence 19-9-5 626 10 8 Providence 19-9-5 235 11 Denver Scores 5 Goals: 2-0-0 9 Northeastern 21-9-1 562 12 9 Northeastern 21-9-1 234 13 Denver Scores 6+ Goals: 2-0-0 10 Western Michigan 18-11-1 527 8 10 Western Michigan 18-11-1 190 9 11 Cornell 16-8-3 502 9 11 Arizona State 21-10-1 179 10 Denver Allows 0 Goals: 5-0-0 12 Arizona State 21-10-1 482 11 12 Cornell 16-8-3 150 8 Denver Allows 1 Goal: 7-0-1 13 Clarkson 21-10-1 429 13 13 Clarkson 21-10-1 123 12 Denver Allows 2 Goals: 3-0-0 14 UMass Lowell 18-10-3 350 14 14 Massachusetts Lowell 18-10-3 63 14 Denver Allows 3 Goals: 3-2-1 15 Bowling Green 20-8-5 312 15 15 Harvard 16-8-3 45 15 Denver Allows 4 Goals: 0-4-2 16 Harvard 16-8-3 294 17 17 Notre Dame 17-12-3 197 16 Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 11, Notre Dame 6, Denver Allows 5 Goals: 0-2-0 18 Penn State 18-12-2 116 19 Penn State 2 Denver Allows 6+ Goals: 0-0-0 19 Lake Superior 20-10-2 87 18 20 North Dakota 15-14-2 86 NR Denver Scores First: 15-4-2 Opp.