After falling to No. 2 St. Cloud State, 4-3, on Friday, the No. 5 Denver Pioneers men's hockey team is set to return to the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center to finish its two-game series. Puck drop is set for 5:05 p.m. MT. 

DENVER: SNAPSHOT
• Freshman Emilio Pettersen leads the Pioneers with 12 points (4-8-12)
• The Pioneers opened the season undefeated through six games (5-0-1), their best start since starting 9-0-0 in the 2001-02 season
• Denver scores 4.14 goals per game, 5th in the NCAA, and allows 2.00 goals per game, tied with Minnesota Duluth for 8th in the NCAA
• The Pioneers have outscored their opponents 29-14 and 8-3 in the third period
• Denver's power play is 5/13 (38.5%) in the last three games
 
DENVER: LAST GAME
St. Cloud State 4, Denver 3
• Denver held a 2-1 lead through the first intermission before allowing three goals in the second period in its first loss of the season
• Brett Stapley led the Pioneers with one goal and one assist
• Denver went 1/3 on the power play and 4/5 on the penalty kill
• Devin Cooley made 35 saves on 39 shots
 
DENVER: UP NEXT
Denver vs. No. 1 Minnesota Duluth – Nov. 16-17
• Denver hosts No. 1 Minnesota Duluth for the first time since defeating the 2018 National Champion, 3-1, in the semifinal of the 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff
• The Pioneers are 124-77-12 all-time against the Bulldogs, going 5-0-0 last season
 
ST. CLOUD STATE: SNAPSHOT
• The Huskies have won seven of eight games to start the season, their only loss coming at Northeastern on Oct. 27 (3-2)
• St. Cloud State scores 4.22 goals per game, 4th in the NCAA, and allows 1.67 goals per game, tied with Bowling Green for 3rd-fewest in the NCAA
• The Huskies convert at 26.5% on the power play, tied with Minnesota Duluth for 9th in the NCAA, and 90.0% on the penalty kill, 5th in the NCAA
• Of St. Cloud State's 38 goals, 63% (24) have been scored in the first and second periods
 
ST. CLOUD STATE: LAST GAME
St. Cloud State 4, Denver 3
• The Huskies scored three second-period goals in their third-straight victory
• Nolan Walker led St. Cloud State with one goal and two assists, while Robby Jackson logged a pair of assists
• The Huskies went 1/5 on the power play and 2/3 on the penalty kill
• David Hrenak made 21 saves on 24 shots
 
ST. CLOUD STATE: UP NEXT
St. Cloud State vs. Bemidji State - Nov. 16-17
• The Huskies host the Beavers for a two-game series at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
• St. Cloud State defeated Bemidji State, 2-1, in their last meeting on Jan. 27, 2017 at the Xcel Energy Center
 
NCHC/NCAA HONORS
• Emilio Pettersen was named NCHC Rookie of the Month for October after registering two goals, six assists and a +7 rating 
• Jarid Lukosevicius was named NCHC Offensive Player of the Week and NCAA First Star of the Week after recording five goals, nine shots and a +1 rating against Western Michigan on Nov. 2-3
• Ian Mitchell was named NCHC Defensive Player of the Week after notching four assists, four shots and an even rating against Western Michigan on Nov. 2-3
 
FIRST IN CLASS
• Denver's freshmen class has combined for 30 points (10-20-30), 1st in the NCAA
• Emilio Pettersen is 1st among NCAA freshmen with 12 points (4-8-12)
• Cole Guttman and Emilio Pettersen are tied for 6th among NCAA freshmen with a +8 rating
 
HOT STREAKS
• Jarid Lukosevicius is on a seven-game point streak with seven goals and four assists
• Ian Mitchell is on a five-game point streak with eight assists
• Brett Stapley is on a three-game point streak with one goal and three assists
 
TOUGH SCHEDULE
• The Pioneers are set to match up against the top three teams in the nation in the next three weeks with No. 2 St. Cloud State (Nov. 9-10), No. 1 Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 16-17) and No. 3 Providence (Nov. 23-24)
 
MILLER HOCKEY COMPLEX
• The new home of Denver hockey is named after University of Denver's Board of Trustees member John A. Miller, his wife, Sandy, and their family.
• The 4,464 square foot space houses the Pioneers' lockers, lounge, sauna, kitchen, training room and equipment room
• More than 150 donors contributed to the renovation
 
YOUNG PIONEERS
• At 29, David Carle is the youngest coach in Division I college hockey
• The Pioneers have the fourth-youngest team in college hockey with an average age of 20 years/8 months
• At 24, Colin Staub is Denver's oldest player and more than six years older than Brendan Budy (18), the Pioneers' youngest player
• The Pioneers have 20 freshmen and sophomores, the most since the 2007-08 season when Tyler Bozak was a freshman
 
NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING
• Brendan Budy and Sean Comrie were each named to the NHL Central Scouting preliminary players to watch list for the 2019 NHL Draft, receiving C ratings as potential fourth, fifth or sixth round selections
 
EXPERIENCED STAFF
• Assistant Coach Tavis MacMillan served as head coach of Alaska-Fairbanks from 2004-07
• Assistant Coach Dallas Ferguson served as head coach of Alaska-Fairbanks from 2008-17
• Volunteer Assistant Coach Steven Reinprecht played 663 NHL games over 11 NHL seasons, winning a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001
• Team Manager Ben Scrivens played 144 NHL games over five NHL seasons in addition to representing Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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