Following their final bye week of the regular season, the No. 7 Denver Pioneers (15-6-4, 7-6-2-2) look ahead to a road trip at No. 4 Minnesota Duluth. Puck drop is set for 7:07 p.m. MT on Friday and 6:07 p.m. MT on Saturday at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn. 
 
DENVER: SNAPSHOT
• The Pioneers are unbeaten in nine of their last 11 games (7-2-2)
• Denver's top five scorers have accounted for 60% of the team's total goals and 50% of the team's total points this season
• The Pioneers have been limited to 1.25 goals per game in their last four games compared to their season average of 3.08 goals per game
• After missing the first 11 games of the season, Filip Larsson has started in 12 of Denver's last 14 games and each of the last 10. He is 7-2-3 with a 2.29 GAA and .923 SV%, second among NCAA freshmen
 
DENVER: LAST SERIES
DU 2, UND 1 | DU 1, UND 1 (Feb. 1-2, 2019)
• Ryan Barrow led the Pioneers with one goal and one assist, while Filip Larsson made 76 saves on 78 shots with a 0.96 GAA and .974 SV%
• The Fighting Hawks outshot the Pioneers, 78-54
• Denver went 0/8 on the power play and 5/5 on the penalty kill
 
DENVER: UP NEXT
Denver vs. Miami (Feb. 22-23, 2019)
• The Pioneers welcome the RedHawks for their first and final meeting of the season
• Denver is 14-11-3 all-time against Miami, going 2-1-1 last season
 
MINNESOTA DULUTH: SNAPSHOT
• Minnesota Duluth has won five of its last six games and three of its last four on home ice
• The Bulldogs average 3.23 goals per game, 11th in the NCAA, and 1.85 goals against per game, 2nd in the NCAA
• Minnesota Duluth has the top-ranked penalty kill in the NCAA at 91.6% (87/95)
• Hunter Shepard has played every game for the Bulldogs with a 1.75 GAA, 3rd in the NCAA, a .924 SV% and five shutouts, T-2nd in the NCAA
• Justin Richards leads the Bulldogs with 25 points (8-17-25), while Parker Mackay and Nick Swaney have each tallied a team-leading 11 goals
• Minnesota Duluth has 70 points from defensemen, 9th in the NCAA and 31% of the team's total points
 
MINNESOTA DULUTH: LAST SERIES
CC 4, UMD 1 | UMD 6, CC 0 (Feb. 1-2, 2019)
• Peter Krieger and Koby Bender each scored twice for the Bulldogs
• Minnesota Duluth went 3/6 on the power play and 4/4 on the penalty kill
• The Bulldogs outshot the Tigers, 80-51
 
MINNESOTA DULUTH: UP NEXT
Minnesota Duluth at North Dakota (Feb. 22-23, 2019)
• The Bulldogs will close their season series with the Fighting Hawks after splitting the series at AMSOIL Arena on Nov. 30-Dec. 1 (5-0 W, 2-1 L)

DENVER VS. MINNESOTA DULUTH
• The Pioneers split the series with the Bulldogs on Nov. 16-17 (2-0 W, 4-3 OTL)
• Denver is 125-78-12 all-time against Minnesota Duluth
• The Pioneers have won seven of their last eight games against the Bulldogs and are 16-4-2 against the Bulldogs in the last six years with 14 of those games being decided by one or fewer goals and an additional four being decided by two goals with an empty-netter
• Jarid Lukosevicius has nine goals in 13 career games against Minnesota Duluth


WEEKLY HONORS
• Filip Larsson was named NCHC Goalie of the Week on Feb. 4 after going 1-0-1 and posting 76 saves on 78 shots, a 0.96 goals against average and a .974 save percentage against North Dakota on Feb. 1-2
 
NCAA LEADERS
• Devin Cooley is 8th in the NCAA with a .929 save percentage
• Jarid Lukosevicius is T-1st in the NCAA with five game-winning goals
 
FINLAY FINISHING
• Liam Finlay has four goals and eight assists in his last nine games
• Finlay has at least one point in 7/11 games since Dec. 28, 2018
• In his career-best season, Finlay is averaging 1.04 points per game. He averaged .50 points per game in 2016-17 and .37 points per game in 2017-18
 
HOT AT HOME
• Denver is 9-1-4 at home, one of only four teams in the NCAA with one or fewer home losses
• The Pioneers have three home games remaining on their schedule (Feb. 22-23 vs Miami, March 8 vs. Colorado College)
LUKO LEADS THE WAY
• Denver is 7-0-2 when Lukosevicius scores and 8-6-2 when he doesn't
• Jarid Lukosevicius has the all-time school record and is the NCAA active leader in career game-winning goals with 18. The all-time career leader is Austin Ortega (Omaha '14-'17 - 23)
 
FRESH FACES
• Denver's freshmen class is 3rd in NCAA scoring with 84 points (29-55-84), trailing Niagara (99) and Quinnipiac (95)
• The Pioneers' freshmen class accounts for 40% of the of the team's total points and 38% of the team's total goals
• Emilio Pettersen is T-8th among NCAA freshman with 22 points
• Cole Guttman is T-3rd among NCAA freshmen with 10 goals
• Slava Demin is 3rd among NCAA freshmen with a +19 plus/minus rating
 
WORKING OVERTIME
• The Pioneers have played nine overtime games this season, 2nd-most in the NCAA. Denver is 4-1-4 in the extra period with the most overtime wins in the NCAA
 
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 $2.5 million 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
• The Pioneers have 19 freshmen and sophomores, the most since the 2007-08 season when Tyler Bozak was a freshman
 
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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