The No. 7 Denver Pioneers (15-6-4, 7-6-2-2) look ahead to their final bye week of the regular season before traveling to Duluth, Minn. for a series against the No. 5 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs.

Last Weekend
Denver 2, North Dakota 1
Denver 1, North Dakota 1 (Denver won in NCHC overtime)
 
This Weekend
Bye Week
 
Pioneers in the Polls
-The Pioneers are ranked 7^th in the USCHO.com poll, USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll and Pairwise rankings
 
Denver Lately
-Denver is unbeaten in nine of its last 11 games, going 7-2-2 in that stretch
-Filip Larsson is 7-2-3 with a 2.29 GAA and .923 SV%. After missing the first 11 games of the season, he has started in 12 of the last 14 games and each of the last 10
-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 struggled on special teams since the holiday break
    -Power Play: Denver has gone 6/49 (12.2%) compared to 14/71 (19.7%)
    -Penalty Kill: Denver has gone 28/38 (73.7%) compared to 55/65 (84.6%)
 
Recap: Denver 2, North Dakota 1 | Denver 1, North Dakota 1 (Denver won in NCHC overtime)
-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% as the NCHC Goalie of the Week
-The Pioneers were outshot, 78-54
-Denver went 0/8 on the power play and 5/5 on the penalty kill
 
Up Next: Denver at Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 15-16, 2019)
-The Pioneers and Bulldogs split their series in Denver on Nov. 16-17, 2018 with the Pioneers winning 2-0 on Friday and losing 4-3 (OT) on Saturday
-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
 
NCAA Leaders
-Devin Cooley is 7^th in the NCAA with a .929 SV%
-Jarid Lukosevicius is T-1^st in the NCAA with five game-winning goals
 
Working Overtime
-The Pioneers have played nine overtime games this season, 2^nd-most in the NCAA with a 4-1-4 record
 
Fresh Faces
-Denver's freshmen class ranks 3^rd in the NCAA with 84 points (29-55-84)
-The Pioneers' freshmen class accounts for 38% of the of the team's total points and 40% of the team's total goals
-Emilio Pettersen is T-5^th among NCAA freshman with 22 points
-Cole Guttman is T-3^rd among NCAA freshmen with 10 goals
-Slava Demin is 3^rd among NCAA freshmen with a +19 plus/minus rating
 
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