The No. 6 Denver Pioneers (19-8-5, 11-8-3-3) look for their 18^th-straight 20-win season as well as their fifth-straight Gold Pan trophy as they close the regular season with a home-and-home series against Colorado College on March 8-9.
 
Last Weekend
Denver 4, Omaha 1
Denver 3, Omaha 3 (Denver won in NCHC overtime)
 
This Week
Denver vs. Colorado College – March 8, 2019
Denver at Colorado College – March 9, 2019
 
Pioneers in the Polls
-The Pioneers are ranked 6^th in the USCHO.com poll, 6^th in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll and 6^th in the Pairwise rankings
 
Recap: Denver 4, Omaha 1 | Denver 3, Omaha 3
-The Pioneers took five of six available points from the Mavericks
-Denver went 1/6 on the power play and 8/11 on the penalty kill
-Filip Larsson made 25 saves on Friday and Devin Cooley made 31 saves on Saturday
 
Denver Lately
-Denver has sole possession of third place in the NCHC standings and sits four points behind Minnesota Duluth
-The Pioneers are unbeaten in five of their last six games, going 4-1-1 in that stretch
-Liam Finlay and Ian Mitchell each have five points (1-4-5) in their last five games, while Jarid Lukosevicius has four points (3-1-4)
 
Extending the Streak
-Denver is one win shy of its 18th consecutive 20-win season. The last time the Pioneers missed the 20-game threshold was 2000-01 when the team finished 19-15-4 under George Gwozdecky
-The Pioneers' streak of 17-straight 20-win seasons is the longest active streak in the NCAA. Boston College holds the next longest active streak (9). The NCAA record for consecutive 20-win seasons is held by Michigan, which had 25 from 1987-2012
- Denver has the second-most wins in the NCAA since the beginning of their streak with a 444-214-76 record, trailing only North Dakota (449-232-72)
 
Denver vs. Colorado College
-Denver will close the Battle for the Gold Pan and the regular season with a home-and-home series against Colorado College
-The Pioneers have won four-consecutive Gold Pans, matching the record set by Colorado College from 1999-2002. The Pioneers lead the all-time series in the Battle for the Gold Pan, 13-12, and are 179-118-20 all-time against Colorado College
-Denver is 1-0-1 against Colorado College this season and will secure the Gold Pan with a win or a tie in either of the remaining games in the season series
 
NCAA Leaders
-Devin Cooley has a .932 SV%, 3^rd in the NCAA, and a 1.94 GAA, 8^th in the NCAA
-Jarid Lukosevicius is T-1^st in the NCAA with six game-winning goals
-Denver's freshmen class is 4th in NCAA scoring with 95 points (32-63-95)
-Emilio Pettersen is T-6th among NCAA freshman with 26 points
-Cole Guttman is T-8th among NCAA freshmen with 11 goals
-Slava Demin is 5th among NCAA freshmen with a +19 plus/minus rating
 
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