After a 1-1 tie on Friday, the No. 4 Denver Pioneers hockey team (15-4-4, 5-3-2-2) looks to continue its eight-game unbeaten streak against Omaha on Saturday at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb. Puck drop is set for 6:07 p.m. MT.

DENVER: LAST GAME
DU 1, OMAHA 1 (Jan. 17, 2020 | Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb.)
• Brett Edwards scored in the fifth round of the NCHC shootout to give Denver the extra point in the conference standings
• The Pioneers were outshot 30-28, despite outshooting the Mavericks 13-4 in the first period. The game marked only the third time this season Denver was outshot
• Tyler Ward scored the Pioneers' lone goal, while Magnus Chrona made 29 saves
• Denver went 0/3 on the power play and 4/4 on the penalty kill
 
DENVER: SNAPSHOT
• The Pioneers are on an eight-game unbeaten streak, outscoring opponents 26-13 in that stretch while going 7/24 (29.2%) on the power play and 23/26 (88.5%) on the penalty kill. Prior to the streak, Denver was 1-4-3 in eight games. The Pioneers started the year on an eight-game winning streak from Oct. 5 - Nov. 2
• Denver ranks 3rd in the NCAA in shots on goal per game (35.17). The Pioneers have outshot their opponent in 19 of their 23 games this season and are 14-3-2 in those games. Denver has outshot its opponent in 10 of its last 12 games and has outshot its opponent by double digits on eight occasions
• The Pioneers' penalty kill is 6th in the NCAA, going 78/87 (89.7%). Denver has scored four shorthanded goals, T-5th in the NCAA
 
DENVER: UP NEXT
Jan. 24-25 at Miami (Goggin Ice Center - Oxford, Ohio)  
• The Pioneers are 15-12-3 all-time against Miami, going 1-1-0 last season. Denver did not make the trip to Oxford, Ohio last season
• Denver is 3-1-1 in its last five meetings with Miami and 5-2-3 in its last 10
 
OMAHA: SNAPSHOT
• The Mavericks have gone 1-2-2 in their last five games with a highlight 6-3 victory on the road against No. 1 North Dakota on Jan. 10
• Taylor Ward leads Omaha with 19 points (12-7-19) in 23 games. He had two goals and one assist last weekend and has scored at least one point in five of his last seven games
• The Mavericks and Pioneers are tied for having the 12th-highest scoring offense in the NCAA, each averaging 3.30 goals per game
• Omaha has only one win in its last seven home games with a 1-4-2 mark
 
OMAHA: UP NEXT
Jan. 24-25 at Colorado College (Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo.)
• The Mavericks are 15-9-5 all-time against the Tigers, going 0-1-1 last season, 1-2-2 in the last five games and 5-3-2 in the last 10 games
 
HOBEY HOPEFULS
• Ian Mitchell and Emilio Pettersen were among +75 nominees for the 2020 Hobey Baker Award
• First-round voting can be conducted on hobeybaker.com/vote. First-round voting closes on March 9, 2020
• Denver has had two Hobey Baker winners: Matt Carle ('06) and Will Butcher ('17)
 
DENVER VS. OMAHA
• The Pioneers are 30-9-4 all-time against the Mavericks, going 3-0-1 last season and having not lost a game to Omaha in 17 meetings (15-0-2). Denver's last loss to the Mavericks was on Jan. 10, 2015 at Baxter Arena
• Ian Mitchell leads Denver with eight points (2-6-8) in seven games vs. Omaha
• Omaha forward Kevin Conley transferred from Denver after the 2016-17 season
• Ten Pioneers were junior hockey teammates with at least one member of the Mavericks across the USHL, NAHL and BCHL
 
HOT STREAKS
• Brett Stapley is on a four-game point streak with one goal and six assists
• Cole Guttman has six goals and three assists in his last eight games
• Bobby Brink has two goals and four assists in his last six games
• Ian Mitchell has one goal and five assists in his last five games
• Tyler Ward has three goals and one assist in his last two games
 
MITCHELL NAMED NCHC DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK
• Ian Mitchell was named NCHC Defenseman of the Week on Jan. 13 after recording one goal and three assists in Denver's sweep of St. Cloud State on Jan. 10-11
 
STAT LEADERS
• Cole Guttman is T-1st in the NCAA with five game-winning goals
• Ian Mitchell is T-12th among NCAA defensemen with 18 points (4-14-18)
• Magnus Chrona is 12-4-3 with a 2.19 GAA, 3rd among NCAA freshmen, .920 SV%, 3rd among NCAA freshmen and two shutouts, 2nd among NCAA freshmen
• Bobby Brink has eight goals, T-5th among NCAA freshmen, and 61 shots, 6th among NCAA freshmen
 
SCORING STATS
• Denver is 12-0-2 when leading and 2-0-1 when tied after the second period
• The Pioneers have a +28 overall goal margin, 10th in the NCAA, as well as a +33 margin in the second and third periods, 2nd in the NCAA
 
GUTT CHECK
• Cole Guttman has six goals and three assists in his last eight games. Prior to his streak, the Tampa Bay Lightning prospect had three goals and three assists through 14 games
• This season, Denver is 9-0-2 when Guttman scores a point and 7-0-2 when he scores a goal
 
SUPER SOPHOMORES
• Denver's sophomore class ranks 2nd in the NCAA in scoring with 90 points (32-58-90) and accounts for 42% of the Pioneers' point production
 
MITCHELL'S POINT
• Since last season, Denver is 24-2-4 when Ian Mitchell scores a point and 15-14-5 when he does not
• This season, the Pioneers are 12-0-0 when Ian Mitchell scores a point and 3-4-4 when he does not
 
EXTENDING THE STREAK
• On March 15, 2019, the Pioneers became only the third team in NCAA history to compile 18-consecutive 20-win seasons. The last time Denver missed the 20-game mark was 2000-01 when the team went 19-15-4
• The Pioneers' streak of 18 straight 20-win seasons is the longest active streak in the NCAA. The NCAA record for consecutive 20-win seasons is held by Michigan, which had 25 from 1987-2012
 
HOME COOKIN'
• Denver is 35-10-8 at home since the 2017-18 season, posting a .660 winning percentage and taking points from 81% of its games
 
GWOZDECKY INDUCTED TO DENVER ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
• Former head coach George Gwozdecky was named among 12 inductees for the 2020 Denver Athletic Hall of Fame class to be honored on campus May 16, 2020
• Gwozdecky posted a 443-267-64 record with the Pioneers from 1994-2013, winning back-to-back National Championships in 2004 & 2005, three WCHA regular-season titles, four WCHA playoff titles and posting 16 20-win seasons. He received the Spencer Penrose Award as National Coach of the Year in 2005
 
MITCHELL & WIERCIOCH WIN SPENGLER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
• Ian Mitchell and alum Patrick Wiercioch won Canada's 16th Spengler Cup Championship on Dec. 31. Mitchell finished the tournament with one goal and two assists in four games as the youngest player on the roster
 
NON-CONFERENCE STREAK
• Prior to Dec. 6 at Arizona State, the Pioneers were undefeated in 19 straight non-conference games with a 17-0-2 mark in that stretch
• Denver is 24-3-5 against non-conference opponents since the 2017-18 season
 
70TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
• The Pioneers are playing in their 70th Anniversary Season. Since its inaugural season in 1949, Denver has made 30 appearances in the NCAA tournament, 17 appearances in the Frozen Four and won eight National Championships, tied for the second-most titles among any college hockey program
 
UP NEXT: Denver Hockey presented by Centura Health closes its weekend series with Omaha on Saturday, Jan. 18
 
2020 DENVER ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME RECEPTION: Denver announced its 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame class in January. The inductees will be honored on the DU campus May 16. For more information, registration for the reception and donation information, click here. 

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