DENVER - After gaining ground in the NCHC standings with a pair of conference overtime/shootout wins at Omaha last weekend, the No. 5 Denver Pioneers hockey team (15-4-5, 5-3-4-3) is one point behind Minnesota Duluth for second in the NCHC standings with 12 games left in the regular season. Denver will travel to Miami this weekend for its second straight road series. 

Last Weekend
Denver 1, Omaha 1
Denver 2, Omaha 2
 
Upcoming Schedule
Denver at Miami – Jan. 24-25
Denver vs. No. 11 Minnesota Duluth – Jan. 31 – Feb. 1
Denver at No. 2 North Dakota – Feb. 14-15
 
Pioneers in the Polls
-Denver is ranked 5^th in the USHCO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls
-The Pioneers are T-4^th in the PairWise rankings
 
Denver: Snapshot
-The Pioneers are on a nine-game unbeaten streak (6-0-3), tied for their longest unbeaten stretch of the season. Denver opened the season on a nine-game unbeaten streak (8-0-1) from Oct. 5 – Nov. 8. Ten games would mark Denver's longest unbeaten streak in a single season since its 13-game winning streak from Jan. 21 – March 11, 2017
-Denver allows the 8^th fewest goals per game in the NCAA (2.08)
-The Pioneers' penalty kill is 6^th in the NCAA, going 80/90 (88.9%). Denver has scored four shorthanded goals, T- 5^th in the NCAA
-Denver ranks 3^rd in the NCAA in shots on goal per game (35.67). The Pioneers have outshot their opponent in 20 of their 24 games this season and are 14-3-3 in those games. Denver has outshot its opponent in 11 of its last 13 games and has outshot its opponent by double digits on nine occasions
 
Super Sophomores
-Denver's freshman class ranks 2^nd in NCAA scoring with 93 points (33-60-93) and accounts for 43% of the team's point production
-Sophomores Emilio Pettersen, Brett Stapley and Cole Guttman are among the Pioneers' top six scorers
 
National Stat Leaders
-Cole Guttman is T-1^st in the NCAA with five game-winning goals
-Ian Mitchell is T-10^th among NCAA defensemen with 19 points (4-15-19)
-Magnus Chrona has a 2.19 GAA, 2^nd among NCAA freshmen, a .920 SV%, 3^rd among NCAA freshmen, and two shutouts, 2^nd among NCAA freshmen. He is 12-4-3 this season with the 2^nd-most wins among NCAA freshmen
-Bobby Brink has nine goals, T-4^th among NCAA freshmen, 65 shots, T-4^th among NCAA freshmen, and 19 points (9-10-19), T-8^th among NCAA freshmen
 
Three is the Magic Number
-The Pioneers are 15-0-1 when scoring three or more goals and 0-4-4 when scoring fewer than three goals
-Prior to last weekend, Denver had scored three or more goals in each of its last six games
 
Hot Streaks
-Brett Stapley is on a five-game point streak with one goal and seven assists
-Bobby Brink has three goals and five assists in his last seven games
-Ian Mitchell has one goal and six assists in his last six games
 
Denver vs. Miami
-The Pioneers are 15-12-3 all-time against the RedHawks, going 1-1-0 last season
-Denver is 3-1-1 in its last five meetings with Miami and 5-2-3 in its last 10 meetings
 
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
-In 2008, Gwozdecky honored head coach David Carle's scholarship to DU when Carle was deemed unable to play for medical reasons. Carle joined the Pioneers staff as a student assistant coach before graduating in 2012 and returning to Denver as a full-time assistant under Jim Montgomery in 2014
 
Scoring Stats
-Denver is 12-0-2 when leading after the second period
-The Pioneers have a +28 overall goal margin, 10^th in the NCAA, as well as a +35 margin in the second and third periods, 2^nd in the NCAA
 
Mitchell's Point
-Since last season, Denver is 24-2-5 when Ian Mitchell scores a point and 15-14-5 when he does not
-This season, the Pioneers are 12-0-1 when Ian Mitchell scores a point and 3-4-4 when he does not
 
Home Cookin'
- Denver is 35-10-8 at home since the 2017-18 season, posting a .660 winning percentage and taking points from 84% of its games
 
70^th 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 travels to Miami for a two-game series on Jan. 24-25
 
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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