Who: No. 9 Denver (2-3-0, 2-3-0-0) vs. No. 3 Minnesota Duluth (4-0-1, 4-0-1-1)
What: Game 6
Where: Omaha, Neb. (Baxter, Arena)
When: 11:05 AM MT
Game Coverage
TV: Altitude TV/NCHC.TV
Radio: ESPN Denver 1600
Last Time Out
Tied 1-1 at the first intermission, the Pioneers scored twice in 15 seconds less than two minutes into the second period to establish a lead they'd build upon later in the game.
Cole Guttman,
Ryan Barrow,
Mike Benning and
Carter Savoie had multi-point games. Denver outshot Miami 37-23 and won the faceoff battle 37-21.
Series History
Denver leads the all-time series 126-84-13, but the Pioneers have won just one of the last nine meetings. Denver is 4-3-0 in neutral site match-ups, including wins in the 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal (3-1) and the 2017 NCAA Championship game (3-2)
Last Meeting
The Pioneers allowed back-to-back power-play goals in the third period to squander a one-goal lead and fall to No. 3 Minnesota Duluth 2-1 in their season opener on Dec. 2. Savoie scored Denver's lone goal – a deflection on
Bo Hanson's shot at 4:00 of the second period.
What's Next
The Pioneers will have two days off before opening their regular season series against Western Michigan on Dec. 15. Puck drop is set for 2:35 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast on Altitude, NCHC.TV and ESPN Denver 1600.
Snap Shots
- Carter Savoie | 5-Game Point/Goal Streak (6-2-8)
- Brett Stapley | 3-Game Point Streak (2-2-4)
- Cole Guttman | 3-Game Point Streak (1-3-4)
- Savoie is the first DU freshman to score in the first five games of his college career and the first Pioneer since Jon Foster in 2004-05 to score in the first five games of any season. Savoie is T-1st in the NCAA in goals (6) and leads the NCAA in goals per game (1.20) and power-play goals (4)
- The Pioneers have scored twice on the power play in three of their last four games. Savoie, Benning and Kohen Olischefski have been on the ice for five of the six goals. Bobby Brink has been on the ice for four of the goals, while McKade Webster and Cole Guttman have been on the ice for three each
- Denver has led in every game this season. In their 0-3-0 start to the year, the Pioneers led Minnesota Duluth 1-0 until 13:04 of the third period, North Dakota 2-1 until 13:03 of the third period and St. Cloud State 2-1 until 4:23 of the second period
- Brink (U.S.) has joined the U.S. camp in Plymouth, Mich. for the IIHF World Junior Championship to be played in Red Deer, Alberta from Dec. 25 - Jan. 5. The U.S.' 29-player preliminary roster was announced on Nov. 27. The final 25-player U.S. roster will be announced on Dec. 13 prior to the U.S. team departing for Edmonton
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- Official tailgate package delivered to your home
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