The No. 6 Denver Pioneers hockey team (17-6-5, 7-5-4-3) returns from a bye week for a top-10 matchup against No. 1 North Dakota on Friday, Jan. 14 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. Puck drop is set for 6:37 p.m. MT. 
 
DENVER: LAST SERIES
Minnesota Duluth 3, DU 2 | Minnesota Duluth 4, DU 1
• Friday: The Bulldogs went 3/6 on the power play to take a 3-2 lead by the second intermission. Denver pushed in the third period to outshoot Minnesota Duluth 17-4, but couldn't score to continue its 11-game unbeaten streak
• Saturday: Minnesota Duluth went 6/7 on the penalty kill and scored three goals in the third period to solidify its victory
• Denver went 2/11 on the power play and 6/10 on the penalty kill...Bobby Brink and Cole Guttman had two points each...
 
DENVER: SNAPSHOT
• The Pioneers' 11-game unbeaten streak was snapped on Jan. 31 vs. Minnesota Duluth. Prior to the Bulldogs series, Denver had not lost consecutive games since November and had not been swept at home since 2015
• Denver allows the 7th fewest goals per game in the NCAA (2.18) and have the 10th-highest goal margin in the NCAA (+28)
• Denver's penalty kill ranks 8th in the NCAA at 86.4% (89/103). The Pioneers went 60% (6/10) on the penalty kill on Jan. 31-Feb.1 vs. Minnesota Duluth
• Emilio Pettersen leads the Pioneers with 25 points (8-17-25). In net, Magnus Chrona has played 21 of 28 games with a 13-5-3 record, .918 SV% and 2.23 GAA. Chrona and Devin Cooley have split starts for Denver since Jan. 17-18 at Omaha
 
DENVER: UP NEXT
Feb. 21-22 vs. Miami (Denver, Colo.)
• Denver is 17-12-3 all-time against Miami and 7-5-3 against the RedHawks on home ice
• The Pioneers swept the RedHawks (5-2 W, 3-2 W) on Jan. 24-25 in Oxford, Ohio earlier this season
 
NORTH DAKOTA: SNAPSHOT
• North Dakota has won four of its last five games and took a three-game winning streak into its bye week last weekend
• Jordan Kawaguchi leads the Fighting Hawks and is 2nd in NCAA scoring with 41 points (15-26-41) through 27 games
• Offensively, North Dakota leads the NCAA with 4.19 goals per game and ranks 2nd in the NCAA with a +2.15 goal margin per game
• Defensively, the Fighting Hawks allow the 6th-fewest goals per game in the NCAA (2.04) and their penalty kill ranks 5^th in the nation, going 84/96 (87/5%)
 
NORTH DAKOTA: UP NEXT
Feb. 21-22 at St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, Minn.)
• North Dakota is 15-13-3 all-time against St. Cloud State and 6-5-1 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
• The Fighting Hawks swept the Huskies (4-2 W, 2-1 W) on Nov. 22-23 in Grand Forks, N.D. earlier this season
 
BRINK NAMED NCHC ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
• Bobby Brink was named NCHC Rookie of the Month for January after leading conference rookies with nine points and six assists
• Brink tallied three goals, six assists and nine points in eight games. The Philadelphia Flyers prospect also led NCHC rookies with five power-play points, 21 shots and a +5 rating
• Brink scored at least one point in seven of his eight games in January, recording multi-point games against St. Cloud State (Jan. 11) and Omaha (Jan. 18)
 
DENVER VS. NORTH DAKOTA
• Denver is 128-147-16 all-time against North Dakota with a 44-86-10 road record
• The Pioneers went 0-1-1 vs. the Fighting Hawks earlier this season on Nov. 15-16, 2019 (1-1 T, 4-1 L). Denver is 2-1-2 in its last five games vs. North Dakota and 4-2-4 in its last 10
• Ryan Barrow leads Pioneer skaters against the Fighting Hawks with five points in 10 games
 
HOT STREAKS & MILESTONE WATCH
• Bobby Brink is on a five-game point streak with two goals and four assists
• Liam Finlay has played 148 career games and is on pace to play his 150th career game on Feb. 15 at North Dakota
• Ryan Barrow has played 95 career games and is on pace to play his 100th career game on Feb. 28 at St. Cloud State
 
STAT LEADERS
• Cole Guttman is T-1st in the NCAA with five game-winning goals
• Ian Mitchell is T-14th among NCAA defensemen with 22 points (6-16-22)
• Magnus Chrona has a 2.23 GAA, 3rd among NCAA freshmen, a .918 SV%, 4th among NCAA freshmen, and two shutouts, 2nd among NCAA freshmen. He is 13-5-3 this season with the 3rd-most wins among NCAA freshmen
• Bobby Brink has 23 points (10-13-23), T-6th among NCAA freshmen, 10 goals, T-7th among NCAA freshmen, and 75 shots, T-4th among NCAA freshmen. He is on a five-game point streak with two goals and four assists
 
HOBEY HOPEFULS
• Ian Mitchell and Emilio Pettersen are 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 in its history: Matt Carle ('06) and Will Butcher ('17)
 
SCORING STATS
• Denver is 13-0-2 when leading and 3-0-1 when tied after the second period
• The Pioneers have a +28 overall goal margin, 10th in the NCAA, as well as a +36 margin in the second and third periods, 2nd in the NCAA
 
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER
• The Pioneers are 17-0-1 when scoring three or more goals and 0-6-4 when scoring fewer than three goals
• Prior to Jan. 17-18, Denver had scored three or more goals in each of its last six games
 
SUPER SOPHOMORES
• Denver's sophomore class ranks 2nd in NCAA scoring with 103 points (35-68-103) and accounts for 42% of the Pioneers' point production
• Sophomores Emilio Pettersen (CGY), Brett Stapley (MTL) and Cole Guttman (TBL) are among the Pioneers' top five scorers
 
MITCHELL'S POINT
• Since last season, Denver is 25-3-5 when Ian Mitchell scores a point and 16-15-5 when he does not
• This season, the Pioneers are 13-1-1 when Ian Mitchell scores a point and 4-5-4 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 35-12-8 at home since the 2017-18 season, posting a .636 winning percentage and taking points from 78% 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

UP NEXT: Denver Hockey presented by Centura Health travels to North Dakota for a series on Feb. 14-15
 
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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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