No. 2 Pioneers Win 4-3 at No. 3 Boston College

Saturday, October 21

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

5 p.m. MT

University of Denver

3-1-0

Boston College

3-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Denver	0	1	3	4
Boston College	1	1	1	3

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By: Ron Knabenbauer

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 2 Denver Pioneers hockey team used two power-play goals in the third period to come back and defeat the No. 3 Boston College Eagles 4-3 on Saturday night at Kelley Rink at Conte Forum.

Juniors Tristan Broz and Carter King both tallied while DU had man advantages in the last 10 minutes of the final frame, with King recording the game-winning goal with 2:02 remaining.

Senior Connor Caponi and junior Massimo Rizzo also scored for the Pioneers, who responded after falling 4-3 on Friday night at No. 10 Providence College. Junior Jack Devine contributed a pair of assists in the contest to stretch his season-opening point streak to four games, with him recording multiple points in each outing.

Denver goaltender Matt Davis made 24 saves in the victory, including stopping 10 shots in the third period.

One night after going 1-for-9 on the power play in Rhode Island, DU responded with two timely markers in man-up situations in the third period. Broz scored a go-ahead marker on a one-time shot off a pass from Zeev Buium at 10:19, and King knocked in the winning tally in a scramble in front of the net while BC's Cutter Gauthier was serving a roughing penalty.

The Eagles led 1-0 after the first period and 2-1 after the second period, but they were outscored 3-1 in the final stanza despite Will Smith tallying his second goal of the game to knot the outing at 3-3.

Rizzo tied the game at 1-1 for Denver 6:12 into the second frame as he flicked the puck into the net after his initial attempt was denied, and Caponi evened the score at 2-2 by swatting at the puck in the crease following a centering pass by Rieger Lorenz from below the goal line.

BC netminder Jacob Fowler made 24 saves on 28 shots faced in the loss.

UP NEXT: Denver now heads home for its first games at Magness Arena this season. DU opens a three-game homestand next weekend, Oct. 27-28, against NCAA-newcomer Augustana in the home opener before taking on in-state foe Air Force the next night to wrap up Homecoming Weekend. The Pioneers host rival Colorado College to begin the Gold Pan series on Nov. 3

POSTGAME NOTES

The Pioneers were playing in their first top-three matchup since facing both No. 2 Michigan and No. 1 Minnesota State in the 2022 Frozen Four in Boston. Denver's last regular season games that featured such a matchup was Feb. 23-24, 2018 when No. 3 DU played at No. 1 St. Cloud State (DU went 0-1-1).
The Pioneers were held scoreless in the first period, the first frame it hadn't tallied in this season, ending a run of nine straight stanzas.
Denver is now 4-1-0 in the last five games against Boston College and improved to 20-16-0 overall and 6-5-0 on the road.
DU picked up its first win in Chestnut Hill since winning 6-1 on Oct. 28, 2017.
Massimo Rizzo scored for the second-straight game and extended his season-opening point streak to four games (2g/8a).
Jack Devine had two assists to stretch his point streak to four games (5g/5a), tying a career long (Jan. 7-20, 2023 & Feb. 17-25, 2023). He has recorded multiple points in all four games.
Cale Ashcroft picked up his first career point with an assist on Massimo Rizzo's goal.
Denver has scored a power-play goal in all four games this season.

GOAL SUMMARY
1st Period
15:58 BC (0-1) – Will Smith went five-hole on a shot from the right circle.

2nd Period
6:12 DU (1-1) – Massimo Rizzo's initial shot on a rush was stopped by a defender, but he knocked in the loose puck on the ensuing carom past the BC netminder.
12:51 BC (1-2) – Oskar Jellvik talked on a wrist shot from the left circle.

3rd Period
4:33 DU (2-2) – Connor Caponi knocked in a loose puck in the crease after a centering pass from Rieger Lorenz.
10:19 DU (3-2) – PPG, Tristan Broz fired a one-time shot short-side and top shelf off a pass from Zeev Buium.
13:21 BC (3-3) – PPG, Will Smith's shot deflected off a DU player, and the puck floated into the net.
17:58 DU (4-3) – PPG, Carter King whacked in a loose puck during a scramble in front of the net.

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