DENVER – The No. 1 Denver Pioneers hockey team returns home this weekend to host the Arizona State Sun Devils at Magness Arena for the first time as conference opponents in the NCHC.
 
DU will also be celebrating Military Appreciation Weekend, with Friday's start time set for at 7 p.m. MT and Saturday's game beginning at 6 p.m. MT. Both contests with be broadcast on NCHC.tv, with Saturday's game also televised regionally on Altitude 2. Limited tickets are available.
 
ASU is in its first season as the ninth and newest member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, but the Sun Devils and Pioneers are no strangers to one another. This will be the fourth consecutive season that Denver and Arizona State have faced off against one another and the programs have played in six series since the 2016-17 campaign.
 
The Pioneers own a 9-2-1 all-time record against the Sun Devils and is 7-1-0 in the past eight matchups. The teams met last year in Tempe on Nov. 10-11, 2023, with ASU winning 6-5 in overtime on Friday before DU rallied from a three-goal deficit en route to an 8-4 victory on Saturday night.
 
The squads will be meeting in the Mile High City for the first time since Dec. 2-3, 2022 when the Pios won 3-2 and 5-2. DU has a perfect 6-0-0 record all-time against ASU on home ice.
 
Denver is off to its best start to a season in program history as it has won each of its first 12 games to begin the new campaign. The Pioneers began conference play last weekend at then-No. 9 North Dakota, winning 5-2 on Friday before erasing two, one-goal deficits in a 3-2 victory on Saturday.
 
The Sun Devils have a 4-7-1 overall record this season and are 1-3-0 in conference play. After being swept at Colorado College on Nov. 8-9, ASU split its home set at Omaha last weekend and is coming off its first-ever NCHC victory with a 3-2 defeat of the Mavericks on Saturday.
 
DU will be ASU's fourth-ranked opponent this season as it has already faced No. 10 Michigan, No. 14 Providence and No. 8 CC, going 0-5-1 in those outings. The Sun Devils will be making their third trip to Colorado in the first eight weeks of the campaign, as they began the year with a series split at the Air Force Academy on Oct. 4-5.
 
The Pioneers are in the middle of a stretch where they are playing ranked opponents in four of their next five series through the start of the New Year. Arizona State is the only squad in that group that isn't ranked, but the team from the desert is receiving votes in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey/The Rink Live National Polls.
 
In addition to its season-opening, 12-game winning streak, Denver has won 21 straight contests dating back to March 9 at Colorado College. The Pioneers' overall win streak is one shy of tying the longest in program history, as the 1967-68 squad won each of its final 22 games en route to the program's fourth championship that season (Jan. 5-March 16, 1968).
 
 
LAST TIME OUT: The No. 1 Pioneers won both games in their NCHC opener in Grand Forks by defeating the No. 9-ranked Fighting Hawks 5-2 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday.  Zeev Buium scored three goals on Friday for the first hat trick by a Denver defenseman in nearly 20 years, while Aidan Thompson and Sam Harris both produced a goal and an assist.
 
DU rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits on Saturday, with Thompson tallying the game-tying marker and Boston Buckberger scoring his first career game-winning goal in the second period to give the Pioneers with weekend sweep in North Dakota.  Goaltender Matt Davis made 22 saves on Friday and stopped 21 shots on Saturday to help DU extend its undefeated start to the season.
 
HISTORIC WIN STREAK: The Pioneers have won 21 consecutive games dating back to last season on March 9 against Colorado College, the longest win streak across multiple seasons in program history. The previous DU record was 19 straight victories that the program accomplished twice before: Feb. 13-Dec. 13, 1960 and Jan. 13-Dec. 2, 1961.
 
Overall, DU's current 21-game stretch is one game shy of tying the longest overall winning streak in school history as the Pioneers won 22 contests in a row from Jan. 5-March 16, 1968 en route to the team's fourth national championship.
 
Denver went 9-1-0 in its last 10 games of 2023-24 and is 27-2-1 in the 30 contests since the start of February 2024. 
 
RECORD START: DU has won its first 12 games of a season for the first time in school history; the previous record was victories in its first nine contests that was set by the 2001-02 squad (counting exhibition outings, DU actually won 11 consecutive games that year). 
 
The Pioneers' 12 wins to start the season are the most by a defending national champion since 2000. In fact, it's more than double of the previous best start by a reigning champ as North Dakota in 2016-17 and Union in 2014-15 both won their first five contests before suffering their first losses.
 
ZEEV WITH THE TRICK & DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK HONORS: Sophomore defenseman Zeev Buium recorded his first career hat trick on Friday at North Dakota to become the first Pioneer blueliner to score three goals in a game in nearly 20 years.  Ryan Caldwell was the last Denver D-man to tally three times when he accomplished the feat on Feb. 14, 2004 vs. Minnesota State, and Buium is the first DU rear guard to register a hat trick on the road since Ian DeCorby at St. Cloud State on Dec. 29, 1990.
 
Buium's three markers were his first of the season and the first such performance by a Pioneer since Jack Devine tallied four times on March 10, 2023 vs. Miami.  It was just the third hat trick by a D-man in NCHC history, as Western Michigan's Ronnie Attard had the previous two: Oct. 19, 2021 at Colgate and Feb. 4, 2022 at Colorado College.
 
The NCHC named Buium the Defenseman of the Week—his first honor of the season and the fifth such weekly award of his career after picking up three D-man accolades and one Rookie honor as a freshman in 2023-24.
 
Overall, it was Buium's second career multi-goal game, joining his two-goal performance that included the overtime-winner in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals on March 22, 2024 vs. St. Cloud State at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.  His hat trick performance also marked his seventh career three-point game and second of the season (three assists on Oct. 5, 2024 at Alaska Anchorage).
 
The San Diego, California, native is tied with teammate Eric Pohlkamp and Maine's Brandon Holt for the most points by a defensemen in the NCAA this season with 13.  Buium's 10 assists are tied for the second-most among D-men in the country.
 
HAT TRICKS BY A DEFENSEMAN IN DU HOCKEY HISTORY
3, Zeev Buium at North Dakota (Nov. 15, 2024)
3, Ryan Caldwell vs. Minnesota State (Feb. 14, 2004)
3, Ian DeCorby at St. Cloud State (Dec. 29, 1990)
3, Ken MacArthur vs. North Dakota (Feb. 9, 1988)
3, Craig Redmond vs. Western Michigan (Nov. 27, 1983)
3, Dave Tomassoni vs. Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 3, 1975)
3, Ross Woodley vs. Michigan (Jan. 14, 1972)
3, Doug Kowel vs. Michigan State (Jan. 7, 1965)
3, Wayne Smith vs. Brigham Young (Dec. 8, 1964)
3, Grant Munro vs. Colorado College (March 4, 1961)
3, Marty Howe vs. Colorado College (Feb. 4, 1961)
3, Eddie Miller vs. Alberta (Feb. 27, 1953)
 
THOMPSON MAKING HIS POINT: Junior Aidan Thompson has registered at least a point in each of the 12 games this season, a career-long point streak that includes nine goals and 11 assists.  The forward's run is the longest season-opening point streak in the last 10 years (since 2015-16), surpassing the previous long of Henrik Borgstrom's 11-game run to begin the 2017-18 campaign (did not play in the second game of the year on Oct. 14, 2017 at Notre Dame).
 
During this stretch, Thompson also posted a personal-best seven-game assist streak from Oct. 18-Nov. 8.  The Fort Collins, Colorado, native set a career high for assists/points in a game on Oct. 19 vs. Northeastern with four helpers—the second four-assist game of the year by a Pioneer as Devine also accomplished the feat in the season opener on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage.
 
Thompson ranks second in the country behind in both goals (nine) and points (20), trailing only teammates Sam Harris is tallies (10) and Jack Devine in overall scoring (21).
 
DAVIS CONSISTENT IN GOAL: Goaltender Matt Davis is currently riding a personal 20-game winning streak dating back to March 9 of last season vs. Colorado College.  He has posted several long shutouts streaks during that time, including recently setting a new career best of 154:45 that began in the first period on Oct. 26 against Wisconsin and went until the third period on Nov. 9 vs. Lindenwood.  It was his third career shutout streak of at least 120 minutes, going along with his other two previous personal bests of 136:53 from April 11-Oct. 4, 2024 and 127:19 from March 9-16, 2024.

His 11 wins in a row this year marks the longest in-season streak by a Denver goaltender since Tanner Jaillet also won 11 straight contests from Jan. 21-March 10, 2017.  He also leads all NCAA goalies in wins while ranking fourth in the nation with a 1.46 goals-against average and his .939 save percentage is ninth-best in the country.
 
The Calgary, Alberta, native started 33 consecutive games from Jan. 5 vs. Niagara to Nov. 1 at Yale before he was finally given the night off.  He posted a 27-4-2 record, 2.02 goals-against average, .927 save percentage and three shutouts during the streak that stretched across two seasons.
 
SAMMY SCORING: Sophomore Sam Harris leads the nation in goals with 11 markers this year and tallied the game-winner in three straight contests: Nov. 8-9 vs. Lindenwood and Nov. 15 at North Dakota—the first time that a Pioneer has notched the winning tally in three consecutive outings in the last four years (since 2021-22).
 
The San Diego, California, native recorded his second multi-goal game of the year on Nov. 9 vs. Lindenwood (Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage), with both tallies coming in a matter of 5:49 to break a 1-1 take and mark the fastest two goals scored by a single Pioneer player this season.
 
Harris is on a career-best nine-game point streak (8g/6a) and has registered points in 10 of the 11 contests he's played this season.
 
NOTABLES

• Denver leads the nation in both goals for (4.8) and goals against (1.4) per game.
• DU ranks in the top 10 in the NCAA in power play (34.6%, 3rd), penalty kill (93.9, 6th), shooting percentage (.142, 2nd), save percentage (.938, 4th), shots/game (33.4, 9th) and shots against/game (23.0, T-2nd).
• Denver picked up its first two-game sweep in Grand Forks since Nov. 11-12, 2022 and is now 7-3-0 in the last 10 meetings versus UND.
• The Pioneers picked up their fourth comeback victory of the season after trailing by scores of 1-0 and 2-1 on Saturday.
• Boston Buckberger scored his first career game-winning goal on Saturday.
• DU's three goals scored on Saturday were its fewest of the season, but the team continued its run of allowing two or fewer goals against in each of the 12 games this year.
• The Pioneers' 18 blocked shots on Saturday were a season high and the most in a game since they blocked 21 shots on April 13, 2024 vs. Boston College in the NCAA Championship Game.
• Tory Pitner recorded his first collegiate point with an assist on Saturday.
• DU had killed off 14 straight penalties before Sacha Boisvert scored on the power play with 5:48 left in the first period on Saturday night.
• DU fired 18 shots on goal in Friday's first period, the second-most in a stanza this season behind only the 19 it had in the opening frame on Oct. 6 at Alaska Anchorage.

DIVINE DEVINE: Senior Jack Devine leads the nation in scoring with 21 points and also paces all players in the NCAA with 19 assists.  He recorded assists in each of each of the first eight contests of the season (1g/15a) for the longest assist and point streak of his career.
 
The Glencoe, Illinois, native has registered multiple points in six games, including in three consecutive outings from Oct. 19-26.  Devine opened the season with a personal-best four assists on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage (all on the power play) and recorded three points on Oct. 26 vs. Wisconsin (1g/2a) and Nov. 14 at North Dakota (0g/3a)—he owns 12 career three-point games in his college tenure.
 
Devine was named both the NCHC and National Player of the Month for October after leading all players with 14 points (1g/3a) in six games.  It was his first career monthly honors.
 
POHLKAMP SHOWING OFF SHOT: Sophomore Eric Pohlkamp leads all DU defensemen with four goals, 13 points (tied) and 44 shots, with the latter ranking second overall on the team behind forward Aidan Thompson (58).  The Baxter, Minnesota, native's four markers rank tied for third among all NCAA rear guards and is tied for the national lead in scoring with 13 points with teammate Zeev Buium.
 
Pohlkamp went on a career-long nine-game point streak (4g/9a) from Oct. 6-Nov. 9 and had a personal-best five-game assist stretch from Oct. 26-Nov. 9.
 
He recorded a career-high three assists on Nov. 8 vs. Lindenwood, his third three-point game of his career and his second in a three-game span after totaling two goals and an assist on Nov. 1 at Yale—his first multi-point contest as a Pioneer after joining the program as a transfer in the offseason
 
CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE PIONEERS: Denver is commemorating 75 years of Pioneer hockey throughout 2024-25 to recognize its diamond jubilee as a program.  DU hosted its 75th Anniversary reunion on Nov. 8-9 when Lindenwood visited Magness Arena.  Among the activities were pre and post-game receptions for alums, alumni games and family skates and an on-ice recognition of approximately 150 former players in attendance during Saturday's first intermission, with each of the team's NCAA-record 10 championship trophies being presented as well.
 
The 2024-25 season is actually the 76th in DU hockey history, but the team's 75th anniversary of its first game is in December.  The Pioneers' first-ever contests were at home on Dec. 19-20, 1949 against Saskatchewan, with the squad losing 17-0 and 9-1 in the series.  Denver's first win was Jan. 27, 1950 at Wyoming, and the program's first home victory came against that same Wyoming squad on Feb. 18, 1950 (10-6) at the old DU Arena.
 
NATIONAL LEADERBOARD

• Jack Devine leads the country in assists (20) and points (21).
• Aidan Thompson ranks second in the NCAA in points (20) and goals (9) and is tied for fourth in assists (11).  He ranks tied for third in power-play goals (5).
• Sam Harris leads the NCAA in goals (10), ranks tied for fifth in power-play goals (5) and is tied for third in points (16).
• Matt Davis ranks first in the nation in wins (11), fourth in GAA (1.46) and ninth in save% (.937).
• Carter King is tied for eighth in the nation in goals (7) and tied for 13th in points (14).
• Eric Pohlkamp is tied for the NCAA lead among all defensemen in scoring with 13 points and is tied for the third-most goals by a D-man (4). His nine assists are tied for sixth among rear guards.
• Zeev Buium is tied for the nation's lead in points (13) and assists (10) by a defenseman, with his assists ranking tied for eighth-highest among all skaters.
• Boston Buckberger is tied for 11th among all defensemen in assists (7).

PLAYING AHEAD: The Pioneers have had the lead or have been tied for nearly the entire season, as they've only trailed for 26:21 of game time this season (3.7%).  DU didn't trail for the first 244:12 of the season (4+ games).
 
Overall, Denver has not trailed in 693:39 of the 720 minutes of game play this season—96.3 percent of the time—leading for 492:42 (68.4%) and has been tied for 200:57 (27.9%).
 
HISTORY VS. ARIZONA STATE: Denver and Arizona State get set to play for the fourth consecutive season and the first time as conference foes.  ASU is in its first year in the NCHC and is in a three-team pod with Denver and Colorado, meaning the squads will play each other four times during the year with two-game series at home and on the road.  DU and ASU have met in six series and have faced off in 12 games since first meeting on Jan. 6-7, 2017, with the Pioneers owning a 9-2-1 all-time record.  The teams met last year in Tempe, with ASU winning 6-5 in overtime on Nov. 10, 2023 before DU rallied from a three-goal deficit and won 8-4 on Nov. 11, 2023.  Denver is 6-0-0 all-time at home vs. the Sun Devils, which will be making its first visit to Magness Arena since Dec. 2-3, 2022 where the Pioneers won 3-2 and 5-2.  DU played ASU four times during the 2021-22 campaign, marking the most contests for the Pioneers against a then-non-conference opponent in a single season since also playing four games against U.S. International University (San Diego, California) in 1983-84.
 
PREVIOUS MEETING (NOV. 11, 2022): The No. 2 Denver Pioneers used five unanswered goals to erase a three-goal deficit and win 8-4 at the No. 16 Arizona State Sun Devils at Mullett Arena.  Junior forward Carter King led Denver with four points on a goal and three assists, while fellow classmate Jack Devine had two goals and freshman Miko Matikka had his second consecutive multi-point performance with a marker and helper.  McKade Webster, Jared Wright, Rieger Lorenz and Sam Harris also scored.  Goaltender Freddie Halyk made a career-high 29 saves, as the Sun Devils outshot the Pioneers 33-28 in the game. Halyk made double-digit saves each frame and made 19 saves in the final 21 shots he faced.
 
CONNECTIONS: DU Head Athletic Trainer Aaron Leu worked at the Sports Medicine Institute Physical Therapy Clinic and Arizona Boys Ranch in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1996-1999 … ASU's Cole Gordon is from Windsor, Colorado … Boston Buckberger and Chase Hamm are both from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan … DU's Alex Weiermair (Los Angeles), Zeev Buium (San Diego) and Sam Harris (San Diego) and ASU's Ty Murchison (Corona) and are all from Southern California … Jack Devine was teammates with the Sun Devils' Ty Murchison for two seasons at the U.S. National Team Development Program from 2019-2021 and was also at the NTDP at the same time as Cruz Lucius in 2020-21 … Jake Fisher won a USHL Clark Cup Championship with ASU's Brasen Boser with the Fargo Force last season … Connor Caponi and Ethan Szmagaj were teammates on the USHL's Waterloo Black Hawks from 2018-2020 … Matt Davis played with Ryan Kirwan at the USHL Green Bay Gamblers in 2020-21 … Hagen Burrows and Sam Court played with the USHL Sioux City Musketeers in 2023-24 … Garrett Brown was a teammate with Bennett Schimek and Charlie Schoen with USHL Sioux City in 2021-22 … Eric Pohlkamp played with Joel Kjellberg with the USHL Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in 2022-23 … Paxton Geisel was a teammate with Cole Helm with the USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints for two seasons from 2021-2023 and played with Ryan Alexander in Dubuque in 2020-21.
 
SCOUTING THE SUN DEVILS: Denver will be Arizona State's third NCHC series this year as the Sun Devils are in their first year in the conference in 2024-25.  ASU picked up its first NCHC win in its last game on Saturday with a 3-2 victory at home vs. Omaha, ending a three-game losing skid.  The Sun Devils are 4-7-1 overall this season and have a 1-3-0 conference record.  Arizona State will be making its third trip to Colorado in its first seven weeks of the campaign after beginning the year at the Air Force Academy on Oct. 4-5 and playing at Colorado College in its first NCHC games on Nov. 8-9.  The Sun Devils have played three overtime games this year, going 0-2-1 in those contests that included a tie against Michigan on Oct. 12.  Defenseman Noah Beck leads the team in scoring with 12 points (2g/10a) while Bennett Schimek is second with 10 points (5g/5a).  Ryan Kirwan is first on ASU with six goals.  The team has split its goaltenders with Gibson Homer and Luke Pavicich each playing six games. Homer has a 2-3-1 record with a 2.35 goals-against average and .911 save percentage, while Pavicich also has a 2.35 goals-against average with a 2-4-0 record and .907 save percentage.
 
SENIOR CLASS SUCCESS: The Pioneers' 2025 senior class is on pace to be the winningest group in school history and became the 16th class to win at least 100 games on Nov. 1 at Yale.  The seniors' current 105 total victories are tied for the second-most in program history with the 2018 and 2019 classes.  Among the 2025 grads' accomplishments have been three Gold Pan trophies, two Penrose Cups, an NCHC Frozen Faceoff title and two national championships.
 
The 2024 senior class is tied for fifth all-time with 103 victories and registered a .708 winning percentage (103-41-5). The 2005 senior class holds the record with 112 total victories.
 
PIONEERS IN THE POLLS: Denver was voted as the unanimous No. 1 team in the country in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey/The Rink Live nationals polls that were released on Monday.  The Pioneers have been selected No. 1 in each of the eight polls this season and in nine straight dating back to the final list of last season—the last time they were the unanimous choice in each ranking. 
 
The NCHC's five ranked schools are among the most in the NCAA, as the conference ranks second in the USCHO.com rankings and tied for first in the USA Hockey poll.  All five NCHC teams are in the top 15, with Colorado College at No. 7/8, Western Michigan at No. 9/9, St. Cloud State at No. 11/10 and North Dakota at No. 12/14.  Arizona State received votes in each ranking as well.
 
STREAKING

• Aidan Thompson is on a career-long 12-game point streak (9g/11a).
• Sam Harris has points in each of the last nine games he's played (8g/6a), the longest stretch of his career.
• James Reeder is on the longest point streak of his career at eight games (3g/5a).
• Samu Salminen is on a career-long five-game assist/point streak (0g/5a).
• Jack Devine is on a three-game assist/point streak (0g/5a).

DEVINE CLIMBING THE LEADERBOARD: Senior forward Jack Devine registered four points last weekend at North Dakota, including posting three assists in Friday's victory.  He now ranks tied with Dave Anderson (1981-85) and John MacMillan (1957-60) for 42nd in program history in all-time scoring with 127 points (45 goals, 82 assists) in 130 career games. He is two points from tying Jeff Lamb (1983-87) for 41st place and three-points from sharing the 40th-place spot with Eric Murano (1986-90).
 
Devine became the 103rd Pioneer to reach 100 career points after scoring in his 109th contest on March 8, 2024 at Colorado College.  The forward is five goals away from being the 61st player in school history to score 50 career goals and the first since Cole Guttman on Feb. 11, 2022 against Minnesota Duluth.
 
PIONEERING OFFENSE: Denver leads the country in scoring by averaging 4.75 goals on 57 total tallies after also leading the NCAA in both categories a season ago (4.59, 202 total).  DU scored at least four goals in each of the first 11 contests this season.
 
The Pioneers have had 13 different players score and 19 of the 22 skaters have registered at least one point this year. Seven DU players have already reached double-digits in points.
 
KILLER PENALTY KILL: Denver has killed off 91.9 percent of its penalties this season (34/37), including seven-of-eight man-disadvantage opportunities in the two contests last weekend at North Dakota.  DU had killed off 14 straight penalties before Sacha Boisvert scored on the power play with 5:48 left in the first period on Saturday.
 
The Pioneers had a stretch of 17 straight kills that began in the season opener on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage (four games) and ended with Wisconsin tallying on its first power-play chance on Oct. 25—the longest such streak since they were successful on 19 consecutive man disadvantages during the 2022 postseason, from March 11 through April 7, 2022. 
 
Denver was successful in nullifying 89.7 percent of its penalties over the final 13 games in 2023-24, going 26-for-28 in a stretch that began on Feb. 24.  DU was perfect in nine of those games, including going 4-for-4 on the PK on three occasions and seven straight in the final five outings of the season en route to the 2024 championship.
 
PIOS POWER UP: Denver has tallied on the power play in 11-of-12 games this year, converting on 34.6 percent of its opportunities to rank third in the country.  The Pioneers have tallied man-advantage goals in each of the last nine games, the team's longest run since also scoring in nine straight from Feb. 11-March 11, 2023.
 
DU has converted multiple times while man-up in four contests this season, including going 4-for-9 in the season opener on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage—the most scored in a game by the squad since Dec. 4, 2021 at Arizona State (4-of-6).
 
Jack Devine is first on the team with 13 power-play points (0g/13a), while Aidan Thompson lead the squad with five man-advantage goals.  Five of Devine's six assists in Alaska on Oct. 5-6 came while DU was a man-up on the ice, while all four of Zeev Buium's assists in that series came on power-play goals.
 
DOMINANT AT THE DOT: The Pioneers rank tied for sixth in the nation by winning 55.7 percent of their faceoffs this season, including posting season-high winning percentages of .640 and .643, respectively, on Nov. 1-2 at Yale.
 
Carter King leads Denver in faceoff wins (152) and percentage (.601), while Kieran Cebrian is second with 208 draw victories (.554) and Samu Salminen is second in winning percentage at .569 (87 wins).  King set a personal best by winning 20-of-34 faceoffs on Oct. 19 against Northeastern for the most wins by a Pioneer since Tyson McLellan went 23-for-35 on Jan. 4, 2020 against Massachusetts.
 
MAGNESS MADNESS: Denver has sold out each of its six home games season, averaging 6,722 fans.  The Pioneers set attendance records on Oct. 18-19 during homecoming weekend against Northeastern, including a new single-game high with a crowd 7,051 on Saturday for its banner-raising ceremony and series finale.  Overall, 13,888 people watched the series sweep of NU—the most for a two-game weekend in school history and breaking the previous mark by more than 1,200 fans.
 
In 2023-24, DU set a home attendance record by averaging 6,130 fans at Magness Arena across 20 games, besting their previous high mark of 6,022 over the course of 24 contests in 2006-07.  Denver had a sold-out crowd of 7,033 for its regular-season finale against Colorado College on March 9, which at the time was the highest-attended hockey game at Magness Arena in program history.  DU had set its last high mark for attendance in its previous game against CC on Nov. 3 at Magness with a crowd of 7,021.
 
Overall, 122,594 people watched the Pioneers at Magness Arena in 2023-24 (20 games) after 133,117 people visited DU's home rink in 23 games in 2022-23 (the second-highest attended season in the rink's history).  If the 17,952 that witnessed Denver defeat Colorado College at Ball Arena on Jan. 27, 2023 are included in the data (it officially counted as a DU home game), then 151,069 people watched Pioneer home games in 2022-23—the highest total attendance for the team since 1999.


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