DENVER – Freshman goaltender Quentin Miller recorded his third shutout of the season on Friday night in the No. 6 Denver Pioneers hockey team's 4-0 victory against the No. 19 Miami RedHawks at Magness Arena.
 
DU (10-5-1, 6-1-0 NCHC) has not lost in regulation in now 10 straight contests and improved to 17-0-1 in the last 18 matchups against Miami (10-5-0, 2-5-0 NCHC). The teams conclude their season series on Saturday night, which features a new start time of 7 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast on Altitude Sports and on NCHC.tv.
 
Miller stopped all 22 shots he faced while making his 13th consecutive start, and he received offensive help from four different Pioneers. Senior Rieger Lorenz, junior defensemen Eric Pohlkamp and Garrett Brown and freshman Kyle Chyzowski all tallied in the win.
 
"I just thought we were really consistent throughout the whole game," Pohlkamp said. "I don't think we really gave them much tonight. This year we've had really good one games. We haven't really closed out the series, so hopefully tomorrow night we can come out flying."
 
Junior forward Sam Harris had an assist in the contest to stretch his season-long point streak to seven games (3g/5a).
 
Denver netted goals in the first four minutes of both the first and second periods. Lorenz scored the game-winner at 3:56 of the first after intercepting a Miami clearing attempt, and Brown tallied his first marker of the year off a one-timer from a pass by Jake Fisher at 3:49 of the middle frame.
 
The Pios recorded three goals in total during the second stanza, with Chyzowski burying his second tally of the year from a cross feed by fellow rookie forward Kristian Eppeson at 15:29, and Pohlkamp going top-shelf with a wrist shot during a power play with 17 seconds left before the intermission.
 
Pohlkamp, the reigning national defender of the month of November, now has eight goals in his past nine outings and his 12 markers on the campaign are a career best for a season. He scored 11 goals as both a freshman in 2023-24 at Bemidji State and as a sophomore in 2024-25 at DU.
 
Denver outshot Miami 42-22 overall, marking its eighth game of the season where it has fired 40 or more shots on goal.  RedHawks goalie Matteo Drobec finished with 38 saves, including stopping 18 shots in the second period.
 
The Pios went 1-for-5 on the power play while MU didn't capitalize on its two man-advantage chances.
 
UP NEXT: Denver wraps up a three-game homestay on Saturday against Miami on Saturday at 7 p.m. MT. The Pioneers then travel to St. Cloud State next weekend for their final contests before going on the Holiday Break.
 
 
POSTGAME NOTES

• Denver has won six straight games over Miami and is 24-1-1 in the last 26 meetings.
• DU improved to 38-13-4 overall and has a 21-5-4 record on home ice against MU.
• The Pios are unbeaten in their last 18 meetings with Miami (17-0-1) and haven't lost in the past 15 matchups against the RedHawks on home ice (14-0-1).
• Denver fired 40 or more shots on goal for the eighth game this year and for the third in a row.
• The Pioneers recorded their fourth shutout of the season while goalie Quentin Miller picked up his third clean sheet of the campaign.
• Eric Pohlkamp tallied his 12th goal of the season, setting a new career high.
• Pohlkamp tallied for the second straight game and for the eighth time in the last nine contests.
• Sam Harris had an assist to stretch his season-long point streak to seven games (3g/5a).
• Garrett Brown scored his first goal of the season.
• Kyle Chyzowski netted his first non-penalty-shot goal of his career.
• Freshman Eric Jamieson recorded assists in consecutive games for the first time in his career and has four points in the last five games.
• Reiger Lorenz scored his first game-winning goal of the season and second of his career.
• Saturday marks the regular-season finale between the teams, as the Pioneers won't be visiting Oxford, Ohio, in 2025-25.

 
GOAL SUMMARY
1st Period
3:56 DU (1-0) – Rieger Lorenz intercepted a RedHawks' clearing attempt from their own zone and scored with a shot that went just inside the left post while all alone in the slot.
 
2nd Period
3:45 DU (2-0) – Garrett Brown tallied on a one-time shot that went low and beat the Miami goaltender after taking a cross-ice pass from Jake Fisher.
15:29 DU (3-0) – Kristian Epperson fed a cross pass from the left wing through the low slot to Kyle Chyzowski, who quickly whipped a shot into an open net.
19:43 DU (4-0) – PPG, Eric Pohlkamp's wrist shot from the left point got through traffic and went into the top corner of the net.
 
3rd Period
No Scoring
 
 
QUOTABLES
Junior Defenseman Eric Pohlkamp
On the offense: "I think our power play's been struggling all year, and lucky enough, we got one there. It's nice to get a power-play goal. I was really happy with our compete tonight. Pucks to the net, and our breakouts were good tonight, so hopefully we can do it tomorrow."
 
On goaltender Quentin Miller: "I think he's been improving every game. Right when he got in, he didn't like to play the puck, but he's been awesome at playing the puck. He's a stud back there, and we're super fortunate to have him back there, and can't wait to see what he does more."
 
Junior Defenseman Garrett Brown
On his first goal of the season: "It was a great play by my teammates. Fish (Jake Fisher) and Hagen [Burrows], they were working the puck down low, and it just got into an open area. Fish made a play and hit me and, I was able to get enough of it."
 
On the second period: "We just came out with a lot of energy. We were super vocal on the bench. Would like to keep it up in the third and obviously keep it going into tomorrow, but coming out for the second, we were super loud. Guys were cheering each other on the bench, and that energy flowed into the game."
 
On what he liked most from the team: "I think we were holding onto pucks. I thought we were committed to our game, getting to the blue line, putting in pucks behind them, making them turn. Just really committing to our style and playing a simple game that works teams down. So I thought that was nice."