OMAHA, Neb. – Senior forward Rieger Lorenz scored early in the third period to break a tie and the No. 8 Denver Pioneers hockey team stretched its unbeaten streak to seven games with a 3-1 victory at the Omaha Mavericks on Saturday at Baxter Arena.
 
DU (19-11-3, 15-6-1 NCHC) picked up its fifth weekend sweep of the season and is 6-0-1 in its last seven games for its longest unbeaten stretch of the season.
 
Lorenz tallied off a face-off win by classmate Samu Salminen 1:22 into the final frame, and sophomore Jake Fisher sealed the contest with an empty-net marker with 31 seconds left to play. The tally by Lorenz stretched his career-long goal streak to five games, the longest of the season by a Pioneer.
 
Sophomore Hagen Burrows opened the game's scoring for Denver by burying his own rebound midway through the second stanza. Kent Anderson, Sam Harris, Brady Milburn and James Reeder joined Salminen by collecting assists in the contest.
 
Denver goaltender Johnny Hicks stopped 26-of-27 shots faced to remain unbeaten to start his collegiate career at 6-0-1. He stopped all 13 shots that the Mavericks (10-20-0, 6-14-0 NCHC) fired his way in the third frame.
 
Omaha outshot DU 27-24 in the game, with Jeremy Loranger netting the only marker during one of UNO's three power-play opportunities with 7:49 left in the second period to knot the contest at 1-1.
 
The Pios finished 0-for-4 on the man advantage, which included a 1:11 of a 5-on-3 late in the second frame.
 
UP NEXT: Denver now goes on its only bye week of the season before returning to play for the final weekend of the regular season on Feb. 27-28 against Arizona State at Magness Arena. DU will host NCHC Quarterfinals on March 6-8, with tickets for the best-of-three series going on sale on Sunday.
 
 
POSTGAME NOTES

• Denver was playing on Valentine's Day for the second consecutive season and for the 21st time in program history. The Pioneers are now 13-6-2 all-time on Feb. 14.
• DU's seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) since Jan. 24 is the team's longest of the season and longest since Denver won its first 12 games to start the 2024-25 campaign (Oct. 5-Nov. 16, 2025).
• The Pioneers finished their road schedule of the regular season with a 10-5-2 mark and was unbeaten in their final four away contests (3-0-1), tied for their longest such road streak of the season (Nov. 7-21, 4-0-0).
• Denver's seniors won their 112th career game, moving into a tie with the 2005 squad for the second-most victories by a class in program history. DU's 2025 class owns the record with 124 wins across four seasons.
• Rieger Lorenz stretched his career-long goal streak to five games (5g/2a), passing Eric Pohlkamp's four-game run for the longest of the season by a DU player. Lorenz has eight points (6g/2a) in his past seven contests since Jan. 24, and his five-game stretch since Jan. 31 is also now the longest point streak of his collegiate career.
• James Reeder stretched his point streak to four games (2g/3a), while Sam Harris is on a three-game point streak (1g/3a).
• Johnny Hicks made his sixth straight start and remained unbeaten in his first seven career decisions at 6-0-1. Magnus Chrona was the last DU goalie to go unbeaten in his first seven decisions as he went 7-0-1 in his first eight starts to begin the 2019-20 campaign.
• DU is now unbeaten in its last seven games against Omaha (6-0-1) and is 8-1-1 in the last 10 contests of the series
• The Pios improved to 44-14-6 all-time against the Mavs and 18-9-3 in Nebraska.
• Denver was playing its first series in Omaha since Jan. 19-20, 2024.

 
GOAL SUMMARY
1st Period
No Scoring
 
2nd Period
9:43 DU (1-0) – Hagen Burrows scored on his own rebound in front following Kent Anderson's initial shot from the point.
12:13 UNO (1-1) – PPG, Jeremy Loranger hit twine with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle.
 
3rd Period
1:22 DU (2-1) – Rieger Lorenz tallied on a low wrist shot after the puck got pushed over to him in the slot after a faceoff win at the right circle.
19:29 DU (3-1) – ENG, Jake Fisher sent the puck into the open net after taking a lead pass from Sam Harris.
 

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