Tag: denver pioneers
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Mark Kiszla: Johnny Hicks’ 41 freakin’ saves lift Denver Pioneers to clinch NCHC Frozen Faceoff in double overtime
DU goaltender Johnny Hicks is so hot he could stand the entire NCAA hockey tournament on its head, eh? Denver needed every one of Hicks’ 41 saves on Saturday night to beat Minnesota Duluth 4-3 in double overtime to hoist the NCHC Frozen Faceoff trophy and head into the national tournament on a lucky 13-game…
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No. 4 Denver ready to host No. 6 Minnesota Duluth in marquee matchup for NCHC Frozen Faceoff title
Eric Pohlkamp had a different instant reaction when he found out the NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinals and championship were coming to campus sites this season. The Baxter, Minnesota, native and Denver star defenseman looks forward to every trip he can make back to his home state, especially for high-level playoff hockey at the Xcel Energy…
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Denver hockey tops Western Michigan in OT to reach NCHC title game
A game David Carle waited years for finally arrived — and his players met the moment. No. 6 Denver hosted its first conference tournament semifinal game since 1986 and won an intense, thrilling game over Western Michigan 2-1 in overtime to advance to next weekend’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship game, which will be right back…
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No. 6 Denver Pioneers have revenge in mind vs. No. 4 Western Michigan in NCHC semifinal
There is a part of Eric Pohlkamp that will always think back to April 10, 2025, when he sees that Western Michigan logo. It was that day at the NCAA Frozen Four in St. Louis when Pohlkamp and his Denver teammates stood on the ice in stunned silence after the Broncos won a double-overtime thriller…
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Denver Pioneers defensemen earn all-NCHC honors
The Denver defense has been the backbone of another successful hockey team at Magness Arena. Pioneers blue liners Eric Pohlkamp and Boston Buckberger were both named to the NCHC’s all-conference teams Tuesday, with Pohlkamp landing on the first team and Buckberger on the league’s third team. Pohlkamp, a junior, is tops among all defensemen in…
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No. 7 DU hockey sweeps Miami (Ohio), advances to NCHC semifinals
The Frozen Four rematch is coming back to Magness Arena. After No. 7 Denver completed a sweep of Miami (Ohio) in the best-of-three quarterfinal series in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the No. 2-seeded Pioneers will take on No. 3 seed Western Michigan, who swept Colorado College, next Saturday at 6 p.m. It will be the…
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Johnny Hicks’ shutout leads shorthanded DU Pioneers past Miami (Ohio) in Game 1 of NCHC playoffs
Johnny Hicks’ 23rd and final save of the night was arguably the biggest of his freshman season. The thud of a puck bouncing off the left pad of the Denver freshman goaltender was quickly overpowered by the cheers of an appreciative Magness Arena crowd — one that went into an even bigger frenzy just seconds…
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Denver’s Carson Johnson named Summit League Player of the Year
In fewer than 15 months, Carson Johnson went from redshirting at a Division II school to becoming the best player in the Summit League. The Denver sophomore guard was named Summit League Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year Tuesday, becoming the second player in the program’s modern Division-I era (since 1998) to…
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David Carle earns win No. 200 as No. 8 DU Pioneers sweep Arizona State to close regular season
David Carle earned win No. 200 behind the Denver bench on Saturday night, but all he cares about is getting eight more in the next six weeks. The 36-year-old joined Murray Armstrong and George Gwozdecky as the only Pioneers coaches to reach that mark as his team completed a weekend sweep of Arizona State with…
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No. 8 DU Pioneers hockey sweeps Omaha, secures home ice for NCHC playoffs
The road reds proved powerful once again for Denver. The No. 8 Pioneers (19-11-3, 15-6-1 NCHC) completed a weekend sweep at Omaha (10-20-0, 6-14-0) that cemented home-ice advantage in the first round of the conference tournament next month and improves the team’s standing in the NCAA Percentage Index (NPI) that determines who makes the NCAA…