PREVIEW: Pioneers Journey to Boston for Games at BC, Northeastern

BOSTON – The No. 7 Denver Pioneers hockey crew ships out to Boston this weekend because the squad takes on the No. 9 Eagles of Boston College on Friday and the Northeastern Huskies on Saturday. 
 
Both video games will probably be broadcast on ESPN+. Puck drops are set for five p.m. MT every night time.
 
The Pios are 2-1-1 this season following a cut up at Lindenwood final weekend. Denver got here up simply brief in Friday’s sport, with a closing rating of 4-3. Hagen Burrows scored twice within the effort for his first profession multi-goal sport, and goaltender Paxton Geisel made 29 saves.
 
On Saturday, the Pioneers shut out Lindenwood 4-0. Four completely different Denver gamers hit the again of the web, together with Sam Harris, who additionally tallied an help within the contest. Burrows and Eric Pohlkamp earned two helpers apiece. Freshman netminder Quentin Miller stopped all 19 of Lindenwood’s photographs to earn his first profession victory and shutout. DU scored 5 unanswered objectives to finish the weekend.
 
Boston College stands at 2-2-1 this season after a 5-1 win at RPI final Friday. On the weekend prior, Oct. 9-10, the Eagles defeated and tied the Gophers within the street sequence at Minnesota. Their lone lack of the season was by the hands of Quinnipiac on Oct. 3 with a closing mark of 4-3. 
 
DU holds the all-time sequence lead at 22-16-0, together with a mark of 6-5-0 at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill. Denver and Boston College are dealing with off for the third straight season, with the Pioneers successful every of the final three matchups. The groups final met on March 30 within the 2025 NCAA Northeast Regional Final, with the Pioneers successful 3-1 to safe their second-straight berth to the Frozen Four.
 
That sport in final yr’s NCAA Tournament in Manchester, New Hampshire, was a rematch of the 2024 National Championship Game that DU gained 2-0 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Pioneers’ victory marked the primary time the defending champion gained the title rematch within the nationwide event, with the earlier NCAA winners going 0-for-7 in such contests.
 
Denver final performed at Conte Forum on Oct. 21, 2023, successful 4-3 after Carter King scored the game-winning aim with 2:02 left within the third interval.
 
The Pioneers will probably be making their closing journey on Saturday to Matthews Arena—the oldest multi-purpose area in North America—which is closing its doorways after the New Year. Denver final performed at Matthews on Oct. 16, 2004, successful 4-2. The program additionally gained the 1960 nationwide championship within the constructing, defeating Boston University and Michigan Tech en path to its second-ever title.
 
Northeastern is 2-1-0 this season, with the Huskies defeating No. 11 UMass 4-2 final Friday. The following day, they took on Harvard in an exhibition showdown and fell 4-2.
 
The Pios lead the all-time sequence over NU with an general file of 17-5-0, together with a 6-3-0 mark in Boston. Last season, the Pios hosted the Huskies at Magness Arena in a two-game sequence on Oct. 18-19 and swept the set with scores of 5-2 every night time. In the sport on Oct. 18, 5 completely different Pioneers secured a aim, whereas Boston Buckberger and Burrows earned two apples every. The following night time, DU raised its 2024 nationwide championship banner to the rafters earlier than King contributed two objectives and two assists and Aidan Thompson earned 4 helpers within the victory.
 
Denver went 5-1-0 in contests towards the Hockey East Association final season, and DU owns a 9-2-0 mark towards groups from the northeast-based convention because the begin of 2023-24.
 
The Pioneers are wrapping up a season-long four-game street swing this weekend and eventually return to Magness Arena for homecoming weekend on Oct. 31-Nov. 1 after they tackle Alaska Anchorage.

 

LAST TIME OUT: The Pioneers cut up their weekend sequence on the Lindenwood Lions, shedding 4-3 on Friday earlier than selecting up a 4-0 shutout victory on Saturday.  DU was making its first-ever journey to LU after internet hosting the earlier 4 video games within the all-time sequence.

 

The Lions broke a 2-2 tie within the closing minutes of the third interval on Friday night time earlier than including an empty-netter in what was finally the game-winning aim.  Hagen Burrows tallied his second of the night time within the closing minute of play, however DU wasn’t capable of tie the competition.  Goalie Paxton Geisel made 29 saves whereas making consecutive begins for the primary time in his profession.

 

Denver had 4 completely different aim scorers on Saturday and goaltender Quentin Miller stopped all 19 photographs for his first profession shutout and win.  Clarke Caswell, Jake Fisher, Sam Harris and Samu Salminen all tallied whereas Burrows and Eric Pohlkamp contributed a pair of assists every.

 

MILLER TIME: Goaltender Quentin Miller gained his first profession sport and earned his first profession shutout with a 19-save effort in Denver’s 4-0 victory at Lindenwood on Saturday.  He is unbeaten (1-0-1) to start out his collegiate profession after denying 23-of-24 photographs in a 1-1 tie at Air Force within the season opener on Oct. 10.

 

Posting a shutout to your first NCAA win hasn’t been an unusual incidence lately for the Pioneers.  Matt Davis recorded a clear sheet in his first profession begin on Oct. 16, 2021 vs. Air Force (25 saves) and Freddie Halyk did the identical in his win towards Air Force on Oct. 28, 2023 (24 saves).

 

BURROWS BURIES IT: Sophomore Hagen Burrows recorded a number of factors in every sport final weekend at Lindenwood and is on a career-long three-game level streak.  He produced his first profession two-goal outing on Friday earlier than registering a pair of assists on Saturday for his fourth profession contest with a number of factors.  It was the primary time that he has registered a number of factors in back-to-back outings.

 

The ahead has already doubled his aim whole from a season in the past, as he has tallied two objectives and three assists by 4 video games. He had 9 factors on one aim and eight assists in 39 outings as a freshman in 2024-25, with him not scoring his first marker till March 15 in Game 2 of the NCHC Quarterfinals towards Colorado College.

 

CASWELL CONNECTING: Freshman Clarke Caswell has begun his collegiate profession with factors in every of sport this season and ranks second on the crew with 5 factors.  He has two objectives and three assists throughout his four-game level streak.  Caswell recorded his first profession multi-point outing with two helpers on Oct. 11 vs. Bentley.

 

The Brandon, Manitoba, native presently ranks tied for sixth within the nation in objectives by freshmen and is tied for eleventh in general scoring amongst his class members.

 

STREAKING

• Clarke Caswell is on a season-opening four-game level streak (2g/3a).
• Jake Fisher is on the primary three-game level streak of his profession (2g/2a).
• Hagen Burrows is on a career-long three-game level streak (2g/3a).
• Samu Salminen is on a three-game level streak (2g/1a).
• Brady Milburn has assists/factors in every of his final three video games (0g/3a).

PENALTY KILL DELIVERS: Denver has not allowed a power-play aim this season and is 11-for-11 on the penalty kill in 2025-26.  The Pioneers nullified 4 man disadvantages possibilities final Friday at Lindenwood and went 3-for-3 whereas a man-down on Saturday.
 
The Pioneers completed with an 81.7-percent success price on the kill final season and went 7-for-9 on man disadvantages throughout the 2025 NCAA Tournament.  DU killed off 17 straight penalties throughout 5 video games final yr from Oct. 5-25, 2024.
 
SHOTS FIRED: Denver ranks second within the nation by averaging 44.8 photographs per sport and outshot Lindenwood 49-19 on Saturday.  The Pios outshot the Lions 19-4 within the second interval on Saturday, with their plus-15 shot differential the best in a single interval this season.  DU’s 4 photographs towards within the second interval on Saturday vs. LU was additionally a season-best mark.
 
The Pioneers started the season on Oct. 10 by outshooting the Air Force Falcons 59-24, the crew’s most photographs on aim since firing 66 towards Lake Superior State on Oct. 20, 2017.  Denver’s plus-35 shot differential was its highest since having a plus-36 differential on Dec. 2, 2022 vs. ASU (56-20), and the 22 photographs on aim within the third have been its most in a single body since having 23 within the second interval on Nov 3, 2023 vs. Colorado College.
 
Denver’s season excessive for photographs on aim final yr have been 46 on Nov. 8, 2024 vs. Lindenwood, and the earlier time the Pios had 50 or extra photographs on internet was after they had 56 on Dec. 2, 2022 vs. Arizona State.
 
NOTABLES:

• Denver was making its first-ever journey to play at Lindenwood and is now to 5-1-0 within the all-time sequence.
• The Pioneers’ aim 1:17 into the sport on Saturday was its quickest to start out a contest this season and the quickest since Jack Devine tallied 16 seconds after the opening faceoff on the March 9, 2024 at Colorado College.  Last season’s quickest tally to start out a sport was 1:29 by Boston Buckberger on March 21 vs. Arizona State within the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals.
• DU blocked a season-high 12 photographs on Saturday and gained 55.4 p.c of its faceoffs, additionally its finest price of the yr.
• Clarke Caswell tallied his first profession game-winning aim on Saturday.
• James Reeder (seven) and Kieran Cebrian (5) each had profession highs in photographs on Saturday, whereas Hagen Burrows’ six photographs on Saturday have been additionally a private finest.
• Hagen Burrows’ second aim on Friday got here with an additional attacker on the ice, Denver’s first such aim of the season. The Pioneers had 4 pulled-goalie objectives in 2024-25.
• Brendan McMorrow made his collegiate debut on Friday after lacking the beginning of the season with an upper-body damage.
• Freshman Kyle Chyzowski recorded his first NCAA level with an help on Sam Harris’ aim on Friday.
• Goaltender Paxton Geisel began on Friday after recording a shutout on Oct. 11 towards Bentley. It was the primary time in his profession that he performed consecutive video games.
• Geisel had his career-long shutout streak of 96:32 finish within the second interval on Friday. The clear sheet stretched throughout three video games courting again to Feb. 3, 2024 vs. Western Michigan.
• Eric Pohlkamp had his four-game level streak (4g/2a) courting again to Mach 30 within the NCAA Regional Final vs. Boston College finish on Friday.

ON THE ROAD: Denver wraps up a four-game street swing this weekend in Boston with matchups towards Boston College on Friday and Northeastern on Saturday.  The Pioneers started their season-long journey final weekend at Lindenwood on Oct. 17-18.
 
DU will spend many of the first half of the season on the street, as it’ll play 5 of its first six video games and 10 of the primary 14 contests away from Magness Arena.  Overall, the Pios will play 12 of their first 19 outings on the street earlier than the Holiday Break and beginning a season-long four-game homestand after the New Year.
 
FAREWELL MATTHEWS ARENA: The Pioneers will probably be enjoying for the ultimate time at historic Matthews Arena (previously Boston Arena), which is the world’s oldest multi-purpose area and is in its closing yr of existence.  The rink, which first opened on April 25, 1910 and has been dwelling to Northeastern hockey nearly yearly since 1930 (besides from 1943-46), has had basis points and will probably be demolished in 2026 to make away for a brand new area.  Matthews was preliminary dwelling of the Beanpot Tournament and the unique dwelling of the NHL Boston Bruins.
 
Denver is 9-3 all-time at Matthews Arena, which incorporates wins over host Boston University (6-4) within the nationwide seminal (6-4) and Michigan Tech within the championship sport (5-3) to say the 1960 nationwide title.
 
The Pioneers beat the Eastern National Team 7-2 at then-Boston Arena on Jan. 2, 1967 and is 6-3 all-time on the rink towards Northeastern.  The Pios’ final go to was on Oct. 16, 2004, incomes their first win of that season with a 4-2 rating earlier than happening to win their second consecutive nationwide title the following spring.
 
Northeastern will play 13 dwelling video games at Matthews, with the ultimate matchup on Dec. 13 being towards cross-town rival and former arena-tenant Boston University (1918-1943, 1945-1971).
 
NEW ENGLAND CONNECTIONS: Denver athletic director Josh Berlo is from Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated together with his bachelor’s diploma from University of Massachusetts Amherst … DU Director of Sports Performance Matt Shaw spent 5 years working in athletic departments within the Boston space (4 with Boston University, one with Harvard) and earned his school levels at BU (’10, ’11) … Sophomore defenseman Tory Pitner was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and performed prep college hockey at South Kent School in Connecticut in 2021-22 … Freshman goaltender Quentin Miller would be the closet he’ll get to his hometown of Montreal, Quebec, this weekend (a couple of five-hour drive).
 
HISTORY VS. BOSTON COLLEGE: Denver and Boston College are assembly for the third straight season and the Pioneers are visiting Conte Forum for the primary time since Oct. 21, 2023.  The earlier two matchups got here within the NCAA Tournament, with DU downing BC 2-0 on April 13, 2024 within the National Championship Game in St. Paul, Minn., earlier than successful the rematch 2-0 on March 30, 2025 within the NCAA Northeast Regional Final in Manchester, N.H., to punch its tickets to the Frozen Four for a second consecutive yr … The Pioneers grew to become the primary crew in NCAA historical past to win a nationwide title rematch the next season with its victory final yr … Denver is 8-3-0 within the final 11 conferences and is 6-1-0 up to now seven matchups towards BC … DU gained that final sport in Chestnut Hill by a 4-3 rating in October 2023 in what was a top-three assembly, with the Pios at No. 2 and the Eagles at No. 3 … The Pioneers personal an all-time file of 22-16-0 towards Eagles in a sequence that dates again to 1968.  Denver is 6-5 on the street towards BC and 11-10 as the house crew.  The colleges have met six occasions at impartial websites, with DU proudly owning a 5-1 mark in these outings which have all come within the nationwide event.
 
LAST TIME VS. BC: (March 30, 2025): Denver punched its ticket to this system’s twentieth NCAA Frozen Four, because the No. 3-seed Pioneers defeated the No. 1-overall seed Boston College Eagles 3-1 to win the NCAA Northeast Regional Final at SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire.  DU superior to its sixth nationwide semifinal within the final 9 tournaments.  Goaltender Matt Davis made 35-of 36 saves within the victory and had a 106:32 shutout streak of BC that dated again to a pair of conferences final yr, together with a shutout of the Eagles within the 2024 NCAA National Championship Game.  Defenseman Zeev Buium was named the area’s Most Outstanding Player and had an help on freshman James Reeder’s game-winning aim at 2:59 of the second interval.  The Hobey Baker Award finalist secured the victory with an empty-net marker with 4.4 seconds remaining. Defenseman Eric Pohlkamp opened the scoring with 1:41 left within the first interval, burying a one-time shot off passes from forwards Jack Devine and Aidan Thompson.  Teddy Stiga tallied the one aim for Boston College, ending Davis’ shutout streak with 53 seconds left within the second body.  Eagles goalie Jacob Fowler made 22 saves within the loss.
 
BOSTON COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Denver freshman Jake Fisher and the Eagles’ Jake Sondreal and Will Skahan are all from Woodbury, Minn., with Fisher and Jake Sondreal additionally enjoying Minnesota High School hockey collectively from 2019-2022 with Cretin-Derham Hall … Sondreal performed with Paxton Geisel in 2022-23 and two seasons with James Reeder from 2022-2024 with the USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints … Tom Delay performed with Brady Milburn on the BCHL Chilliwack Chiefs from 2022-23 and Kent Adnerson with the USHL Green Bay Gamblers in 2021-22 … Boston College has seven gamers from the U.S. National Team Development Program on its crew, with Kristian Epperson and Brendan McMorrow enjoying with James Hagens, Will Shakan and Teddy Stiga for 2 seasons from 2022-2024 and have been on the NTDP concurrently Drew Fortescue (2022-23), Aram Minnetian (2022-23) and Will Moore (2023-24) … Eric Pohlkamp performed with BC’s Fortescue and Minnetian on the 2024 U.S. World Junior Team that gained the primary of back-to-back golds in Sweden and was additionally led by DU’s David Carle as head coach … Louka Cloutier was chosen within the fifth spherical (132nd general) by the Colorado Avalanche within the 2025 NHL Draft … Cloutier (Sherbrooke) and the Pioneers’ Quentin Miller (Montreal) are each from Quebec … Denver’s Sam Harris (San Diego) and Boston College’s Andre Gasseau (Garden Grove) are each from Southern California.
 
SCOUTING THE EAGLES: Boston College has a 2-1-1 file to start out the season and is coming off a 5-1 victory at RPI final Friday in Troy, New York … The Eagles, who’re ranked No. 9 in each nationwide media polls, started the marketing campaign with a 4-3 loss on Oct. 3 vs. Quinnipiac earlier than going 1-0-1 in a matchup at Minnesota, successful 3-1 and tying 2-2 on Oct. 9-10.  UM gained the end-of-game shootout 2-0 on the finish of the tie.  James Hagens leads the crew in scoring with 5 factors on two objectives and three assists, whereas Drew Letourneau, Drew Fortescue and Ryan Conmy have additionally tallied twice this yr.  Colorado Avalanche draft choose Louka Cloutier has three begins in internet and owns a 2-0-1 file, 1.30 goals-against common and .937 save share.
 
HISTORY VS. NORTHEASTERN: DU and Northeastern are set to play a sequence for the second-straight yr after the Huskies visited Magness Arena for 2 contests final season.  The Pioneers swept that dwelling set with a pair of 5-2 victories on Oct. 18-19, 2024.  Prior to that matchup, it had been almost 20 years because the groups confronted off, with NU visiting Magness for the Denver Cup on Jan. 2, 2005.  Denver has gained 9 video games in a row within the sequence since Nov. 25, 1994 and sports activities all-time marks of 17-5-0 general and 10-2-0 on dwelling ice.  The Pioneers are visiting Matthews Arena in Boston to play Northeastern for the tenth and closing time, because the oldest area in North America is closing its doorways for good after the New Year.  DU has a 6-3 file at Northeastern, with wins in every of its final three contests there.  The Pios final visited Matthews Arena on Oct. 16, 2004, successful 4-2.  The Pioneers and Huskies met six occasions in a four-year span from 2001-2005, together with twice in 2004-05 as DU gained 4-2 in Boston earlier within the marketing campaign.  The squads confronted off in Anchorage, Alaska, on Oct. 13, 2001 within the Nye Frontier Classic, with the Pioneers successful 3-0.  Denver’s final loss to Northeastern was Dec. 8, 1990, within the finale of a sequence in Boston that the groups’ cut up.  The Pioneers gained the primary six conferences of the all-time sequence that started on Feb. 16-17, 1974 on the previous DU Arena.
 
LAST TIME VS. NU: (Oct. 19, 2024): Senior captain Carter King matched a profession excessive with 4 factors and No. 1-ranked Denver defeated the No 19 Northeastern 5-2 at Magness Arena to brush the weekend sequence towards the Hockey East foe.  Denver’s win got here in entrance of a crowd of seven,051—the biggest in Magness Arena historical past.  Both contest this weekend bought out and the 13,888 whole attendance marked probably the most in a two-game weekend dwelling sequence in program historical past.  King led the Pioneers’ offense with two objectives and two assists on an evening the place the varsity raised its NCAA-record tenth nationwide title banner to the world’s rafters.  Defenseman Boston Buckberger had an empty-net aim whereas fellow sophomores Sam Harris and Eric Pohlkamp additionally tallied towards Northeastern.  Junior Aidan Thompson had a career-high 4 assists and senior Jack Devine had two helpers.  Denver goaltender Matt Davis stopped a season-high 27 photographs on 29 confronted, together with 13 within the third interval.
 
NORTHEASTERN CONNECTIONS: Dylan Compton was a teammate of Denver’s Brendan McMorrow final season with the USHL Waterloo Black Hawks and performed with Johnny Hicks with the AJHL Brooks Bandits in 2023-24 … Garrett Brown was a teammate of Griffin Erdman on the finish of 2022-23 with Waterloo … Eric Pohlkamp performed with Andy Moore (2021-2023) and Dylan Hryckowian at USHL Cedar Rapids (2022-23) … Kieran Cebrian was a teammate of and Vinny Borgesi (2020-2022) with USHL Tri-City Storm … Sam Harris skated on the Sioux Falls Stampede in 2021-22 with Austen May … Hagen Burrows performed a part of 2023-24 with Giacomo Martino on the USHL Sioux City Musketeers … DU’s Tory Pitner and NU’s Matthew Perkins have been on the USHL Youngstown Phantoms in 2022-23, successful the Clark Cup that season … Paxton Geisel started the 2023-24 season in Muskegon with the Huskies’ Joe Connor … Boston Buckberger and Jack Prechar have been briefly teammates with the USHL Lincoln Stars in 2022-23 … Joaquim Lemay performed two seasons with the NCHC’s Omaha Mavericks from 2022-2024, whereas Matthew Perkins additionally performed within the convention with Minnesota Duluth from 2023-2025 … DU’s Quentin Miller and NU’s Dylan Finlay, Amine Hajibi and Matthew Maltais are all from Montreal whereas the Huskies’ Dylan Hryckowian (Ile Bizard), Joaquim Lemay (Sainte-Pierre-les-Becquets) and Jacob Mathieu (St-Odilon) are additionally from Quebec.
 
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES: Northeastern is 2-1-0 to start out the season and has performed single-game weekends within the opening weeks of the marketing campaign.  The Huskies started Hockey East play final Friday with a 4-2 win at then-No. 11 UMass, however they did lose 4-2 in an exhibition towards Harvard on Saturday at dwelling.  NU began the yr with a 6-4 victory towards Holy Cross on Oct. 4 however misplaced 2-1 at Army on Oct. 10.  Northeastern is enjoying 13 video games at Matthews Arena within the fall earlier than having its dwelling video games be held at numerous school rinks across the Boston space within the spring.  Joe Connor leads the crew with three objectives and is tied for first with 4 factors with Dylan Hryckowian (2g/2a) and Tyler Fukakusa (0g/4a).  Lawton Zacher has began all three video games in aim for the Huskies and owns a 2-1-0 file, 2.69 goals-against common and .899 save share.
 
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS: The Pioneers will play 11 non-conference video games this season, with the crew making journeys to Boston, St. Louis and all the way down to Colorado Springs.  Bentley, Alaska Anchorage and Maine will go to Magness Arena throughout the yr, and DU will host Minnesota within the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Ball Arena in downtown Denver on Nov. 29.
 
The Pioneers started the marketing campaign on the street at Air Force on Oct. 10 earlier than internet hosting Bentley the subsequent night time on Oct. 11 within the dwelling opener.  DU heads out on the street for back-to-back weekends, dealing with Lindenwood on Oct. 17-18 earlier than enjoying Boston College and Northeastern on Oct. 24-25 in its closing street non-league video games of the yr.
 
After visiting Alaska Anchorage and Maine final season, Denver welcomes each the Seawolves and Black Bears to Colorado in 2025-26.  DU hosts UAA for Homecoming Weekend on Oct. 31-Nov. 1 earlier than taking over Maine after the New Year on Jan. 2-3.
 
The Pioneers went 13-1-0 towards non-NCHC opponents throughout the 2024-25 season and 5-1-0 towards groups from Hockey East Association.  Denver defeated Providence and Boston College within the 2025 NCAA Tournament owns a 9-2-0 file of their contests vs. Hockey East over the earlier two seasons (2023-2025).
 
Overall, DU owns a 13-0-1 mark at dwelling in non-NCHC contests since Jan. 7, 2023 vs. Alaska Fairbanks.  The Pios are 28-4-2 general towards non-conference opponents because the begin of 2023-24.
 
PIONEERS IN THE POLLS: Denver ranks at No. 7 within the nation in each the USCHO.com and USA Hockey media polls that have been launched on Monday.  The Pioneers started the yr at No. 4 in every rating’s preseason checklist and was at No. 5 final week.
 
The NCHC is tied with the Big Ten and Hockey East for probably the most colleges ranked within the prime 10 (three) and its 5 whole ranked squads are third-most within the nation.  Joining the Pioneers within the rankings are league foes Western Michigan at No. 2/2, North Dakota at No. 8/8, Colorado College at No. 16/17 and Minnesota Duluth becoming a member of the ballot for the primary time this yr at No. 18/19.  Arizona State dropped out of the ballot however nonetheless acquired votes, together with Miami and St. Cloud State.
 
PIONEERS HEADING TO SWITZERLAND FOR SPENGLER CUP: Defenseman Eric Pohlkamp was named final Thursday to the U.S. Collegiate Select crew that can compete on the 2025 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland, from Dec. 26-31.  The junior was among the many first 10 gamers added to the roster, which can function 25 gamers that can symbolize NCAA hockey on the prestigious worldwide event.
 
All returning First and Second Team All-Americans acquired an computerized invitation to the crew.  The the rest of the roster, which can embrace illustration from all six conferences, will probably be constructed by the USCS teaching employees and organizing committee, with steering from choose NHL scouts.
 
Pohlkamp will not be the one Pioneer on the event, as Associate Director of Sports Medicine Aaron Leu was named as the top athletic coach of the U.S. College Team over the summer season.  Leu is in his twenty second yr at DU and has labored with the lads’s ice hockey program as the top athletic coach for 21 of these seasons.
 
This would be the second time an American-based choose crew has taken half within the Spengler Cup, following a U.S. squad that gained the event in 1988.  Two Denver gamers have suited up for Team Canada on the Spengler Cup lately whereas a student-athlete, with Massimo Rizzo doing so in 2023 and Ian Mitchell in 2019.
 
BALL ARENA SHOWDOWN COMING IN NOVEMBER: The University of Denver will host the Minnesota Golden Gophers at NHL’s Ball Arena on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. MT within the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game.  The preliminary announcement of the Pioneers internet hosting was on April 15, 2024 and the precise date was finalized on July 16, 2025 following the discharge of the Colorado Avalanche NHL schedule.
 
The DU hockey program will function the host of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game for the third time in its historical past and will probably be enjoying within the contest for the fourth time.  DU beforehand hosted the video games at Magness Arena on Oct. 11, 2008 vs. Notre Dame (5-2 win) and Dec. 29, 2012 vs. Boston University (6-0 win).  The Pioneers beforehand performed Minnesota within the USHHOF Game on Oct. 9, 2004 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. (5-2 loss).
 
Denver will probably be enjoying its second-ever sport at Ball Arena because the constructing first opened in 1999.  The Pioneers defeated in-state rival Colorado College 2-0 of their first regular-season sport on the area on Jan. 27, 2023 in entrance of a crowd of 17,952—the best attended indoor hockey sport within the state of Colorado in DU historical past.
 
It will probably be a double-header of hockey at Ball Arena on Nov. 29 because the Avalanche hosts the Montreal Canadiens earlier that day at Ball Arena at 1 p.m. MT.
 

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