Tag: Nchc Hockey
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Denver Pioneers, Western Michigan face off for Frozen Four spot in Loveland Regional final
LOVELAND — Here we go again. Could the Loveland Regional have ever played out any differently? Of course, it’s Denver and Western Michigan left standing and set to battle it out once again in the postseason. Last year, the two met in what was probably the de facto national championship game in the Frozen Four…
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No. 8 DU Pioneers clinch Gold Pan trophy for 7th straight season with tie at Colorado College
COLORADO SPRINGS — The Gold Pan is coming back up Interstate 25 — and staying at Magness Arena. It goes in the record books as a tie, but it was a trophy-clinching tie for No. 8 Denver (16-11-3, 12-6-1 NCHC) as the Pioneers only needed one point from the two games this weekend against rival…
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Johnny Hicks’ emergence gives DU Pioneers a goalie competition heading into Colorado College series
As Johnny Hicks stopped shot after shot over the course of an important weekend sweep over Minnesota Duluth, a goalie competition had officially begun in the Mile High City. For the last two months, it looked like Denver had found its latest star goalie to follow in the footsteps of national championship winners Tanner Jaillet,…
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No. 11 DU Pioneers hockey grabs important weekend sweep over No. 7 Minnesota Duluth
Everybody inside Magness Arena thought Eric Pohlkamp was going to shoot. Rieger Lorenz certainly did as he stood near the net. But instead of trying to add to his team-leading goal tally, the junior defenseman slid the puck to Lorenz, who tapped in one of the easier goals of his career to give No. 11…
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No. 7 Denver swept by No. 6 Western Michigan to remain winless in 2026
The home team is officially winless in the regular season series between Denver and Western Michigan. Each of the four games between the two teams that met in the Frozen Four last April in St. Louis was won by the visitors. After winning both games in Kalamzoo in November, the No. 7 Pioneers (12-9-2, 8-4-0…