2019–20 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season

2019–20 Denver Pioneers
men's ice hockey season
2019–20 Denver Pioneers; men's ice hockey season
Conference	3rd NCHC
Home ice	Magness Arena
Rankings
USCHO	6
USA Today	6
Record
Overall	21–9–6
Conference	11–8–5–4
Home	13–4–1
Road	8–5–5
Neutral	0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	David Carle
Assistant coaches	Tavis MacMillan; Dallas Ferguson; Corey Wogtech
Captain(s)	Ian Mitchell
Alternate captain(s)	Michael Davies; Tyson McLellan
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The 2019–20 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season was the 71st season of play for the program and the 7th in the NCHC conference. The Pioneers represented the University of Denver and were coached by David Carle, in his second season.

On March 12, 2020, NCHC announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, before any games were played.^[1]

Roster

As of June 28, 2019.^[2]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	Devin Cooley	Junior	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1997-05-25	Los Gatos, California	Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)	—
2	Erich Fear	Senior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1997-05-08	Winnetka, Illinois	Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL)	—
4	Griffin Mendel	Junior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	1999-02-18	Kelowna, British Columbia	Penticton Vees (BCHL)	—
7	Brett Stapley	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1999-02-23	Campbell River, British Columbia	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)	MTL, 190th overall 2018
8	Jay Feiwell	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-02-17	Carmel, Indiana	Shreveport Mudbugs (NAHL)	—
9	Tyson McLellan (A)	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	1996-02-17	San Jose, California	Madison Capitols (USHL)	—
10	Jaakko Heikkinen	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1997-03-17	Helsinki, Finland	Jokerit U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)	—
11	Tyler Ward	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	1999-08-19	Kamloops, British Columbia	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	—
12	Kohen Olischefski	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	1998-02-01	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)	—
13	Liam Finlay	Senior	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	1997-02-18	Kelowna, British Columbia	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)	—
15	Ian Mitchell (C)	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-01-18	Calahoo, Alberta	Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)	CHI, 57th overall 2017
16	Jake Durflinger	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	1997-10-06	Walnut Creek, California	Bloomington Thunder (USHL)	—
17	Slava Demin	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2000-04-04	Cypress, California	Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)	VGK, 99th overall 2018
18	Ryan Barrow	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-02-15	Banff, Alberta	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)	—
19	Cole Guttman	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1999-04-06	Los Angeles, California	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	TBL, 180th overall 2017
20	Emilio Pettersen	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-04-03	Manglerud, Norway	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)	CGY, 167th overall 2018
21	Michael Davies (A)	Senior	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	1997-01-26	St. Louis, Missouri	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)	—
23	Lane Krenzen	Freshman	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-02-21	Twig, Minnesota	Austin Bruins (NAHL)	—
24	Bobby Brink	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2001-07-08	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	PHI, 34th overall 2019
26	Jack Doremus	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1997-04-15	Aspen, Colorado	Lincoln Stars (USHL)	—
27	Kyle Mayhew	Sophomore	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1997-12-25	Anaheim Hills, California	Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)	—
28	Brett Edwards	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-09-10	Grande Prairie, Alberta	Drumheller Dragons (AJHL)	—
30	Magnus Chrona	Freshman	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2000-08-28	Skellefteå, Sweden	Skellefteå AIK J20 (J20 SuperElit)	TBL, 152nd overall 2018
31	Michael Corson	Sophomore	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	1999-04-22	Darien, Illinois	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)	—
32	Justin Lee	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	2000-03-14	Waskada, Manitoba	Fargo Force (USHL)	—
37	Hank Crone	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	157 lb (71 kg)	1998-02-19	Dallas, Texas	Fargo Force (USHL)	—

Standings

2019–20 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 North Dakota †	24	17	4	3	2	56	86	49	35	26	5	4	135	68
#5 Minnesota–Duluth	24	17	5	2	0	53	89	53	34	22	10	2	114	77
#6 Denver	24	11	8	5	4	42	67	54	36	21	9	6	118	81
#16 Western Michigan	24	12	9	3	2	41	84	73	36	18	13	5	125	101
St. Cloud State	24	10	12	2	1	33	61	74	34	13	15	6	94	108
Omaha	24	8	13	3	0	27	63	75	36	14	17	5	108	107
Miami	24	5	16	3	2	20	61	89	34	8	21	5	92	127
Colorado College	24	4	17	3	1	16	48	96	34	11	20	3	86	123
Championship: Cancelled † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and Results

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
October 5	9:07 PM	at Alaska*	#2	Carlson Center • Fairbanks, Alaska		Chrona	W 4–3	1,511	1–0–0
October 6	7:07 PM	at Alaska*	#2	Carlson Center • Fairbanks, Alaska		Chrona	W 3–0	1,028	2–0–0
October 11	5:37 PM	at Lake Superior State*	#2	Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan		Chrona	W 3–1	1,778	3–0–0
October 12	5:07 PM	at Lake Superior State*	#2	Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan		Chrona	W 4–3	2,414	4–0–0
October 18	7:07 PM	vs. #6 Boston College*	#1	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	W 3–0	6,038	5–0–0
October 19	7:07 PM	vs. #6 Boston College*	#1	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	W 6–4	6,038	6–0–0
November 1	7:07 PM	vs. Niagara*	#1	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	W 6–2	5,687	7–0–0
November 2	7:07 PM	vs. Niagara*	#1	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Corson	W 4–0	5,805	8–0–0
November 8	6:07 PM	at #7 Minnesota–Duluth	#1	AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota		Chrona	T 3–3 ^SOW	5,374	8–0–1 (0–0–1–1)
November 9	6:07 PM	at #7 Minnesota–Duluth	#1	AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota		Chrona	L 2–5	5,874	8–1–1 (0–1–1–1)
November 15	7:07 PM	vs. #9 North Dakota	#2	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	T 1–1 ^{3x3 OTL}	6,056	8–1–2 (0–1–2–1)
November 16	7:07 PM	vs. #9 North Dakota	#2	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	L 1–4	6,308	8–2–2 (0–2–2–1)
November 22	7:07 PM	vs. #20 Western Michigan	#4	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	L 1–2	4,527	8–3–2 (0–3–2–1)
November 23	7:07 PM	vs. #20 Western Michigan	#4	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Cooley	W 6–1	4,942	9–3–2 (1–3–2–1)
December 6	7:05 PM	at #20 Arizona State*	#4	Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona		Chrona	L 1–4	917	9–4–2 (1–3–2–1)
December 7	4:35 PM	at #20 Arizona State*	#4	Gila River Arena • Glendale, Arizona		Chrona	T 2–2 ^OT	2,800	9–4–3 (1–3–2–1)
December 13	7:07 PM	at Colorado College	#8	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	Altitude2	Cooley	W 3–0	5,758	10–4–3 (2–3–2–1)
December 14	7:10 PM	vs. Colorado College	#8	Broadmoor World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado	ATTRM	Chrona	W 3–1	4,400	11–4–3 (3–3–2–1)
January 3	7:07 PM	vs. #9 Massachusetts*	#7	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	Altitude, NESN+	Chrona	W 4–2	6,017	12–4–3 (3–3–2–1)
January 4	7:07 PM	vs. #9 Massachusetts*	#7	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	W 4–3	5,986	13–4–3 (3–3–2–1)
January 10	7:07 PM	vs. St. Cloud State	#5	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	Altitude2	Chrona	W 6–3	5,879	14–4–3 (4–3–2–1)
January 11	7:07 PM	vs. St. Cloud State	#5	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	Altitude2	Chrona	W 5–3	5,966	15–4–3 (5–3–2–1)
January 17	6:07 PM	at Omaha	#4	Baxter Arena • Omaha, Nebraska		Chrona	T 1–1 ^SOW	5,125	15–4–4 (5–3–3–2)
January 18	6:07 PM	at Omaha	#4	Baxter Arena • Omaha, Nebraska		Cooley	T 2–2 ^{3x3 OTW}	6,200	15–4–5 (5–3–4–3)
January 24	5:05 PM	at Miami	#5	Steve Cady Arena • Oxford, Ohio		Chrona	W 3–2	1,748	16–4–5 (6–3–4–3)
January 25	5:05 PM	at Miami	#5	Steve Cady Arena • Oxford, Ohio		Cooley	W 5–2	1,748	17–4–5 (7–3–4–3)
January 31	7:07 PM	vs. #10 Minnesota–Duluth	#4	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	Altitude2	Chrona	L 2–3	6,477	17–5–5 (7–4–4–3)
February 1	7:07 PM	vs. #10 Minnesota–Duluth	#4	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	Altitude2	Cooley	L 1–4	6,181	17–6–5 (7–5–4–3)
February 14	6:41 PM	at #1 North Dakota	#6	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, North Dakota	CBSSN	Cooley	L 1–4	11,212	17–7–5 (7–6–4–3)
February 15	6:07 PM	at #1 North Dakota	#6	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, North Dakota		Chrona	L 1–3	11,812	17–8–5 (7–7–4–3)
February 21	7:07 PM	vs. Miami	#7	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado		Chrona	W 7–3	5,626	18–8–5 (8–7–4–3)
February 22	7:07 PM	vs. Miami	#7	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	Altitude2	Cooley	W 7–0	6,101	19–8–5 (9–7–4–3)
February 28	6:37 PM	at St. Cloud State	#6	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, Minnesota	CBSSN	Cooley	L 1–5	4,454	19–9–5 (9–8–4–3)
February 29	6:07 PM	at St. Cloud State	#6	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, Minnesota	FSN+	Chrona	W 5–2	5,212	20–9–5 (10–8–4–3)
March 6	7:37 PM	at Colorado College	#6	Broadmoor World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado		Chrona	T 2–2 ^SOW	4,466	20–9–6 (10–8–5–4)
March 7	7:07 PM	vs. Colorado College	#6	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	CBSSN	Chrona	W 5–1	6,527	21–9–6 (11–8–5–4)
NCHC Tournament
Tournament Cancelled
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Scoring Statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Emilio Pettersen	C	36	13	22	35	16
Ian Mitchell	D	36	10	22	32	16
Brett Stapley	C	35	5	25	30	41
Cole Guttman	C	35	14	14	28	22
Liam Finlay	RW	36	5	23	28	28
Bobby Brink	RW	28	11	13	24	12
Kohen Olischefski	RW	36	9	11	20	14
Tyler Ward	LW	36	10	9	19	6
Hank Crone	LW	31	6	10	16	10
Jaakko Heikkinen	F	32	6	8	14	4
Ryan Barrow	F	27	5	7	12	8
Tyson McLellan	C	36	5	6	11	30
Jake Durflinger	RW	35	5	5	10	46
Griffin Mendel	D	36	3	6	9	10
Slava Demin	D	34	2	7	9	50
Brett Edwards	F	28	4	3	7	16
Justin Lee	D	31	2	4	6	22
Michael Davies	D	34	1	4	5	20
Kyle Mayhew	D	36	1	4	5	20
Jack Doremus	F	19	1	3	4	6
Erich Fear	D	20	0	2	2	4
Magnus Chrona	G	27	0	2	2	4
Michael Corson	G	1	0	0	0	0
Jay Feiwell	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Lane Krenzen	D	4	0	0	0	0
Devin Cooley	G	9	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	-	-	-	-	10
Total			118	210	328	415

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Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Michael Corson	1	60	1	0	0	0	16	1	1.000	0.00
Devin Cooley	9	519	4	3	2	18	177	2	.908	2.08
Magnus Chrona	27	1593	16	6	4	57	659	2	.920	2.15
Empty Net	-	17	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Total	36	2190	21	9	6	81	852	5	.913	2.22

Rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23 (Final)
USCHO.com	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	8	6	7	5	4	5	4	6	6	7	6	6	6	6
USA Today	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	5	4	8	6	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	7	6	6	6	6

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Players drafted into the NHL

2020 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NHL team
4	95	Michael Benning†	Florida Panthers
4	100	Carter Savoie†	Edmonton Oilers
7	195	Wyatt Schingoethe†	Toronto Maple Leafs

† incoming freshman

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References

^ "NCHC Tournament Cancelled Effective Immediately". nchchockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ "2019–20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". University of Denver. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
^ "Denver Pioneers (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ "Denver Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^ "NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

[1] "NCHC Tournament Cancelled Effective Immediately". nchchockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[2] "2019–20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". University of Denver. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

[3] "Denver Pioneers (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[4] "Denver Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

[5] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

[6] "NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

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v t e Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	DU Arena (1948–1997) Magness Arena (1999–present)
Head coaches	Vern Turner (1949–1951) Neil Celley (1951–1956) Murray Armstrong (1956–1977) Marshall Johnston (1977–1981) Ralph Backstrom (1981–1990) Frank Serratore (1990–1994) George Gwozdecky (1994–2013) Jim Montgomery (2013–2018) David Carle (2018–)
Seasons	1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–2013) NCHC (2013–present)
Rivalries	Colorado College Tigers (Battle for the Gold Pan) North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Culture & lore	Denver Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dallas Gaume (266 Points) Rick Berens (94 Goals) Ron Grahame / Tanner Jaillet (82 Wins)
National championships	1958 1960 1961 1968 1969 2004 2005 2017 2022 2024
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 2004 2005 2017 2022 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1995 1997 1999 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1999 2002 2005 2008 NCHC: 2014 2018 2024
Hobey Baker winners	Matt Carle (2006) Will Butcher (2017)
Mike Richter winners	Tanner Jaillet (2017)
University of Denver Denver, CO