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<\/p>\n DENVER \u2013 The Denver Pioneers hockey team scored four times in the second period to pull away from the Miami RedHawks and win 6-2 in Game 2 of the NCHC Quarterfinals at Magness Arena on Saturday night.
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\nNo. 2-seed\u00a0Denver\u00a0(23-11-3, 17-6-1\u00a0NCHC)\u00a0won the best-of-three series in two games over seventh-seed\u00a0Miami\u00a0(18-16-2,\u00a09-13-2\u00a0NCHC)\u00a0and now advances to the conference semifinals next weekend.\u00a0The\u00a0Pioneers will host No. 3-seed Western Michigan on Saturday, March 14 at 6 p.m. MT at Magness Arena. The WMU Broncos swept their quarterfinal series against Colorado College, earning wins of 5-2 and 2-1 in overtime on home ice.
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\nTickets for the NCHC semifinal on the DU campus go on sale on Tuesday at 12 noon MT.
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\nThree Pios each recorded two points on Saturday night with\u00a0freshman\u00a0forward Kyle\u00a0Chyzowski, sophomore forward Jake Fisher<\/a>\u00a0and junior defenseman Eric Pohlkamp<\/a> each registering a goal and an assist each. Sophomore forwards James Reeder<\/a> and Hagen Burrows<\/a> and junior forward Kieran Cebrian<\/a> also tallied.
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\n“We executed offensively a lot better tonight,” said DU Richard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach David Carle<\/a>. “Give their guy credit, he’s an excellent goaltender, made it hard on us all weekend long, but we were able to break through and score some ugly goals. You know in the O-zone play, in and around the net, obviously made two great plays off the rush as well and the power play gets us the four-goal lead in the third there.”
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\nFreshman\u00a0goaltender Johnny Hicks<\/a>\u00a0stopped\u00a010 shots on net before\u00a0fellow netminder Paxton Geisel<\/a>\u00a0stepped in for the last eight minutes of play\u00a0and saved four shots on goals.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nThe Pioneers outshot the RedHawks by a 37-18 margin, including only allowing two shots on net in the opening frame. MU goalie Matteo Drobac\u00a0held his ground by stopping\u00a031 of the shots that the Pioneers sent his way.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nThe RedHawks struck first in the contest with\u00a0Ethan Hay\u00a0recording the first marker of the game at 1:42 in the first period, but it was almost all Denver after that.
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\nThe second period was raining with Pioneers goals with four\u00a0goals in the stanza, including three in a matter of 3:36. Reeder began the frenzy at 5:12\u00a0to\u00a0tie\u00a0up\u00a0the contest before Cebrian gave the Pioneers the edge 48 seconds later. At 8:48,\u00a0Burrows recorded his sixth\u00a0marker\u00a0of the campaign, and Chyzowski pushed the Pios lead to\u00a04-1 with 1:01 left in the frame.
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\nPohlkamp registered the\u00a0only power-play goal of the weekend series at 9:55\u00a0in the final period, as DU finished 1-for-3 with the man advantage while Miami went 0-for-4.
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\nDoug Grimes gave the RedHawks their second and final tally of the contest at 15:42 of the third, and Fisher netted his second empty-net marker of the\u00a0season in the last minute of regulation.
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\nUP NEXT: Denver faces Western Michigan in a matchup of last season’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship Game and NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals on Saturday at 6 p.m. MT at Magness Arena. Game time is at 6 p.m. MT, and it will be broadcast exclusively on NCHC.tv.
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\nPOSTGAME NOTES<\/p>\n
\n\tDenver improved to 8-0 all-time in Game 2s in the NCHC Quarterfinals when taking the 1-0 lead in a best-of-three series. Overall, DU is now 23-3 all-time in the NCHC Quarterfinal round.
\n\tDU is 7-1-0 all-time against Miami in the conference postseason, with Denver now sweeping the Hawks in the opening rounds of 2022, 2023 and 2026.
\n\tThe Pioneers have now won eight straight contests and are unbeaten in their last 23 games (22-0-1) against Miami. \u00a0DU is also now 18-0-1 versus MU at home since February 2019, and each of the past seven contests at Magness Arena in the series have ended in victories for the Pioneers.
\n\tThe Pios are currently on a season-long, 11-game unbeaten streak (10-0-1) that dates back to Jan. 23 versus St. Cloud State. It is the longest unbeaten stretch since Denver won each of its first 12 games to start the 2024-25 season.
\n\tDenver advances to the NCHC Semifinals for the 12th time in its history and is the only program in the conference to reach its final four in every held tournament.
\n\tEric Pohlkamp<\/a> scored his 17th goal of the season, taking sole possession of fourth place on Denver’s single-season goals list by a defenseman.
\n\tGoaltender Johnny Hicks<\/a> had his career-long shutout streak end at 1:17:36, which stretched across three games from Feb. 28 until early in the first period on Saturday. It was the longest shutout streak of the season by a Pioneer netminder, besting the previous high of Quentin Miller<\/a> (117:17 from Oct. 10-24) by 19 seconds.
\n\tHicks also extended his current unbeaten streak to 11 games (10-0-1), which is believed to be the longest to begin a career by a Denver netminder since at least 2023-24.\u00a0
\n\tDenver’s four goals in the second period tied for its most in a period this season. The team also tallied four times in the third period on both Oct. 11 vs. Bentley and Nov. 29 vs. Minnesota.
\n\tThe Pioneers held the RedHawks to just two shots on goal in the first period, tied for the fewest by an opponent this season; Northeastern also had two shots in the opening frame on Oct. 25 at Northeastern.
\n\tSenior forward Rieger Lorenz<\/a> extended his career-long point streak (6g\/6a) to nine games, tying for the longest of the season by a Pioneer (Sam Harris<\/a>, Nov. 8-Dec. 12).
\n\tJunior forward Sam Harris<\/a> also extended his career-best assist streak (3g\/7a) to seven games.\u00a0
\n\tJames Reeder’s<\/a> goal marked his 50th career point.
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\nGOAL SUMMARY
\n1st Period
\n1:42\u00a0MU\u00a0(0-1) \u2013\u00a0Michael Quinn slid the\u00a0puck around the boards to the other side for Ryder Thompson,\u00a0whose initial attempt didn’t get through but\u00a0Ethan Hay picked up the puck from the faceoff dot and wristed it into the net.\u00a0\u00a0
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\n5:12 DU (1-1)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0James Reeder<\/a> knocked in the puck in the crease after Rieger Lorenz’s<\/a> shot from the slot forced the puck to carom up into the air and trampoline off the top of the goal’s netting before falling into the blue paint.
\n6:00 DU (2-1)\u00a0\u2013 Kieran Cebrian<\/a> went high, far-side with a wrist shot from the right circle after taking a feed from Boston Buckberger<\/a>.
\n8:48 DU (3-1)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jake Fisher<\/a> poke-checked the puck out of Miami’s possession and then passed it over to Brady Milburn<\/a>, who\u00a0backhanded it over to Hagen Burrows<\/a> for a breakaway that resulted in a wrist shot into the net.\u00a0\u00a0
\n18:59 DU (4-1) \u2013 Kyle Chyzowski<\/a> went top shelf with a shot from a tough angle at the right of the goal line.
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\n9:55 DU (5-1) \u2013 PPG, Eric Pohlkamp<\/a>\u00a0toe-dragged the puck and fired it into the back of the net after a feed from\u00a0Sam Harris<\/a>, who won the puck\u00a0off of\u00a0a battle in the corner.\u00a0\u00a0
\n15:42 MU (5-2)\u00a0\u2013 Doug Grimes scored on a wrist shot near the slot.
\n19:15 DU (6-2) \u2013 ENG, Jake Fisher<\/a> buried the puck into the gaping net.
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\nQUOTABLES
\nRichard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach David Carle<\/a>
\nOn Eric Pohlkamp<\/a>: “I thought everybody was pretty good tonight, certainly Eric (Pohlkamp) was excellent. [He’s] been playing good hockey here for the last month and playing his best hockey at the best time of the year for us.”
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\nOn hosting the semifinal game next weekend: “We fought really hard for that as a school. I thought the previous model was good in the old world, and it’s time to progress and move forward. I think the biggest thing is we’re excited for our fans to witness high-level playoff hockey. Semifinal game, top-five matchup between us and Western Michigan, it’s going to be a hell of a battle.”
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\nJunior forward Kieran Cebrian<\/a>
\nOn what has been key in practice the past week: “I think we’ve been playing well for the last few weeks, but we had a good week of practice. We were focused, worked on what Miami will bring, and we executed.”
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\nOn what the team hopes to carry into next weekend: “I think our work ethic and execution was good this weekend, and it’ll be important to bring that against them (Western Michigan), the defending champions. And I think continue to execute on our special teams will be a big one too.”
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\nOn gaining momentum after a slow first period: “We just had a couple bad shifts, but we stuck to our process, and no one gave up, and we just kept playing our style of hockey, and the success came.”
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\nOn the team’s 11-game unbeaten streak: “It doesn’t change too much. I think it gives us confidence, but that’s not from the winning\u2014it’s how we’re playing hockey. So if we continue to do that, we’ll have success.”
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\nTICKETS: Tickets for DU hockey’s NCHC Semifinal game go on sale on Monday at 12 noon MT. Click here for more ticketing information.<\/a>
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