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DENVER – The No. 3 Denver Pioneers hockey team fell 7-5 to the No. 2 North Dakota Fighting Hawks on Friday night in the series opener at Magness Arena.
UND used four third-period goals to erase a two-goal deficit entering the final fame and earn the win in a meeting of two of the top-three ranked teams in the country. The last time the NCHC rivals faced off in a top-three matchup was Nov. 17-18, 2017 in a series in Denver that featured both teams picked up a victory.
“We knew and we thought there were going to be growing pains at certain points through the year,” said Richard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach David Carl. “This hurts; this needs to hurt. We can’t forget how this feels, and we’ll go about it the same way we always do. We’ll teach and try and get better.”
DU goes for the weekend split on Saturday as the squads wrap up their two-game set at 6 p.m. MT at Magness Arena. The game will be broadcasted on NCHC.tv and limited tickets are available.
Denver junior Tristan Broz scored twice while fellow classmate Shai Buium led the Pioneers with three points (one goal, two assists). Massimo Rizzo contributed a pair of assists, and Jack Devine also had a multi-point night with a marker and helper. Carter King tallied as well for DU, which received 20 saves from freshman goaltender Freddie Halyk.
North Dakota struck first just 1:45 into the game, but Denver responded with four unanswered goals to take a 4-1 lead into the intermission. NoDak chipped away at the deficit to make the game 4-3 midway through the second period before Broz tallied his second of the evening off a rebound with 4:03 remaining in the middle stanza to push the Pios’ advantage back to two.
Jackson Blake recorded his third point of the night by finding the back of the cage at 6:00 of the third period and Louis Jamernik V evened the score with 6:39 remaining. Riese Gaber scored the eventual game-winner on a power play at 16:25 before Cameron Berg recorded his second on the contest 27 seconds later for insurance
Owen McLaughlin joined Blake (one goal, two assists) with a three-point performance with a goal and two assists, and North Dakota goaltender Ludvig Persson finished with 27 saves.
The Fighting Hawks finished 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Pioneers were unsuccessful on their two man-up chances.
UP NEXT: Saturday’s game against North Dakota is the final contest of Denver’s season-long six-game homestand. DU plays at Western Michigan on Dec. 8-9 before going on its Holiday Break.
POSTGAME NOTES
The Pioneers had their four-game winning streak over the Fighting Hawks come to end after sweeping last year’s regular-season series.
Shai Buium matched a career high with three points (1g/2a), as he also had three points on Oct. 21, 2022 vs. Providence (0g/3a).
Freshmen Zeev Buium (0g/1a) and Miko Matikka (0g/1a) each extended their career-long point streaks to nine games, tying Carter King’s run from Oct. 21-Nov. 19 for the longest of the season by a Pioneer.
Tristan Broz pushed his point streak to five games, tying a career best (Feb. 4-18, 2023). His personal-long four-game assist streak came to an end.
Goaltender Freddie Halyk made his 10th consecutive start. His career-best shutout streak ended at 141:47, the ninth-longest run by a netminder in program history.
Lucas Olvestad recorded assist/points in consecutive games for the first time in his career.
GOAL SUMMARY
1st Period
1:45 UND (0-1) – Dylan James opened the scoring in front.
2:40 DU (1-1) – Shai Buium tied the game with a wrister from the right point off a pass from Massimo Rizzo.
4:30 DU (2-1) – Carter King Knocked in a loose puck in front off a rebound.
5:15 DU (3-1) – Tristan Broz redirected Lucas Olvestad’s shot from into the net.
13:11 DU (4-1) – Jack Devine whacked in the puck into an open net off a cross-pass from Massimo Rizzo.
2nd Period
10:20 UND (4-2) – Owen McLaughlin scored on a one-timer off a pass from Jackson Blake.
13:04 AND (4-3) – PPGCameron Berg buried a one-time shot from the right circle.
15:57 DU (5-3) – Tristan Broz scored five-hole off his own rebound just seconds after a Denver power play expired.
3rd Period
6:00 UND (5-4) – Jack Blake went top shelf with a wrist shot.
13:21 UND (5-5) – Louis Jamernik tallied on a breakaway, place the puck past the right back of the DU goalie.
16:25 AND (6-5) – PPGRiese Gaber went far-side, top shelf on a shot at the right circle.
16:52 UND (7-5) – Cameron Berg tallied on a wrist shot during a 2-on-1.
QUOTABLES
Richard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach David Carle
On his conversation with the team after the game: “Pretty open and honest. It’s unacceptable, [leading] 4-1 and 5-3 in the first and second [periods]. We have to learn from it. We know we can score goals. We got to prove that we can keep the puck out of our net.”
On the second half of the game: “I thought both teams had chances in their moments. I didn’t really think we didn’t have chances in the second and third; we certainly did … I thought it was a good hockey game. Yeah, we’re on the wrong end of it. That’s a really good team over there. For a college hockey fan, that was really entertaining to watch.”
Alternate Captain Carter King
On falling to North Dakota: “I think it’s pretty obvious. Our defensive game wasn’t there. We weren’t willing to sacrifice our offensive chances to play the game we needed to play. We got to get better at that.”
On this being a learning experience: “Everyone’s got to get better, whether you’re a freshman or a senior. We all got to do our part … At the end of the day we’re a team here. We take a look in the mirror, everyone, and we got to get better all around.”
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