Tag: Eric Pohlkamp
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No. 4 Denver ready to host No. 6 Minnesota Duluth in marquee matchup for NCHC Frozen Faceoff title
Eric Pohlkamp had a different instant reaction when he found out the NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinals and championship were coming to campus sites this season. The Baxter, Minnesota, native and Denver star defenseman looks forward to every trip he can make back to his home state, especially for high-level playoff hockey at the Xcel Energy…
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No. 6 Denver Pioneers have revenge in mind vs. No. 4 Western Michigan in NCHC semifinal
There is a part of Eric Pohlkamp that will always think back to April 10, 2025, when he sees that Western Michigan logo. It was that day at the NCAA Frozen Four in St. Louis when Pohlkamp and his Denver teammates stood on the ice in stunned silence after the Broncos won a double-overtime thriller…
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Denver Pioneers defensemen earn all-NCHC honors
The Denver defense has been the backbone of another successful hockey team at Magness Arena. Pioneers blue liners Eric Pohlkamp and Boston Buckberger were both named to the NCHC’s all-conference teams Tuesday, with Pohlkamp landing on the first team and Buckberger on the league’s third team. Pohlkamp, a junior, is tops among all defensemen in…
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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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Mark Kiszla: These DU Pioneers can look like champs or chumps, all in span of 24 hours
Here’s the $64,000 question for a talented DU hockey team that sometimes isn’t worth two bits: Why can’t these Pioneers kick butt and take names every night, the way they did Saturday in a 6-0 rout of St. Cloud State? “Why is it a $64,000 question?” DU coach David Carle, playfully turning the question back…
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DU hockey recap: Pioneers tie Maine 3-3, prepare for Western Michigan
The path to the postseason begins now. Nonconference play is officially over for David Carle and No. 6 Denver after a weekend series against No. 15 Maine in which the Black Bears came into Magness Arena and took the opener before both teams settled for a 3-3 tie on Saturday night. “Obviously, we played them…
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No. 9 Denver hockey completes road sweep of defending national champions No. 4 Western Michigan
Statement made. David Carle’s Denver Pioneers (6-3-1) went on the road for their first NCHC series of the season and came away with a pair of impressive victories over defending national champions Western Michigan (5-5-0), capped off by Saturday’s 6-3 win at Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo, Mich. DU exploded in the first period, scoring…
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DU Pioneers hockey erupts in third period for win in home opener
On a night where former Denver star Zeev Buim netted his first career NHL goal, Eric Pohlkamp proved there are still defensemen capable of lighting the lamp at Magness Arena. In the Pioneers’ home opener Saturday night against Bentley, Pohlkamp’s hat trick led the way in a 6-0 shutout victory to cap an unbeaten first…