Tag: Johnny Hicks
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DU Pioneers quickly move past thrilling 2OT win and onto prep for national championship vs. Wisconsin
David Carle understands better than anyone what his Denver team is getting set to face on Sunday afternoon. A year after a very disappointing 13-21-3 season, Wisconsin is back on college hockey’s biggest stage, seeking its first national championship since 2006 in its first Frozen Four appearance since 2010, as the Badgers and Pioneers will…
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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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Avalanche prospect Jake Fisher shines in Loveland Regional | NCAA hockey notebook
LOVELAND — In his first trip to Blue Arena, Denver sophomore Jake Fisher is taking extra time to take it all in. While he’s focused on helping the Pioneers reach a third straight Frozen Four, the Avalanche draft pick knows there’s a pretty good chance his professional career could one day begin in this same…
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Denver Pioneers edge Minnesota Duluth 4-3 in double overtime to win NCHC Frozen Faceoff
This time, overtime brought jubilation, not heartbreak. Denver found itself in the exact same position as it did a year ago — in a 3-3 tie after the first overtime period of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship game. This time, though, the Pioneers were at home, feeling the energy from a packed and loud Magness…
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Mark Kiszla: Johnny Hicks’ 41 freakin’ saves lift Denver Pioneers to clinch NCHC Frozen Faceoff in double overtime
DU goaltender Johnny Hicks is so hot he could stand the entire NCAA hockey tournament on its head, eh? Denver needed every one of Hicks’ 41 saves on Saturday night to beat Minnesota Duluth 4-3 in double overtime to hoist the NCHC Frozen Faceoff trophy and head into the national tournament on a lucky 13-game…
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Denver hockey tops Western Michigan in OT to reach NCHC title game
A game David Carle waited years for finally arrived — and his players met the moment. No. 6 Denver hosted its first conference tournament semifinal game since 1986 and won an intense, thrilling game over Western Michigan 2-1 in overtime to advance to next weekend’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship game, which will be right back…
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Johnny Hicks’ shutout leads shorthanded DU Pioneers past Miami (Ohio) in Game 1 of NCHC playoffs
Johnny Hicks’ 23rd and final save of the night was arguably the biggest of his freshman season. The thud of a puck bouncing off the left pad of the Denver freshman goaltender was quickly overpowered by the cheers of an appreciative Magness Arena crowd — one that went into an even bigger frenzy just seconds…
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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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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…