# 2019–20 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season

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.

## Roster

As of June 28, 2019.

## Standings

2019–20 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall 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 $^{3x3OTL}$ | 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 $^{3x3OTW}$ | 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. ||||||||||

## 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 |

## 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 |

## 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