Minnesota Duluth

3

23-14-1 (3-4 ot)

Denver

4

25-11-3 (2-3 ot)

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Non-Conference Game
NCHC Championship
at Magness Arena, Denver, Colo.

Referees: Ryan Hersey, Nathan Wieler
Asst. Referees: Tyler Landman, Erik Contino
Attendance: 0

Goals 123OTO2 T
UMD 1 2 0 0 0 3
Denver 3 0 0 0 1 4
Shots 123OTO2 T
UMD 7 16 7 14 0 44
Denver 12 4 9 7 1 33
Team Pen‑PIM PPG‑PPO FOW‑L
UMD 3‑6 2‑4 41‑56
Denver 5‑10 0‑2 56‑41
Scoring
1st Period
Denver Rieger Lorenz (15) Samu Salminen 3:33
Denver Clarke Caswell (6) Cale Ashcroft, Brendan McMorrow 6:37
Denver Boston Buckberger (10) Garrett Brown, Rieger Lorenz 13:02
UMD Max Plante (24) Zam Plante, Adam Kleber 18:40
2nd Period
UMD PP Grayden Siepmann (6) Scout Truman, Hunter Anderson 4:19
UMD PP Hunter Anderson (6) Kyle Gaffney, Scout Truman 18:05
Overtime
Denver Kristian Epperson (11) Clarke Caswell, Garrett Brown 1:54
Penalties
1st Period
UMD Joey Pierce 2 Tripping 9:26
Denver Eric Pohlkamp 2 Tripping 13:50
2nd Period
Denver Eric Pohlkamp 2 Interference 2:54
Denver Hagen Burrows 2 High-sticking 16:16
3rd Period
UMD Kyle Gaffney 2 Cross-Checking 8:25
Denver Sam Harris 2 Cross-Checking 8:25
Denver Sam Harris 2 Interference 11:09
Overtime
UMD Ty Hanson 2 High-sticking 15:00
Goalies
Minnesota-Duluth SV GA Minutes
EMPTY NET 0 0 0:04
Adam Gajan 29 4 81:50
Denver SV GA Minutes
Johnny Hicks 41 3 81:54
Denver G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
Clarke Caswell 1 1 2 2 2 0 13‑9
Rieger Lorenz 1 1 2 1 3 0
Brendan McMorrow 0 1 1 1 0 0
Kristian Epperson 1 0 1 1 1 0
Samu Salminen 0 1 1 1 1 0 20‑12
Sam Harris 0 0 0 2 2 4
Kieran Cebrian 0 0 0 0 2 0 12‑10
Hagen Burrows 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jake Fisher 0 0 0 0 2 0 11‑10
James Reeder 0 0 0 1 2 0
Kyle Chyzowski 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brady Milburn 0 0 0 0 1 0
Reid Varkonyi 0 0 0 0 1 0
Garrett Brown 0 2 2 2 5 0
Boston Buckberger 1 0 1 2 3 0
Cale Ashcroft 0 1 1 1 0 0
Eric Pohlkamp 0 0 0 0 7 4
Eric Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Anderson 0 0 0 1 0 0
Johnny Hicks 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota-Duluth G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
Hunter Anderson 1 1 2 0 1 0
Scout Truman 0 2 2 -1 5 0 0‑2
Kyle Gaffney 0 1 1 -1 2 2 7‑16
Max Plante 1 0 1 1 6 0 0‑2
Zam Plante 0 1 1 0 7 0 21‑19
Luke Bibby 0 0 0 -3 2 0
Callum Arnott 0 0 0 -2 1 0 10‑11
Daniel Shlaine 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jayson Shaugabay 0 0 0 -4 3 0
Harper Bentz 0 0 0 1 0 0
Blake Bechen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyler Kovich 0 0 0 0 0 0 3‑6
Adam Kleber 0 1 1 0 2 0
Grayden Siepmann 1 0 1 -3 2 0
Aaron Pionk 0 0 0 0 4 0
Ty Hanson 0 0 0 0 7 2
Brady Cleveland 0 0 0 -2 0 0
Riley Bodnarchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Pierce 0 0 0 -1 1 2
Adam Gajan 0 0 0 0 0 0

Denver

Forward

Rieger Lorenz
Samu Salminen
James Reeder
Sam Harris
Clarke Caswell
Brendan McMorrow
Kyle Chyzowski
Kieran Cebrian
Reid Varkonyi
Brady Milburn
Jake Fisher
Hagen Burrows

Defense

Eric Jamieson
Eric Pohlkamp
Boston Buckberger
Kent Anderson
Cale Ashcroft
Garrett Brown

Extras

Kristian Epperson (F)

Goalie

Quentin Miller
Paxton Geisel
Johnny Hicks

Minnesota-Duluth

Forward

Max Plante
Zam Plante
Harper Bentz
Scout Truman
Kyle Gaffney
Hunter Anderson
Luke Bibby
Callum Arnott
Jayson Shaugabay
Daniel Shlaine
Kyler Kovich
Blake Bechen

Defense

Ty Hanson
Adam Kleber
Aaron Pionk
Joey Pierce
Brady Cleveland
Grayden Siepmann

Extras

Riley Bodnarchuk (D)

Goalie

Adam Gajan
Ethan Dahlmeir
Cole Sheffield