The Denver Pioneers by no means led and fell to two-time defending NCAA champion Minnesota-Duluth 4-1 on Saturday on the Nationwide Collegiate Hockey Convention pod in Omaha, Neb.
DU, which entered the sport on a two-game profitable streak after shedding its first three of the season, has now misplaced 5 straight to the Bulldogs, who defeated the Pioneers 2-1 on Dec. 2 in each groups’ season openers. UMD went 3-0-1 in opposition to DU final season.
UMD (5-0-1) scored two power-play objectives, the latter on a two-man benefit within the third interval to go forward 4-1. DU’s second penalty in that sequence was a bench minor for unsportsmanlike conduct.
DU freshman Connor Caponi scored his first profession aim at 8:52 of the primary interval to tie the sport 1-1. However the Bulldogs retook the led lower than three minutes later, and that’s the way it stood coming into the third interval.
UMD went forward 3-1 simply 1:32 of the ultimate body when Jesse Jacques capped a 2-on-1 rush along with his second aim of the season.
Denver (2-4) subsequent faces Western Michigan on Tuesday at Baxter Enviornment.
