Western Michigan

4

15-6-0 (1-0 ot)

Denver

1

12-8-2 (1-3 ot)

Friday, January 9, 2026

NCHC Game
at Magness Arena, Denver, Colo.

Referees: Stan Szcurek, Nathan Wieler
Asst. Referees: Chase McGee, Erik Contino
Attendance: 6,591

Goals 123 T
WMU 1 0 3 4
Denver 0 0 1 1
Shots 123 T
WMU 10 7 7 24
Denver 11 8 17 36
Team Pen‑PIM PPG‑PPO FOW‑L
WMU 8‑16 1‑3 22‑34
Denver 3‑6 1‑8 34‑22
Scoring
1st Period
WMU Liam Valente (10) Grant Slukynsky, Zack Sharp 0:55
3rd Period
WMU PP Iiro Hakkarainen (4) Bobby Cowan, Zach Bookman 1:11
Denver PP, EA Boston Buckberger (7) Clarke Caswell, Eric Pohlkamp 18:21
WMU PP, EN Liam Valente (11) Grant Slukynsky 18:59
WMU SH, EN Zaccharya Wisdom (10) Owen Michaels 19:27
Penalties
1st Period
WMU William Whitelaw 2 Tripping 3:06
Denver Kieran Cebrian 2 Tripping 12:54
Denver Boston Buckberger 2 Tripping 14:50
WMU Owen Michaels 2 Holding 17:03
2nd Period
WMU Iiro Hakkarainen 2 High-sticking 2:26
WMU Zack Sharp 2 Cross-Checking 8:31
WMU Theo Wallberg 2 Holding 16:08
3rd Period
Denver Kieran Cebrian 2 Boarding 0:13
WMU William Whitelaw 2 Interference 6:44
WMU Liam Valente 2 Boarding 17:31
WMU William Whitelaw 2 Tripping 19:13
Goalies
Western Michigan SV GA Minutes
Hampton Slukynsky 35 1 60:00
Denver SV GA Minutes
EMPTY NET 0 2 2:01
Quentin Miller 20 2 57:59
Western Michigan G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
Grant Slukynsky 0 2 2 2 1 0 8‑6
Liam Valente 2 0 2 2 5 2
Owen Michaels 0 1 1 1 1 2 10‑13
Zaccharya Wisdom 1 0 1 1 4 0
Iiro Hakkarainen 1 0 1 0 3 2 1‑10
Bobby Cowan 0 1 1 0 2 0 1‑1
Jamison Sluys 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Huck 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler MacKenzie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0‑2
Ty Henricks 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Nehring 0 0 0 3 0 0 0‑1
William Whitelaw 0 0 0 0 1 6 2‑0
Garrett Szydlowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0‑1
Zach Bookman 0 1 1 0 1 0
Zack Sharp 0 1 1 1 1 2
Colby Woogk 0 0 0 1 1 0
Grady Gallatin 0 0 0 1 1 0
Theo Wallberg 0 0 0 1 0 2
Samuel Sjolund 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hampton Slukynsky 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denver G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
Clarke Caswell 0 1 1 -2 0 0 7‑6
James Reeder 0 0 0 -1 1 0
Kyle Chyzowski 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0‑1
Kristian Epperson 0 0 0 -2 1 0
Jake Fisher 0 0 0 0 2 0 8‑3
Hagen Burrows 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kieran Cebrian 0 0 0 -1 1 4 8‑6
Sam Harris 0 0 0 -2 2 0
Samu Salminen 0 0 0 0 2 0 11‑6
Rieger Lorenz 0 0 0 -1 0 0
Brady Milburn 0 0 0 0 1 0
Payton Nelson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reid Varkonyi 0 0 0 0 3 0
Boston Buckberger 1 0 1 -2 8 2
Eric Pohlkamp 0 1 1 -2 9 0
Alec Whipple 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cale Ashcroft 0 0 0 -1 1 0
Eric Jamieson 0 0 0 0 3 0
Kent Anderson 0 0 0 -1 0 0
Quentin Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0

Denver

Forward

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

Defense

Boston Buckberger
Eric Pohlkamp
Eric Jamieson
Alec Whipple
Cale Ashcroft
Kent Anderson

Extras

Payton Nelson (F)

Goalie

Quentin Miller

Western Michigan

Forward

Ty Henricks
Owen Michaels
William Whitelaw
Liam Valente
Grant Slukynsky
Zach Nehring
Bobby Cowan
Iiro Hakkarainen
Zaccharya Wisdom
Jamison Sluys
Tyler MacKenzie
Garrett Szydlowski

Defense

Samuel Sjolund
Zach Bookman
Zack Sharp
Grady Gallatin
Theo Wallberg
Colby Woogk

Extras

Sam Huck (F)

Goalie

Kirk Laursen
Hampton Slukynsky
Gavin Moffatt