Western Michigan

1

26-10-1 (3-1 ot)

Denver

2

24-11-3 (2-3 ot)

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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

Referees: Brandon Schmitt, Nick Krebsbach
Asst. Referees: Erik Contino, Chris Williams
Attendance: 6,327

Goals 123OT T
WMU 0 0 1 0 1
Denver 0 0 1 1 2
Shots 123OT T
WMU 6 14 14 5 39
Denver 10 11 9 2 32
Team Pen‑PIM PPG‑PPO FOW‑L
WMU 2‑4 0‑2 34‑31
Denver 2‑4 1‑2 31‑34
Scoring
3rd Period
WMU Garrett Szydlowski (5) Bobby Cowan, Tyler MacKenzie 13:19
Denver PP, EA Boston Buckberger (9) Eric Pohlkamp, James Reeder 16:09
Overtime
Denver Samu Salminen (10) Rieger Lorenz, James Reeder 5:48
Penalties
1st Period
Denver Rieger Lorenz 2 Tripping 5:04
WMU Cole Spicer 2 High-sticking 7:22
2nd Period
Denver Brendan McMorrow 2 Tripping 5:02
3rd Period
WMU Iiro Hakkarainen 2 Hooking 14:32
Goalies
Western Michigan SV GA Minutes
Hampton Slukynsky 30 2 65:48
Denver SV GA Minutes
EMPTY NET 0 0 0:27
Johnny Hicks 38 1 65:21
Denver G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
James Reeder 0 2 2 0 0 0
Samu Salminen 1 0 1 0 4 0 7‑7
Rieger Lorenz 0 1 1 1 2 2
Brendan McMorrow 0 0 0 0 1 2
Kyle Chyzowski 0 0 0 -1 2 0
Clarke Caswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 10‑11
Jake Fisher 0 0 0 0 3 0 4‑7
Hagen Burrows 0 0 0 0 0 0 0‑1
Kieran Cebrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 10‑7
Sam Harris 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brady Milburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0‑1
Reid Varkonyi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payton Nelson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston Buckberger 1 0 1 -1 7 0
Eric Pohlkamp 0 1 1 0 6 0
Eric Jamieson 0 0 0 0 2 0
Alec Whipple 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cale Ashcroft 0 0 0 0 2 0
Kent Anderson 0 0 0 1 2 0
Johnny Hicks 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Michigan G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
Garrett Szydlowski 1 0 1 1 1 0
Tyler MacKenzie 0 1 1 1 2 0 2‑5
Bobby Cowan 0 1 1 1 0 0
Sam Huck 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iiro Hakkarainen 0 0 0 -1 4 2 1‑0
Ty Henricks 0 0 0 0 2 0
Zach Nehring 0 0 0 0 1 0
Zaccharya Wisdom 0 0 0 -1 3 0
William Whitelaw 0 0 0 0 5 0 1‑0
Grant Slukynsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 9‑8
Owen Michaels 0 0 0 0 4 0 15‑14
Cole Spicer 0 0 0 -1 1 2 6‑4
Liam Valente 0 0 0 0 4 0
Alex Calbeck 0 0 0 1 0 0
Colby Woogk 0 0 0 -1 2 0
Zack Sharp 0 0 0 1 4 0
Theo Wallberg 0 0 0 -1 1 0
Zach Bookman 0 0 0 0 2 0
Samuel Sjolund 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hampton Slukynsky 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
Alec Whipple

Extras

Payton Nelson (D)

Goalie

Quentin Miller
Paxton Geisel
Johnny Hicks

Western Michigan

Forward

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

Defense

Samuel Sjolund
Zach Bookman
Alex Calbeck
Zack Sharp
Theo Wallberg
Colby Woogk

Extras

Sam Huck (F)

Goalie

Kirk Laursen
Hampton Slukynsky
Gavin Moffatt