Wisconsin

1

24-13-2 (3-0 ot)

Denver

2

29-11-3 (2-3 ot)

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Non-Conference Game
National Championship
at T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nev.

Referees: Jim Curtin, Terrance Murphy
Asst. Referees: Kevin Briganti, Nick Briganti
Attendance: 17,849

Goals 123 T
Wisconsin 1 0 0 1
Denver 0 0 2 2
Shots 123 T
Wisconsin 10 11 9 30
Denver 2 3 10 15
Team Pen‑PIM PPG‑PPO FOW‑L
Wisconsin 2‑4 0‑1 32‑34
Denver 1‑2 0‑2 34‑32
Scoring
1st Period
Wisconsin Vasily Zelenov (6) Weston Knox, Adam Pietila 13:36
3rd Period
Denver Rieger Lorenz (17) Garrett Brown, Kristian Epperson 7:31
Denver Kyle Chyzowski (13) Boston Buckberger, Garrett Brown 14:08
Penalties
1st Period
Wisconsin Oliver Tulk 2 Tripping 1:49
Denver Cale Ashcroft 2 Boarding 10:36
3rd Period
Wisconsin Blake Montgomery 2 Holding 15:46
Goalies
Wisconsin SV GA Minutes
EMPTY NET 0 0 1:26
Daniel Hauser 13 2 58:34
Denver SV GA Minutes
Johnny Hicks 29 1 60:00
Denver G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
Kristian Epperson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kyle Chyzowski 1 0 1 1 1 0 1‑0
Rieger Lorenz 1 0 1 0 3 0
Samu Salminen 0 0 0 0 2 0 8‑6
Clarke Caswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 9‑7
James Reeder 0 0 0 1 1 0
Jake Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 10‑3
Hagen Burrows 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kieran Cebrian 0 0 0 1 1 0 6‑16
Sam Harris 0 0 0 0 2 0
Brendan McMorrow 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reid Varkonyi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett Brown 0 2 2 2 3 0
Boston Buckberger 0 1 1 1 2 0
Cale Ashcroft 0 0 0 -1 0 2
Eric Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Pohlkamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Hicks 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin G A Pt. +/- Sh PIM FOW‑L
Vasily Zelenov 1 0 1 1 1 0 7‑8
Adam Pietila 0 1 1 0 2 0
Christian Fitzgerald 0 0 0 0 3 0 0‑3
Oliver Tulk 0 0 0 -2 0 2 8‑5
Blake Montgomery 0 0 0 -1 1 2
Grady Deering 0 0 0 0 3 0 4‑5
Finn Brink 0 0 0 0 0 0 0‑1
Gavin Morrissey 0 0 0 0 3 0 13‑11
Ryan Botterill 0 0 0 0 2 0
Quinn Finley 0 0 0 0 3 0
Kyle Kukkonen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0‑1
Jack Horbach 0 0 0 -1 3 0
Simon Tassy 0 0 0 -1 3 0
Weston Knox 0 1 1 1 0 0
Luke Osburn 0 0 0 -1 1 0
Jack Phelan 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Palodichuk 0 0 0 -1 1 0
Aiden Dubinsky 0 0 0 -1 1 0
Ben Dexheimer 0 0 0 0 2 0
Daniel Hauser 0 0 0 0 0 0

Denver

Forward

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

Defense

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

Extras

Brady Milburn (F)

Goalie

Quentin Miller
Paxton Geisel
Johnny Hicks

Wisconsin

Forward

Christian Fitzgerald
Gavin Morrissey
Quinn Finley
Ryan Botterill
Oliver Tulk
Simon Tassy
Blake Montgomery
Vasily Zelenov
Jack Horbach
Finn Brink
Grady Deering
Adam Pietila

Defense

Joe Palodichuk
Ben Dexheimer
Luke Osburn
Aiden Dubinsky
Weston Knox
Jack Phelan

Extras

Kyle Kukkonen (F)

Goalie

Eli Pulver
Daniel Hauser
Anton Castro