Denver Claims National Title And No. 1 Spot In Final USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll

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April 13, 2004

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of Denver garnered all 34 first-place votes after clinching the 2004 NCAA Division I Championsihp on Staurday, making the Pioneers the No. 1 team in the final USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll for the first time since November 4, 2002.

Denver defeated the University of Maine, 1-0, in the national title game, making history by becoming the first team to win the NCAA championship by that score. Denver earned its sixth NCAA crown, and its first since 1969. Pioneer goaltender Adam Berkhoel was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament, an honor he earned in the final two minutes of Saturday's game when he was faced with a six-on-three situation. Gabe Gauthier scored Denver's only goal on a power-play opportunity halfway through the first period.

The ninth annual USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the American Hockey Coaches Association and American Hockey Magazine, the official publication of USA Hockey.

USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll -- #28 (Final) (first-place votes in parentheses)

1. University of Denver, 510 (34)
2. University of Maine, 476
3. Boston College, 431
4. University of Minnesota-Duluth, 411
5. University of North Dakota, 379
6. University of Minnesota, 322
7. University of Michigan, 310
8. University of Wisconsin, 252
9. Ohio State University, 201
10. Miami University, 199
11. University of New Hampshire, 192
12. University of Notre Dame, 94
13. Harvard University, 92
14. Michigan State University, 91
15. Colorado College, 45

Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts, 37; Colgate University, 22; College of the Holy Cross, 8; Niagara University, 8.