HOUGHTON, Mich. - Freshman Joe Colborne tallied three points to lead Denver to a 6-1 win over the Michigan Tech hockey team tonight (Dec. 6). The Pioneers (11-5-1, 7-4-1) finished 1-6 on the power play and Tech (2-13-1, 1-10-1) was 0-6.

"We worked hard but again we made mistakes fundamentally," said head coach Jamie Russell.

Colborne recorded his first point of the evening with a goal that beat freshman Josh Robinson high on the stick side. Sophomore Marc Cheverie assisted on the first shorthanded goal of Colborne's career at 8:32 of the first period.

Colborne picked up his second point of the weekend with an assist on junior Tyler Ruegsegger's goal at 13:48. Sophomore Kyle Ostrow also assisted on the goal.

Denver scored its third goal of the opening period thanks to another assist by Colborne. Freshman Patrick Wiercioch scored the seventh goal of his career with a shot that snuck in under the crossbar at 16:48.

Freshman Corson Cramer, who played the third period the night before, started the second period in net for the Huskies.

Sophomore Jesse Martin extended the Pioneer lead to 4-0 with his even strength goal 18 seconds into the period. The goal was his third of the season.

Sophomore Deron Cousens busted up the Denver shut out with a long shot from the blue line at 2:32. He was unassisted on his second goal of the season.

DU added two more goals in the third period. Junior Matt Glasser scored his first goal of the season at 2:23 of the third and freshman Luke Salazar scored his tenth goal of the season with less than two minutes remaining.

Robinson (1-4-0) made five saves and gave up three goals in one period of work for the Huskies. Cramer made 10 saves on 13 shots in two periods of work.

Denver also had two goalies in net. Cheverie (11-5-1) made 19 saves on 20 shots in 54 minutes of work. Sophomore Lars Paulgaard made two saves on two shots in six minutes of action.

Michigan Tech will travel to Minnesota Duluth for a pair of WCHA games next weekend (Dec. 12-13).