DENVER<\/b> — With the student body already gone for the holiday break, the first period started out a little sluggishly for both Denver and Air Force. but a four-goal second period, including a natural hat trick by Quentin Shore, led the Pioneers to a dominating 7-0 win over the Falcons at Magness Arena.<\/p>\n
“The building was a little flat tonight, so we knew we needed to create our own energy,” said Denver coach Jim Montgomery. “I thought Q Shore was the difference tonight for us. He really got moving after the last 10 minutes of the first period when I didn’t think we were very good and [Evan] Cowley came up with some big saves.<\/p>\n
“Our skill guys made skill plays tonight. The power play was really good and I thought we executed really well.”<\/p>\n
Leading 1-0 after a slow first period, Shore scored his first of the period with the Pioneers a man down. Taking a feed from Joey LaLeggia at center ice, Shore toe-dragged the puck across the slot and using the defenseman as a screen, beat Falcons’ goalie Chris Truehl along the ice to the far side for a 2-0 lead at 6:49 of the period.<\/p>\n
Shore’s second came with just under five minutes in the period when he deflected a LaLeggia shot past Truehl to make it 3-0. <\/p>\n
As the Falcons’ Dan Weissenhofer took a five-minute major for hitting from behind, Shore and the Pioneers wasted no time on the power play with a beautiful tic-tac-toe passing play from LaLeggia to Danton Heinen and then across the crease to Shore, who completed his hat trick into the open net.<\/p>\n
Shore’s three goals included a shorthanded tally, an even-strength goal and one on the power play consecutively in the middle stanza to blow the game open for Denver.<\/p>\n
Trevor Moore, Will Butcher and Zac Larraza added goals to complete the rout for the Pioneers, who saw five specialty-team goals on the night, including four on the power play. <\/p>\n
Cowley made 15 saves for his second shutout of the season.<\/p>\n
The Pioneers host Wisconsin tomorrow night in the final game of a seven-game homestand, while Air Force looks to rebound at home against Colorado College.<\/p>\n
“We know the style of play we want to bring,” said Montgomery. “It would be nice to close out the homestand with a win, but more important, to play our game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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