The final score of a game doesn’t always tell you what the game looked like. Sometimes 6-0 means that one team just made the most of their opportunities while another just couldn’t convert on theirs. This, however, was not one of those times. 

Yes, this time it was 6-0, and it was a telling 6-0. Denver controlled the game for the full sixty minutes.

While the Chargers managed to put up 16 shots, the Pioneers pounded them the whole game, finishing with a staggering 49 total.

Junior forward Liam Finlay (Kelowna, B.C.) looked especially on point Saturday night as he completed his own hat trick and assisted freshman Brett Stapley (Campbell River, B.C.) for a total of 4 points.

In the defensive half, sophomore goaltender Devin Cooley (Los Gatos, Calif.) completely shut out the opposition, saving all 16 of Huntsville’s shots.

Two goals, in particular, reflect the overall nature of this game.

The first: within 25 seconds of the drop, senior Les Lancaster (Ypsilanti, Mich.) on the first shot of the game ripped one in for an early lead.

The last: up 5-0 and with less than two minutes to play, Finlay stole the puck in Chargers’ territory, squared up against the goalie and slung one past his head into the back of the net, rounding out the 6-0 scoreline.

And in between was just more domination of Huntsville.

Senior Jarid Lukosevicius (Squamish, B.C.) brought it to 2-0 thanks to an assist from freshman Emilio Petterson (Manglerud, Norway).

Finlay took it to 3-0 with his first of three goals in the night.

Stapley made it a cool 4-0 on a power play at 16:47 of the second period.

Finlay once again found the back of the net, netting him his second of the three and running up the score to 5-0.

The Pioneers controlled the entire game and truly earned the 6-0 sweep.

Denver now sits at 2-0 and will play again Friday at Magness against Alaska-Fairbanks at 7:07 p.m. MST.