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After finishing the regular season with the most wins and spending several weeks at the top of the college hockey rankings, the Pioneers have been rewarded. The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected the ���app as the top seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Sixteen teams will take part in the championship playoff, which begins this Friday. ���app will face Michigan Tech on Saturday at 11 a.m. MT in Cincinnati, Ohio. The game can be seen on ESPNews.

The top seed comes on the heels of ���app’s third-place finish this weekend at the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The Pioneers followed up a loss on Friday night to North Dakota with a 3-1 win on Saturday against Western Michigan.

“This was a good team win for us today [Saturday],” said coach Jim Montgomery. “I think it illustrated the depth we have at Denver because we sat out several players. We are here to win a national championship, and after Friday’s loss [to North Dakota], I wasn’t going to risk any injuries.”

Denver had already clinched an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament prior to the Frozen Faceoff.

Other Athletics News …

The seventh-ranked women’s gymnastics team finished second at the Big 12 Championship this weekend. Top-ranked Oklahoma won the title.

“It was a solid performance despite tight scoring, which will help us be prepared for Regionals,” said head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart, who was named the 2017 Big 12 co-Head Coach of the Year.

Freshman Maddie Karr and senior Julia Ross finished second and third respectively in the all-around, earning spots on the Big 12 Championship Team.

Denver will next travel to Fayetteville, Ark. as a No. 2 seed for the NCAA Regionals on Saturday, April 1. Joining the Pioneers will be No. 4 Utah, No. 16 California, No. 21 Auburn, Arkansas and Michigan. This is ���app's 19th-consecutive NCAA Regionals.