Your average Denver hockey player stands 5-foot-11 and weighs slightly less than 179 pounds, according to a roster study conducted by Magness Mayhem.

The Pioneers also have players from seven different birth years, meaning there is an age range of 18 to 24 within the same roster.

Those are two of the nuggets of information pulled from our drill down on the Pioneers’ roster in advance of Friday night’s regular-season opener at Air Force.

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What follows is a comprehensive breakdown of the Pioneers’ 2018-19 roster. All figures were gleaned from the roster on DU’s website as of Oct. 5:

Pioneers by Class

Senior – 3 (D Les Lancaster, F Jarid Lukosevicius and F Colin Staub)

Junior – 4 (D Michael Davies, D Erich Fear, F Liam Finlay and F Tyson McLellan)

Sophomore – 9 (F Ryan Barrow, G Devin Cooley, F Jack Doremus, F Jake Durflinger, F Jaakko Heikkinen, D Griffin Mendel, D Ian Mitchell, F Kohen Olischefski, D Ryan Orgel )

Freshman – 11 (F Brendan Budy, D Sean Comrie, G Michael Corson, D Slava Demin, F Cole Guttman, G Filip Larsson, D Kyle Mayhew, F Emilio Pettersen, F Jared Resseguie, F Brett Stapley and F Tyler Ward)

Total 27

Pioneers by birth year

1994 – 1

1995 – 2

1996 – 1

1997 – 10

1998 – 3

1999 – 6

2000 – 4

Pioneers by position

Goalies – 3

Defenseman – 9

Forwards – 15

Pioneers by NCAA games played

100-plus: 3 (Jarid Lukosevicius 118, Colin Staub 117, Les Lancaster* 111)

75-100: 2

50-74: 1

25-49: 7

0-25: 14

*at Mercyhurst

Pioneers by height:

6-0 feet and taller: 13

5-11 and shorter: 14

Overall average: 5-11

By position

• Defense – 5-11.75
• Forwards – 5-10
• Goalies – 6-3

Pioneers by weight

200 pounds and heavier: 2

199 and lighter: 25

Overall average: 178.75

By position

• Defense – 183
• Forwards – 175.75
• Goalie – 181

Junior path

AJHL: 2

BCHL: 9

NAHL: 7

USHL: 8

Europe: 1

NEXT: Denver’s most indispensable players

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