DENVER – Sophomore Tyler Ruegsegger (Lakewood, Colo.) tallied a goal and an assist to lead No. 3 Denver to a 3-2 win over No. 4 Colorado College in WCHA action tonight before 6,083 fans Magness Arena. DU improves to 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the WCHA, and earns the series split with Colorado College (8-4, 8-2).

Tom May (Eagan, Minn.) netted the game-winning goal and Rhett Rakhshani (Huntington Beach, Calif.) also scored for the Pioneers, who ended a six-game (0-4-2) winless streak against Colorado College. Senior netminder Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) got the win with 20 saves as the Pioneers remain second in the WCHA with 12 points. CC’s six-game winning streak ends with the loss.

“I am really proud of our team’s response tonight,” DU head coach George Gwozdecky said. “We played with a lot of heart and effort tonight to get the win.”

CC struck first at 1:11 of the first period with a power-play goal from Jimmy Kilpatrick. DU outshot CC 9-8 in the period, but Richard Bachman (24 saves) stopped all nine Pioneer shots.

The second period belonged to Ruegsegger and Mannino. Ruegsegger evened the score on a delayed penalty (6-on-5 DU advantage) with a rebound blast past Bachman at 18:09 and assisted on Rakhshani's go-ahead goal 45 seconds later. Patrick Mullen (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Brian Gifford (Moorhead, Minn.) earned assists on Ruegsegger's goal. Mannino was stellar in net by stopping all nine Tiger shots. DU owned an 11-9 shot advantage in the middle stanza.

May iced the game for DU with a big wrist shot past Bachman at 12:07 of the third period. Brandon Vossberg (St. Paul, Minn.) earned the lone assist on the eventual game-winning goal. CC’s Eric Walsky made it 3-2 with 44 seconds left in the game.

DU outshot CC, 27-20, and went 0-for-2 on the power play. CC went 1-for-6 with the man advantage.

The Pioneers host North Dakota in a two-game WCHA series on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Puck drop is set for 7:37 p.m. on Friday night.

Notes: The Pioneers improve to 7-3 against ranked opponents with the win. DU has allowed two goals or less in its nine wins. The Pioneers extended their regular-season sellout streak to 64 games. Tyler Ruegsegger leads DU with five multi-point games. Peter Mannino improves to 7-2-2 in 11 career games against CC. Former DU All-American and current Colorado Avalanche star Paul Stastny attended tonight’s game.