Denver – The University of Denver hockey team announced Monday that the defenseman has. Eric Pohlkamp will join the Pioneers as a transfer student in the 2024-25 campaign.
Poekamp headed to Denver in 2023-24 after spending his freshman season at Bemidji State University in Minnesota, where he led all of the team's defensemen and was second overall on the team with 11 goals in 32 games. He was second among Beaver blueliners with 13 assists, and his 24 points were also second-most among BSU D-men and tied for fourth overall.
The Brainerd, Minn., native led Bemidji State in shots (121), power-play goals (5 ties) and game-winning goals (3 ties), while recording 18 penalty minutes and a plus-4 rating. He was named to the All-CCHA First Team and All-Rookie Team, and was a finalist for both the conference's Defenseman of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards. Paul Kampf, who has been named the league's Rookie of the Week twice and Defenseman of the Week three times, was also named the CCHA's Defenseman of the Month in February and March, and was named the league's regular season champion. He played a key role on the team that won the McNaughton Cup. .
Paulkamp was a member of the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was led by head coach from Denver. david carl. He played in all seven games, recording one goal, three points, and two assists on his way to the gold medal.
The rear guard also skated internationally for the United States at the 2022 World Junior A Challenge and scored seven points (5g/2a) in four contests at the U-19 Invitational Tournament.
Peaukamp was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the fifth round, 132nd overall, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to his time in Bemidji, Peaukamp played two seasons of junior hockey with the USHL's Cedar Rapids Roughriders. He scored 69 points (23g/46a) in 120 career USHL games and led all USHL defensemen with 51 points (16g/35a) in 59 games in 2022-23. Also, that season he was named USHL Defenseman of the Year. Polkamp paced all rear guards on special teams, scoring nine power play goals, 18 power play assists, and 27 power play points. Ranked 1st in the league in times.
Prior to his junior year, he played three seasons of prep hockey at Brainerd High School from 2018-2021, totaling 56 points (26g/30a) in 68 career games with the Warriors. He also played in nine North American Hockey League games with the Minnesota Magicians in 2020-21 (0g/1a).
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