As Johnny Hicks stopped shot after shot over the course of an important weekend sweep over Minnesota Duluth, a goalie competition had officially begun in the Mile High City.
For the last two months, it looked like Denver had found its latest star goalie to follow in the footsteps of national championship winners Tanner Jaillet, Magnus Chrona and Matt Davis with the emergence of freshman Quentin Miller, who quickly won the starting job for the Pioneers early in the season.
But some January struggles for the Montreal Canadiens draft pick, and then a lower-body injury opened the door for Hicks, a fellow freshman, to get his first regular action last month…