With Tyler Bozek coming to DU, freshman scoring could be a strength again next season. Bozek, a center for the Victoria Grizzlies, leads the 17-team British Columbia Hockey League with 76 points in 33 games. His 51 assists and 2.3 points-per-game also lead the league.

"Tyler is a late bloomer," Miller said of the 6-foot, 170-pound Bozek, who will be a 21-year-old freshman. "Four years ago, he was 5-8 and 120 pounds. When you're small, you have to have great intelligence to succeed. Tyler is a coach's son and a kid who has worked for everything."

Bozek will become classmates with two other high-scoring junior-A stars. Kyle Ostrow of the Nanaimo Clippers is seventh in the BCHL with 55 points in 30 games, and Jesse Martin of the Tri-City Storm is tied for 10th in the United States Hockey League with 27 points in 20 games.

Miller, DU's longtime recruiting coordinator, said his job used to focus on "trying to make the next class better than the one before it."

Since signing San Jose Sharks defenseman Matt Carle in 2003 and Avalanche center Paul Stastny in 2004, Miller said, "the challenge is to make each class just as good as the last."