Pre-Game:
- Western Michigan is
12-5-3 (8-3-1-1 CCHA) entering the weekend series against Lake Superior.
- WMU had a 6-0 win and a 2-2 tie last weekend against Bemidji State.
- WMU finished 3-1 last season against the Lakers, including a sweep in the CCHA Quarterfinals.
- Lake Superior State comes in with a five-game winning streak.
- The Broncos are 7-2 and outscoring opponents 31-18 on
Friday night games.
- Senior captain
Dane Walters has 12 of his 16 points on
Friday night.
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Dane Walters currently has a two-game goal streak.
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Shane Berschbach,
Chase Balisy and Dennis each have an assist in two straight games.
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Dane Walters,
Chase Balisy,
Shane Berschbach,
Dennis Brown all have points in two straight.
- WMU is ranked #10 in both national polls.
First Period:
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Dane Walters scores his 10th goal of the year.
- Walters extends his streak to three straight games with a goal.
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Matt Stewart had an assist on the goal, which is his first career point.
- LSSU scores with 30 seconds left in the period.
- LSSU Buddy Robinson scores his seventh goal of the year,Eric Drapluk with the assist, his sixth.
- The score is tied 1-1 after the first period.
- The Broncos outshot LSSU 12-7 in the period.
- WMU is 6-2-2 when tied after first period.
Second Period:
- The Broncos end the period still tied 1-1.
- WMU outshot the Lakers 25-14
- WMU has held the Lakers to seven shots in each period so far.
- WMU is 1-1-1 when tied after second period.
- Hagrove, Walters and LaPorte each had four shots in the period.
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Colton Hargrove with the four shots on goal, sets a career high. His previous was three shots.
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Nolan LaPorte also with four shots on goal, sets a career high. His previous was three as well.
Third Period:
- 4,179 fans in attendance at Lawson, the largest crowd of the season.
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Frank Slubowski makes great save, as puck goes behind him with three seconds left in the game.
- The Broncos are outshooting the Lakers 36-25.
- After the third period, WMU is still tied with LSSU 1-1.
- Second overtime game at home this year.
- WMU is also 2-0 in shoot-outs.
- The Broncos are 6-1 in one-goal games this season
Overtime/Shoot-Out:
- WMU is 0-1-3 in overtime this season.
- WMU gets a penalty with 1:30 left in overtime.
- WMU is 2-0 in shoot-outs this season.
- Broncos out outshooting the Lakers 45-25.
- The Broncos are 2-0 when shooting more than 40 shots this season.
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Mike Leone,
Dennis Brown and
Chase Balisy are the shooters for WMU in the shoot-out.
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Mike Leone scores first goal of shoot-out.
- LSSU ties the shoot-out up at 1-1.
- LSSU Ben Power scores game-winning goal in shoot-out.
- WMU loses to LSSU 2-1 in a shoot-out.
Post-Game:
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Frank Slubowski loses his first career shoot-out.
- WMU is now 2-1 when shooting at least 40+shots.
- Broncos are 2-1 in shootouts this year.
- WMU improves to 8-2 this season at Lawson Ice Arena.
- LSSU keeps there six-game winning streak.
- WMU is 1-2 so far in 2013.
- WMU is now
12-6-3 (CCHA 8-3-2-1).