Pre-Game:
- Lake Superior State defeated WMU
Friday night 2-1 in a shoot-out.
- The Broncos stand at a record of
12-5-4 (CCHA 8-3-2-1).
- The Lakers come in with a six-game winning streak.
- WMU is 5-3-2 on
Saturday night games and score on average of 1.6 goals per contest.
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Dane Walters has scored a goal in three straight games.
- Walters also extended his points streak to three games.
- WMU is 8-1-1 at Lawson Ice Arena this season.
First Period:
- Both teams are 0-for-1 on power plays within the first ten minutes of the period.
- WMU and LSSU are tied 0-0 after the first period.
- WMU outshot LSSU 13-4 in the first period.
- The Broncos are 6-3-2 when tied after the first period.
- There were five penalties total in the period (LSSU-3, WMU-2)
- The Lakers in the period had 10 blocked shots.
Second Period:
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Mike Leone scores the first goal of the game and his fourth goal of the season.
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Josh Pitt and Luke Witowski pick up their fourth assists of the season.
- WMU is 9-0-3 when scoring first.
- LSSU Domenic Monardo ties the game up at 1-1, with his ninth goal of the season.
- LSSU Eric Drapluk records his sixth assist of the season.
- Broncos in the middle of the period kill of a 5-on-3 power play.
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Dane Walters scores the power play goal, his 11th goal of the season.
- Walters extends his consecutive goal streak to four games, which is a career high.
- WMU leads 2-1 after the second period.
- The Broncos are 8-0-1 when leading after two periods.
Third Period:
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Dennis Brown scores the second power play goal for the Broncos
tonight.
- Brown scores his first goal of the season.
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Chase Balisy has his ninth assist of the season
- Kenny Morrison gets his second assist of the night.
- The Broncos outshoot the Lakers 41-19.
Post-Game:
- WMU is now 9-2 at Lawson Ice Arena.
- WMU is now 4-1-1 in the last six meetings against the Lakers.
- Three Stars: 3.) Kenny Morrison, 2.)
Dane Walters 1.)
Dennis Brown
- With the loss, LSSU ends it's six-game unbeaten streak.
- Back-to-Back nights WMU had 40+ shots.
- The Broncos are now
13-5-4 (CCHA 9-3-2-1)
- WMU will face Bowling Green University next weekend in a home-home series.
-WMU will face BGSU on
Saturday Jan.19, puck drop is at 7:05pm.