Game Notes WMU vs. Notre Dame 10-12-2013
Pre-Game
· WMU dropped the first game of this home-and-home with Notre Dame Friday Night 4-0.
· Second straight season in which WMU fell in its season-opener.
· Six Broncos made their collegiate hockey debuts last night
· Chase Balisy leads all Bronco players with nine points in 13 games against Notre Dame.
· Frank Slubowski has started 58 consecutive games for the Broncos.
· Slubowski is 30-19-9 with a .917 save percentage during the streak.
· WMU is 41-34-10 all-time against Notre Dame and 25-11-8 at Lawson Arena
First Period
· 4-on-3 for Notre Dame halfway through the period and ND gets only three shots on goal.
· After the first, WMU and Notre Dame are tied at 0-0.
· WMU outshot ND in the first period 9-8.
· Eight penalties in the first period.
· Sheldon Dries, Nolan LaPorte and Sam Mellor lead the Broncos with 2 shots on goal
Second Period
· Thomas DiPauli goal for Notre Dame, his first goal of the season.
· Shayne Taker and Peter Schneider on the assists.
· WMU is 0-1 when the opponent scores first.
· After two periods, Notre Dame leads WMU 1-0.
· Notre Dame is outshooting WMU 27-10.
· WMU got outshot by Notre Dame 20-1 in the second period.
· Jordan Oesterle leads WMU with four blocked shots
Third Period
· Shayne Taker with the power play goal for Notre Dame, his first goal of the season.
· Assisted by T.J. Tynan and Bryan Rust.
· WMU pulled the goalie with 2:30 left in the third.
· Kevin Lind with the empty net goal, his first goal of the year.
· WMU loses to Notre Dame 3-0
· Notre Dame outshot WMU 14-12 in the third period
Post-Game
· The last time WMU was shutout in back-to-back games was in the 2009-10 season against Bemidji State on January 2nd and 3rd.
· WMU is now 0-2 on the season.
· Notre Dame outshot the Broncos 41-22.
· Broncos are now 4-6-4 in their last 14 games against the Fighting Irish.
· Frank Slubowski is now 3-4-3 against Notre Dame in his career.
· WMU will head to Alaska to play in the Alaska Goal Rush against Alaska Anchorage on Friday Oct.18 and Alaska on Oct.19
· The next home game will be November 1 in a series against Colorado College, puck drop 7:05pm
