Pre-Game:
-WMU comes into the game
18-8-6 (
14-6-4-2 CCHA) and ranked eight in national polls.
-The Broncos split with Ohio State a week ago, they won in a shootout on
Friday and lost on
Saturday.
-WMU split with Notre Dame earlier this season.
-The Broncos are 4-2-1 in their last seven against the Fighting Irish.
-Notre Dame is within one point of the Broncos in the CCHA standings.
-Notre Dame comes in with the first ranked offense in the CCHA, averaging 3.25 goals a game.
-WMU is
13-2-1 at Lawson Ice Arena this season.
-WMU is ranked third nationally in scoring defense, averaging 1.94 goals a game.
First Period:
- WMU goal by
Justin Kovacs, third goal of the season
- Assisted by
Mike Leone and
Luke Witkowski
- The Broncos are
12-1-3 when scoring first.
- Notre Dame goal by David Gerth,his eight goal of the season.
- WMU goal by
Will Kessel, his first goal of the season
- Assisted by
Nolan LaPorte
- WMU leads Notre Dame 2-1 after first period.
- Notre Dame is outshooting the Broncos 10-9 after first period.
Second Period:
- Notre Dame scores short-handed goal by Bryan Rust, his 11th goal on the season.
- WMU and ND tied 2-2 after second period.
- Notre Dame is outshooting the Fighting Irish 19-16 after the second period.
- ND and WMU will both serve two minute penalties for unsportsmanlike and roughing after the whistle.
- The Broncos are 1-2-3 when tied after the second period.
Third Period:
- WMU goal by
Nolan LaPorte, his second goal of the season
- Assisted by Garrett Haar and
Trevor Elias.
- Notre Dame goal by Austin Wuthrich, his fourth goal of the season.
- WMU and Notre Dame are tied 3-3 after three periods.
- Notre Dame is outshooting the Broncos 26-24.
Overtime:
- WMU is 0-1-6 in overtime this season.
- Notre Dame outshot WMU 2-1 in the overtime.
- WMU and Notre Dame are heading to a shoot-out tied 3-3.
Shoot-Out:
- WMU is 3-2 in shootouts this season.
- WMU
Dennis Brown misses
- Notre Dame TJ Tynan misses
- WMU
Mike Leone scores, he has made his last five shoot-out attempts.
- Notre Dame Anders Lee misses
- WMU
Mike Cichy misses
- Notre Dame Bryan Rust scores
- WMU
Chase Balisy scores
- Notre Dame Robbie Russo misses
- Broncos win 3-3, 2-0 in shoot-out.
Post-Game:
- The Broncos are now 4-2 in shootouts on the season.
- WMU got outshot by Notre Dame 28-25 in the game.
- Three Stars: 3.)
Frank Slubowski 2.) Austin Wuthrich 1.)
Nolan LaPorte
-
Nolan LaPorte (1-1-2) earned his first career two point game.
- WMU is now
13-2-2 at home this season
- WMU is now
18-9-6,(
14-7-4-3 CCHA)
- The Broncos will host the Fighting Irish
tomorrow night at Lawson Ice Arena, puck drop is 7:05pm