Pre-Game:
- WMU tied Notre Dame 2-2, before winning 2-1 in overtime.
- WMU is
18-8-7,(
14-6-5-3 CCHA) and are in second place in the CCHA.
-
Justin Kovacs,
Nolan LaPorte and
Will Kessel had the goal
last night for the Broncos.
- The Broncos are 8-4-4 on
Saturday nights this season.
-
Saturday
night is Senior night for
Brett Beebe,
Trevor Elias,
Mike Leone,Ben
Miller,
Nick Pisellinin,
Dane Walters,
Ben Warda and Luke Witowski.
First Period:
- Notre Dame Bryan Rust scores, his 11th goal of the season.
- WMU is 6-7-3 when opponent scores first.
- WMU power play goal by
Mike Cichy, his fourth goal of the season.
- Assisted by Dan DeKeyser and
Luke Witkowski
-
Luke Witkowski now has two straight games with an assist.
- WMU and Notre Dame tied 1-1 after first period.
- Notre Dame is outshooting the Broncos 15-8.
Second Period:
- WMU and Notre Dame tied at 1-1 after second period.
- WMU is 1-2-4 when tied after second period.
- Notre Dame is outshooting the Broncos 29-18.
- Notre Dame outshot the Broncos in the second period 14-10.
- For the second night in a row, WMU and ND will start the third period with penalites.
Third Period:
- WMU and ND are tied 1-1, and heading to a second straight overtime.
- Notre Dame is outshooting the Broncos 34-24.
- WMU outshot Notre Dame 6-5 in the third period.
- WMU is 0-1-7 in overtimes this season .
Overtime:
- Cichy and Walters both had opportunities for WMU to score.
- There have been a combine 15 penalties
tonight.
- Notre Dame outshot the Broncos 4-2 in the overtime
- Game is still tied 1-1.
- Heading to a shootout for the second night in a row.
Shootout:
- WMU
Mike Cichy misses
- Notre Dame Bryan Rust scores
- WMU
Mike Leone misses
- Notre Dame Anders Lee scores
- Notre Dame beats WMU in shootout 2-0.
Post-Game:
-WMU gains a point in the CCHA and can finish no worse than third in the standings.
-WMU is now 4-3 in shootouts this season .
-
Justin Kovacs two straight games with a goal comes to an end.
-
Mike Leone,
Trevor Elias and Justin Kovac's points streak comes to an end.
-
Mike Leone and
Trevor Elias both have there two game assists streak come to an end as well.
-WMU is now
18-8-8, (
14-6-6-3 CCHA)
-WMU will travel to Michigan State next weekend
March 1 and
March 2.
-Next time WMU will be at home is
March 15-17, in the second round of the CCHA tournament.