Men's Ice Hockey | November 04, 2019

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Western Michigan junior Paul Washe and freshman Ronnie Attard have both earned National Collegiate Hockey Conference weekly honors after their performances in WMU's series at Colorado College.

Washe has been named Bauer NCHC Forward of the Week, while Attard was named Bauer NCHC Defenseman of the Week. It is both the first NCHC weekly honors of their careers.

Washe had a career weekend as WMU took five of six points at CC, scoring two goals and adding three assists. He opened the series with a career-high three points in Friday's 6-3 win. The junior forward scored the game-winning goal in the third period to put the Broncos up 4-3. He then assisted on WMU's fifth and sixth goals of the game. On Saturday he netted the first goal of the game to give WMU an early 1-0 lead. He later assisted on Attard's game-tying extra-attacker goal with 24 seconds left and finished +2 on the night. The weekend pushed Washe's season point total to nine on four goals and five assists, now sitting just two points shy of matching his best for points in a season of 11 that he set in 2018-19.

Attard finished +1 in Friday's 6-3 win over the Tigers but his biggest impact on the weekend came on Saturday. On Saturday he finished with a career-high three points on two goals and one assist, while finishing +3. Attard netted WMU's second goal of the game, assisted on the team's third and then tied the game to force overtime with an extra-attacker goal with 24 seconds remaining.

Western Michigan returns home on Friday to host rival Ferris State at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 1-888-4-WMUTIX and online at wmubroncos.com/tickets. WMU travels to FSU on Saturday for an 8:07 p.m. puck drop.