ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The fifth-ranked Western Michigan hockey team fell to No. 1 Michigan in a last-second goal on the road on Friday night at Yost Arena.
The game was tied 2-2 when Will Horfcoff scored on a shot from distance with the puck crossing the line with 0.1 seconds left to play.Â
Zaccharaya Wisdom and
William Whitelaw each netted goals for the Broncos (4-1-0), while
Quentin Miller made 25 saves.Â
The Broncos opened the scoring on Wisdom's second goal of the season, scored at 8:36 in the second period.
Cole Spicer passed the puck ahead to Wisdom and the captain had a 2-on-1 with
Iiro Hakkarainen. Wisdom dished it off the Hakkarainen for the shot and Wisdom punched in the rebound. Â
Michigan opened the third period by scoring two goals just over a minute in. Jayden Perron scored at the 44-second mark to tie it up at 1-1 before Dakoda Rheaume-Mullen scored at 1:05 to give the Wolverines the lead.Â
The Broncos tied it up on Whitelaw's third goal of the season. WMU was on the penalty kill and Spicer broke up a pass in the Western Michigan zone and sprung Whitelaw on a breakaway to square the score at 2-2 at 8:45.
The Broncos are back in action on Saturday night, hosting Wisconsin for an exhibition game at 6 p.m.Â
