KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Junior defenseman Joona Väisänen scored on the power play with 3.4 seconds left in overtime to lift #6/6 Western Michigan hockey (8-2-1, 2-1-1 NCHC) to a 5-4 win over #12/13 Colorado College (7-4-1, 1-3-0) on Saturday night at Lawson Arena, completing the Broncos' first NCHC series sweep of the season in the teams' last scheduled meeting at the historic venue.
After a low-scoring Friday, the two teams traded punches and scored a combined nine goals in the contest.
The visitors opened the scoring at 1:15 of the first. The Broncos tied it up when senior forward
Cole Spicer found the back of the net for a second straight game at 7:48 with his third of the season. Junior forward
Iiro Hakkarainen put WMU ahead at 10:03 with his second of the campaign. The Tigers tied it 2-2 before the period ended.
Colorado College retook the lead 3-2 at 14:04 of the second. Freshman forward Tommy Lafrenière answered at 16:18 with his third, set up by junior forward
Ty Henricks and senior defenseman
Cole Crusberg-Roseen, and the game went into the final 20:00 of regulation tied at three apiece.
Junior defenseman
Zack Sharp scored his first goal of the season at 16:19 of the third, from Spicer and senior forward and captain
Zaccharya Wisdom, to put the Broncos up 4-3. The Tigers answered back 29 seconds later.
Sophomore forward Wilson Björck took a five-minute boarding major 56 seconds into overtime, and Väisänen cashed in at 4:57, his sixth of the season, from freshman forward Adam Benák and senior forward
William Whitelaw. The assist was Whitelaw's 50th point as a Bronco.
Spicer (1G-1A) and Wisdom (2A) each had multipoint games.
Sophomore goaltender
Quentin Miller made 19 saves for his 20th career win. Jackson Unger made 28 saves in the loss. WMU outshot Colorado College 33-23, went 1-for-3 on the power play to the Tigers' 0-for-1, and won the faceoff battle 35-28.
The Broncos took five of six possible points in the NCHC standings on the weekend.
WMU heads to Omaha's Baxter Arena for another conference series against the Mavericks with games on Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. ET.
SERIES NOTES
• The sweep was completed tonight with program win No. 951. WMU is unbeaten in six straight against Colorado College (5-0-1); the series is now 31-14-8.
• Whitelaw's 50th point as a Bronco came tonight, on the overtime winner. It was also his 85th career point.
• Miller earned his 20th career win tonight. His third shutout of the season and sixth of his career came Friday.
• Sophomore forward
Bobby Cowan played his 50th career game tonight.
• Sharp's first goal of the season came tonight, at 16:19 of the third.
• Freshman forward
Jordan Keller's first collegiate point came Friday, in his debut.
FINAL SEASON AT LAWSON
The 2026-27 campaign marks the Final Season at historic Lawson Arena for Western Michigan hockey. Named after the program's founding father, Harry W. Lawson, the arena has been home to Bronco hockey since the 1974-75 season. Throughout the 2026-27 season, WMU hockey will be celebrating its five-plus decades at Lawson Arena with special events, promotions and 'Fan Friday' giveaways. Secure your tickets and help us celebrate the Final Season at Lawson Arena at
wmubroncos.com/tickets.
