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2014-15 WMU HOCKEY GAME NOTES • NCHC QUARTERFINALS • MIAMI 2014-15 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Oct. 4 TORONTO (exh) T, 2-2, SOW Oct. 10 @ Canisius L, 2-4 BRONCO HOCKEY Oct. 11 @ Canisius W, 4-1 Oct. 17 OMAHA* L, 2-5 5 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 2 CCHA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS Oct. 18 OMAHA* L, 0-3 Oct. 24 #16 ALASKA L, 0-1 11 ALL-AMERICANS • 3 HOBEY BAKER AWARD FINALISTS Oct. 25 #16 ALASKA W, 4-2 Nov. 7 @ #10/12 Denver* L, 4-5. Nov. 8 @ #10/12 Denver* W, 6-3 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS Nov. 14 #15/14 ST. CLOUD STATE* L, 3-4 (7) Western Michigan (13-16-5) vs. #5/5 (2) Miami (21-12-1) Nov. 15 #15/14 ST. CLOUD STATE* T, 1-1, SOW Friday, March 13 • 7:35 PM ET • Goggin Ice Center • Oxford, Ohio • NCHC.tv Nov. 21 @ #7 Miami* L, 0-1 Saturday, March 14 • 7:05 PM ET • Goggin Ice Center • Oxford, Ohio • NCHC.tv Nov. 22 @ #7 Miami* L, 2-5 Sunday, March 15 • 7:05 PM ET • Goggin Ice Center • Oxford, Ohio • NCHC.tv Nov. 28 vs. Ohio State@ W, 6-2 Nov. 29 vs #17 Union@ W, 8-2 THIS WEEK Dec. 12 COLORADO COLLEGE* W, 3-2 OT TOP SCORERS in the Postseason Dec. 13 COLORADO COLLEGE* T, 1-1 SOW Western Michigan heads to Oxford, Ohio to battle rivals Miami in the first Dec. 29 vs. #17/14 Colgate% L, 1-2 round of the NCHC Playoffs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (if neces- sary). Player GP G-A-P +/- Dec. 30 vs. #20 Penn State W, 4-1 Will Kessel 11 4-2-6 -4 Jan. 9 NOTRE DAME W, 4-2 Colton Hargrove 6 3-1-4 +2 Jan. 10 @ Notre Dame W, 4-3 LAST WEEK Nolan LaPorte 6 1-3-4 -5 Jan. 16 @ #5/5 Minnesota-Duluth* T, 2-2, SOW WMU ended the regular season with a hard-earned split with No. 6/6 Justin Kovacs 7 1-2-3 -1 Jan. 17 @ #5/5 Minnesota-Duluth* W, 4-2 Minnesota Duluth. The Bulldogs took the series opener with a 6-3 win. Kenney Morrison 6 1-1-2 -5 Jan. 23 @ St. Cloud State* L, 0-7 UMD opened the scoring at 4:36 on a goal by Willie Corrin. Sheldon Dries Sheldon Dries 4 0-2-2 -1 Jan. 24 @ St. Cloud State* W, 3-2 Josh PItt 5 1-0-1 -1 Jan. 31 #9/8 MIAMI* T, 3-3 SOL tied the game up at 1-1 and then the teams scored five goals in a span of two minutes, ending with Andy Welinksi giving Minnesota-Duluth a 4-3 Sam Mellor 4 1-0-1 -1 Feb. 7 vs #8/8 Miami*$ L, 3-4 Chris Dienes 4 0-1-1 +1 Feb. 13 @ #4/4 Omaha* W, 2-1 lead. Dominic Toninato would add two goals, including an empty-net goal Feb. 14 @ #4/4 Omaha* L, 1-3 with less than a second left in the game. Goalies GAA SV % Record Feb. 20 #1/1 NORTH DAKOTA* L, 1-3 Lukas Hafner 2.13 .921 1-0-0 Feb. 21 #1/1 NORTH DAKOTA* L, 2-3, OT On Saturday it was all Western Michigan as Lukas Hafner needed to Frank Slubowski 3.17 .889 5-5-0 Feb. 27 @ Colorado College* T, 2-2, SOW make just 18 saves to earn his third career shutout as the Broncos down Feb. 28 @ Colorado College* L, 0-5 the Bulldogs, 3-0. Chris Dienes gave WMU a 1-0 lead at 8:08 in the first TOP SCORERS vs Miami Mar. 6 MINNESOTA-DULUTH* L, 3-6 period. Mike McKee added a power play goal in the second period and Mar. 7 MINNESOTA-DULUTH* W, 3-0 Player GP G-A-P +/- Justin Kovacs capped off Senior Night with an empty-net goal. Mar. 13 @ #5/5 Miami& 7:35 p.m. Will Kessel 13 4-3-7 +0 Mar. 14 @ #5/5 Miami& 7:05 p.m. Nolan LaPorte 10 3-4-7 +4 Mar. 15 @ #5/5 Miami& 7:05 p.m. AT A GLANCE: MIAMI UNIVERSITY Kenney Morrison 10 0-6-6 +2 • THE SERIES: Miami leads the all-time series 60-56-11, including a Justin Kovacs 12 1-4-5 +0 - Home games in caps/bold 3-0-1 record against the Broncos this season. There have been seven to- Taylor Fleming 8 1-3-4 +1 * denotes conference game Colton Hargrove 10 2-2-4 +5 @ Shillelagh Tournament, South Bend, Ind. tal postseason games between the two teams with Miami holding a 5-2 % Three Rivers Classic, CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. (WMU edge in those games. Miami is also 2-0 all-time in playoff series against Josh PItt 8 3-1-4 -4 is home Western Michigan. The last postseason meeting between the two was Sheldon Dries 8 2-2-4 +2 Chris Dienes 6 1-1-2 +3 team) the CCHA Semifinals in 2012 with the Broncos winning 6-2. $ Coyote Logistics Hockey City Classic, Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill. Mike McKee 4 1-1-2 +0 & NCHC Quarterfinals Frederik Tiffels 4 2-0-2 -1 • PREVIOUSLY: The two teams have played four games this season with Aidan Muir 4 1-1-2 +2 the RedHawks besting the Broncos in three of the four. Miami swept Western Michigan back in November with wins of 1-0 and 5-2. At the end Goalies GAA SV % Record of January WMU came back and forced a 3-3 tie but lost the shootout. Lukas Hafner 3.44 .891 1-3-1 MU also got the best of the Hockey City Classic with a 4-3 win. Frank Slubowski 2.10 .930 5-3-0 BROADCAST INFORMATION • SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS, AGAIN: Miami entered the final week of Lines From Previous Game RADIO • Kory Lee and Adam Bodnar will have the calls live on 96.5 FM the regular season needing to sweep No. 1 North Dakota for a share of in the Kalamazoo area. •3-0 W vs Minnesota-Duluth (3/7) the NCHC Regular Season Championship and, due to tie-breakers, would LW C RW TV • Friday/Saturday: NCHC.tv secure the top seed for the playoffs. A loss to UND ended that chance 19 25 16 the opening night of the series. The RedHawks then wrapped up the 22 28 23 second seed with a 6-3 win over North Dakota to close out the regular 14 8 21 season. 17 29 12 Overall the RedHawk offense ranks 19th in the nation at 3.00 goals per LD RD G game and boasts some of the nation’s top scorers. Senior captain Austin 9 20 1 24 7 55 Czarnik leads the team in scoring with 36 points on five goals and 31 as- 13 15 sists. Czarnik had just had two goals heading into the final game against • Starters in bold www.wmubroncos.com www.facebook.com/wmuhockey www.twitter.com/WMUHockey www.youtube.com/wmuathletics 1 2014-15 WMU HOCKEY GAME NOTES • NCHC QUARTERFINALS • MIAMI North Dakota when he recorded a hat trick that included two short-handed goals. Junior Riley Barber has 33 points off of 16 assists and his 17 goals ties him with Sean THE LAST TIME ... Kuraley for the team lead. Blake Coleman (13) and Cody Murphy (11) each have at Defeated a ranked opponent at home: least 10 goals and sophomore Anthony Louis is second on the team in assists with 22. WMU: No. 16 Alaska, 4-2, Oct. 25, 2014 Matthew Caito is the top point scorer on the blue line with 20 on three goals and 17 assists. Freshman Louie Belpedio has the most goals amongst defenseman with four. Defeated a ranked opponent on the road: WMU: No. 4 Omaha, 2-1, Feb. 13, 2015 Defensively Miami ranks 14th in the nation after allowing just 2.29 goals per game dur- ing the regular season. Both Jay Williams and Ryan McKay saw significant playing time Series sweep: during the campaign but Williams started in 22 of the 34 games. The junior netminder WMU: Notre Dame (4-2, 4-3), Jan. 9-10, 2015 (home-and-home) posted a 16-7-0 record, a .920 save percentage and a goals against average that Opponent: @ Miami (0-1, 2-5), Nov. 21-22, 2014 ranks fifth in the nation at 1.91. Shutout: MU’s power play ranks 19th in the nation and sits just under 20 percent at 19.9 WMU: vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3-0), March 7, 2015 (Hafner in net) (29/148). Kuraly is the top scorer on the team when it comes to power play goals with Opponent: vs Miami (0-1), Nov. 11, 2014 (Williams in net) seven. Barber sits right behind him with six. The RedHawk penalty kill ranks 28th in the nation, killing off 83.2 percent (119/143) of their opponents power plays. Miami’s PK Four-point game: is also lethal when it comes to short-handed goals, totalling seven on the season. WMU: Sheldon Dries (2-2-4), vs. No. 17 Union, Nov. 29, 2014 Opponent: Alex Szczechura (3-1-4) at Ohio State, Feb. 16, 2013 CAPTAIN KESSEL Tanner Fritz (1-3-4) at Ohio State, Feb. 16, 2013 • Heading into the playoffs it is no surprise that senior captain Will Kessel is the most experienced Bronco when it comes to the postseason.