Western Michigan Hockey 11 All-Americans • 5 Ncaa Tournament Appearances • 2 Ccha Tournament Championships
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WESTERN MICHIGAN HOCKEY 11 ALL-AMERICANS • 5 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 2 CCHA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016-17 SCHEDULE OCTOBER (3-2-1) Oct. 1 TORONTO (exh) L, 3-4 Oct. 6 at #20/NR Ferris State W, 5-3 Oct. 7 #20/NR FERRIS STATE W, 2-1 Oct. 14 at #20/NR Bowling Green T, 4-4 2016 GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL Oct. 15 #20/NR BOWLING GREEN W, 8-2 Oct. 28 at #3/3 Denver* L, 1-3 #16/RV Western Michigan (8-5-3) vs Michigan State (4-9-1) Oct. 29 at #3/3 Denver* L, 2-4 Thursday, December 29 // 7:00 PM ET // Joe Louis Arena // Detroit, Mich. Bronco Radio Network // Fox Sports Detroit NOVEMBER (4-1-1) Nov. 4 MIAMI* W, 6-3 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WMUHOCKEY Nov. 5 MIAMI* W, 5-2 FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @WMU_HOCKEY Nov. 11 @ #1/1 Minnesota-Duluth* W, 4-3 FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: /WMUHOCKEY Nov. 12 @ #1/1 Minnesota-Duluth* L, 0-2 Nov. 18 AIR FORCE T, 5-5 THIS WEEK Nov. 19 AIR FORCE W, 4-1 Western Michigan resumes action and heads to the 2016 Great Lakes Invitational on TOP SCORERS DECEMBER Thursday and Friday. The Broncos open up Player GP G-A-P +/- Dec. 2 #17/RV ST. CLOUD STATE* L, 0-3 the tournament taking on Michigan State on Matheson Iacopelli 16 13-4-17 +3 Dec. 3 #17/RV ST. CLOUD STATE* T, 5-5 Thursday at 7 p.m. WMU then plays Mich- Wade Allison 16 9-5-14 +2 Dec. 9 @ #8/9 North Dakota* L, 1-5 igan Tech or Michigan on Friday with the Taylor Fleming 16 0-13-13 +0 Dec. 10 @ #8/9 North Dakota* W, 3-1 time dependent on Thursday’s results. Griffen Molino 16 4-7-11 +0 Dec. 29 vs. Michigan State# 7:00 P.M. Sheldon Dries 16 4-6-10 +3 Dec. 30 vs. Michigan/Mich. Tech# 3:30/7:30 LAST TIME OUT Scott Moldenhauer 16 4-6-10 -3 Western Michigan was last in action was Corey Schueneman 14 2-8-10 -2 JANUARY on Dec. 9-10 against No. 8/9 North Dakota. Jan. 13 DENVER* 6:30 P.M. WMU went up to Grand Forks and split with TOP GOALIES Jan. 14 DENVER* 7:00 P.M. the Fighting Hawks. To open the weekend, Goalies GAA SV % Record Jan. 20 COLORADO COLLEGE* 7:00 P.M. the Broncos dropped a 5-1 decision with Ben Blacker 2.33 .918 3-0-0 Jan. 21 COLORADO COLLEGE* 7:00 P.M. Scott Moldenhauer getting the lone goal for Trevor Gorsuch 3.07 .894 4-3-2 Jan. 27 @ Miami* 7:00 P.M. the team. Collin Olson 2.88 .883 1-2-1 Jan. 28 @ Miami* 7:05 P.M. Western Michigan turned things around in FEBRUARY the Saturday tilt, winning 3-1. Wade Allison Feb. 3 ARIZONA STATE 7:00 P.M. netted two goals, including the game-win- ner, and assisted on Michael Rebry’s emp- Lines From Previous Game (12/10) Feb. 4 ARIZONA STATE 7:00 P.M. ty-net goal. It was the first three-point game • 3-1 W vs #8/9 North Dakota Feb. 10 @ Omaha* 8:07 P.M. for the Philadelphia Flyers’ draft pick in his LW C RW Feb. 11 @ Omaha* 8:07 P.M. brief career. Freshman Ben Blacker made a 19 26 14 Feb. 17 NORTH DAKOTA* 7:00 P.M. career-high 32 saves to earn his third win of 16 8 7 Feb. 18 NORTH DAKOTA* 7:00 P.M. the season. 17 29 27 Feb. 24 @ Colorado College* 9:37 P.M. 25 23 Feb. 25 @ Colorado College* 8:07 P.M. AT A GLANCE: MICHIGAN STATE // 4-9-1 THE SERIES: The Spartans lead the all-time LD RD G MARCH series 65-32-8 and holds a 3-2-0 lead in 24 20 1 March 3 MINNESOTA-DULUTH* 7:00 P.M. games at neutral sites. This is the first meet- 28 15 33 March 4 MINNESOTA-DULUTH* 7:00 P.M. ing between the two teams since a home- 13 4 March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA and-home series on Nov. 22-23, 2013. The March 17-18 NCHC Semifinals/Finals TBA Broncos swept Michigan State with a 2-0 • Starters in bold win at Munn Ice Arena and then a 4-1 win at Lawson. #Great Lakes Invitational, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich. * NCHC Games SCOUTING THE SPARTANS: MSU has lost its last three games, getting swept by Minne- All times Eastern sota and falling to Northeastern. The streak had ended a four-game unbeaten streak that All times/dates subject to change featured wins at Ferris State and North Dakota, along with a tie against the Fighting Hawks and an exhibition win over the USNDTP U-18 team. The Spartans also have a win over Princ- eton and Michigan Tech. Michigan State’s offense ranks in at 47th in the nation, averaging 2.36 goals per game. The Spartans are led by sophomore forward Mason Applegate and his 14 points on a team-high WEEK ELEVEN: GAME NOTES six goals and eight assists. Freshman Taro Hirose sits second on the team with three goals and seven assists for 10 points. The top scoring THE LAST TIME ... defenseman on the team is sophomore Zach Osburn with two goals and five assists. The top goal scorer on the blue line is sophomore Defeated a ranked opponent at home: Jared Rosburg with three tallies on the season. WMU: No. 20 Bowling Green (8-2), Oct. 15, 2016 Defensively the Spartans rank 55th in the nation, allowing 3.79 goals Defeated a ranked opponent on the road: per game. Junior Ed Minney has played the majority of the time be- tween the pipes for MSU. Minney has a 4-6-1 record in 11 starts with a WMU: No. 8/9 North Dakota (3-1), Dec. 10, 2016 3.25 goals against average and a .887 save percentage. Series sweep: Michigan State’s power play ranks 46th in the nation at 13.7 percent WMU: Miami (6-3, 5-2), Nov. 4-5, 2016 (10-for-73). Appleton is the top tallyman with the man advantage, Opponent: @ No. 3/3 Denver (3-1, 4-2), Oct. 28-29, 2016 leading the team with four power play goals. Senior forward Villiam Haag has scored all three of his goals this season on the power play Shutout: and is the only other Spartan with more than one power play goal on WMU: @ No. 12/13 Bowling Green, 1-0, Dec. 30, 2015 (Hafner in net) the team. MSU’s penalty kill ranks last in the nation at 71.6 percent Opponent: vs. No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth (0-2), Nov. 12, 2016 (Miska in net) (48-for-67). Four-point game: SO LONG, FAREWELL WMU: Griffen Molino (2-2-4) vs Colorado College, Dec. 11, 2015 Joe Louis Arena has been a very important part of Western Michigan Opponent: Austin Farley (2-2-4) at Minnesota-Duluth, Dec. 5, 2015 hockey history. Heading into the 2016 Great Lakes Invitational, the Tony Cameranesi (1-3-4) at Minnesota-Duluth, Dec. 5, 2015 Broncos have played 20 games at The Joe with a 10-9-1 record. The program’s first appearance came in the Central Collegiate Hockey Five-point game: Association Tournament Semifinals. That night, March 9, 1984, WMU beat Bowling Green 4-3 in double overtime to advance to the CCHA WMU: Justin Kovacs (0-5-5), vs Union (at Notre Dame), Nov. 29, 2014 Finals. That BGSU team went on to win the 1984 National Champion- Opponent: Joey Benik (4-1-5), St. Cloud State, Nov. 14, 2015 ship, while the Broncos fell to Michigan State in the CCHA Finals. Six-point game: Two years later Western Michigan returned, once again beating WMU: David Gove (2-4-6), vs. Lake Superior State, Oct. 28, 2000 Bowling Green, but this time in triple overtime. WMU also avenged its loss to the Spartans, beating them 3-1 to win the program’s first CCHA Hat trick: Tournament Championship. The Broncos also went on to claim the WMU: Matheson Iacopelli (3-0-3) vs Bowlinig Green, Oct. 15, 2016 2012 CCHA Tournament Championship, beating Michigan 3-2. Opponent: Alex Szczechura (3-1-4), @ Ohio State, Feb. 16, 2013 Western Michigan’s most common opponent at The Joe has been Overtime goal: Michigan State, playing the Spartans a total of five times with a 2-2-1 WMU: Frederik Tiffels vs. Colorado College (1:58), Dec. 12, 2014 record. In GLI’s played at The Joe, the Broncos are 2-1-1 with one Opponent: Drake Cagguila, North Dakota (3:31, OT), Feb. 21, 2015 championship back in 1986. The Broncos have also averaged 3.70 goals per game at Joe Louis Arena. Penalty shot attempt: WMU: Hugh McGing vs Miami (Ryan Larkin), Nov. 4, 2016 NOW THAT’S IMPROVEMENT Western Michigan is 16 games into the season and has already Opponent: Garrick Perry vs Alaska (Lukas Hafner), Oct. 25, 2014 matched its win total from the 2015-16 season, eight. Matheson Iacopelli (13-4-17), Taylor Fleming (0-13-13) and Scott Moldenhauer Successful penalty shot: (4-6-10) already have more points than they did last season. Both WMU: Cam Watson @ Alabama-Huntsville (Cameron Talbot), Oct. 23, the offense and the defense are much improved. Last season through 2009 16 games the team averaged just 2.38 goals per game, ranking tied Opponent: Garrick Perry vs Alaska (Lukas Hafner), Oct.