WESTERN MICHIGAN HOCKEY 11 ALL-AMERICANS • 5 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 2 CCHA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019-20 SCHEDULE OCTOBER (2-3-1) Oct. 5 NAIT (exh) W, 6-1 Oct. 11 vs. #12/13 Ohio State# T, 2-2 Oct. 12 #17/NR Bowling Green W, 5-2 Oct. 18 @ Bowling Green L, 1-2 Western Michigan (14-10-4, 8-6-2-2) vs. Miami (6-16-4, 3-11-2-1) Oct. 19 BOWLING GREEN L, 1-2 OT Friday || Feb. 14, 2020 || 7:05 p.m. EST || Steve Cady Arena Oct. 25 @ Michigan L, 0-4 Saturday|| Feb. 15, 2020 || 7:05 p.m. EST || Steve Cady Arena Oct. 26 MICHIGAN W, 4-1 Bronco Radio Network || NCHC.tv NOVEMBER (5-2-1) FOLLOW US Nov. 1 @ Colorado College* W, 6-3 ON TWITTER: @WMUHOCKEY TOP SCORERS Nov. 2 @ Colorado College* T, 4-4 (SOW) ON INSTAGRAM: @WMU_HOCKEY Player GP G-A-P +/- Nov. 8 FERRIS STATE W, 4-2 ON FACEBOOK: /WMUHOCKEY Hugh McGing 27 7-20-27 +11 Nov. 9 @ Ferris State W, 8-2 Dawson DiPietro 27 9-12-21 +0 THIS WEEK Nov. 15 #19 OMAHA* W, 3-2 Paul Washe 26 9-9-18 +1 Western Michigan heads back out on the road to take on Nation- Wade Allison 19 8-9-17 +9 Nov. 16 #19 OMAHA* L, 3-6 al Collegiate Hockey Conference Rival on Friday and Saturday at Austin Rueschhoff 28 8-9-17 +4 7:05 p.m. Both games are available on NCHC.tv and the Bronco Nov. 22 @ #4 Denver* W, 2-1 Rhett Kingston 25 9-7-16 +8 Radio Network. Nov. 23 @ #4 Denver* L, 1-6 Ethen Frank 23 7-9-16 -1 LAST WEEK Drew Worrad 23 6-10-16 +10 DECEMBER (0-2-0) The Broncos wrapped up non-conference action winning their Josh Passolt 24 5-11-16 +5 Dec. 6 #3 NORTH DAKOTA* L, 0-1 OT fifth and sixth straight games at Lawson Ice Arena after a sweep Michael Joyaux 28 2-13-15 +0 Dec. 7 #3 NORTH DAKOTA* L, 2-8 of Rensselaer, 8-4 and 6-2. Cole Gallant 23 2-13-15 +7 In the series opener, Western Michigan jumped out to an early JANUARY (5-2-2) 2-0 lead on goals by Hugh McGing and Wade Allison in the first TOP GOALIES period. Tristan Ashbrock scored the first of his two goals at 8:29 Jan. 3 @ #15 Notre Dame T, 1-1 Goalies GAA SV % Record in the second period to cut the lead in half but Dawson DiPietro Jan. 5 #15 NOTRE DAME L, 1-4 scored just 37 seconds later to push the lead to 3-1. Ashbrook Brandon Bussi 2.74 .907 14-10-3 Jan. 10 @ #9/9 Minnesota-Duluth* L, 3-6 scored again at 12:09, this time on the power play, to bring RPI Ben Blacker 3.29 .895 0-0-1 Jan. 11 @ #9/9 Minnesota-Duluth* T, 3-3 (SOW) within one but McGing tallied his second of the night at 13:43 to Jan. 17 COLORADO COLLEGE* W, 5-2 make it 42. Just 36 seconds later Josh Passolt scored the Bron- CAREER SCORING VS MIAMI cos’ fifth goal of the night and the eventual game-winner, making Player GP G-A-P +/- Jan. 18 COLORADO COLLEGE* W, 6-2 it 5-2. Mason Klee scored at 15:38 of the second period to bring Wade Allison 8 8-5-3 +4 Jan. 24 ST. CLOUD STATE* W, 6-2 the Engineers within two, before Austin Rueschhoff and Rhett Dawson DiPietro 6 2-7-9 +7 Kingston scored to wrap up an eight-goal second period. Todd Jan. 25 ST. CLOUD STATE* W, 6-2 Cam Lee 12 1-7-8 +0 Burgess cut the lead to 7-4 to open the third period but a goal at Jan. 31 @ Omaha* W, 5-2 12:24 by Drew Worrad finished the game off for WMU. Hugh McGIng 12 3-4-7 +0 FEBRUARY Ethen Frank 8 5-1-6 +5 Feb. 1 @ Omaha* L, 2-4 On Saturday the Broncos went down, 1-0, early on a goal by RPI’s Lawton Courtnall 12 3-1-4 -2 Feb. 7 RPI W, 8-4 Ottoville Leppanen at 4:04 in the first period. Ethen Frank tallied a highlight-reel goal at 14:08 to tie it up at 1-1 to head into the Feb. 8 RPI W, 6-2 second period deadlocked. Cam Lee scored his first of two goals CAREER GOALTENDING VS MIAMI Feb. 14 @ Miami* 7:05 PM on the night just 48 seconds into the second to give WMU a 2-1 Goalies GAA SV % Record lead. Lawton Courtnall pushed the lead to 3-1 on a goal during Feb. 15 @ Miami* 7:05 PM Ben Blacker 2.94 .872 2-2-0 an odd-man rush at 2:26 before Rueschhoff scored on the power Feb. 21 MINNESOTA DULUTH 7:05 PM play at 3:44 to make it 4-1. Burgess scored his second goal of the Feb. 22 MINNESOTA DULUTH 7:05 PM weekend, reducing the lead to 4-2. Lee put the game away with Feb. 28 @ North Dakota* 8:37 PM a power play goal at 16:28 of the third period to push the lead to Feb. 29 @ North Dakota 8:07 PM 5-2 before Jason Polin scored just 11 seconds later, making it 6-2. THE MIAMI REDHAWKS | 6-16-4, 3-11-2-1 NCHC Lines From Previous Game (2/8) MARCH • THE SERIES: Western Michigan swept the series last season • W, 6-2 vs Rensselaer March 6 MIAMI* 7:05 PM against Miami, going 4-0-0 and reducing the RedHawks’ all-time LW C RW March 7 MIAMI* 7:05 PM series lead to just one game at 68-67-11. Senior forward Wade Allison leads all Broncs with 13 points on eight goals and five 9 22 17 March 13-15 NCHC QUARTERFINALS assists in just eight games. Dawson DiPietro has nine points on March 20-21 NCHC FROZEN FACEOFF@ two goals and seven assists in six games and is a career +7. 11 16 12 March 27-29 NCAA REGIONALS • SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS: Miami heads into the weekend 10 23 15 Apr. 9-11 NCAA FROZEN FOUR tied with Colorado College for last place in the NCHC. The team 21 13 26 is on a seven-game winless streak, 0-6-1, and have lost its last * NCHC Games five. The last win for the RedHawks came back on Jan. 10 at the @ Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Min. Tigers, 6-1. # Ice Breaker Tournament, Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio LD RD G All times Eastern Miami averages 2.81 goals per game, 29th in the nation. Senior All times/dates subject to change 28 4 30 forward Gordie Green leads the team in scoring with 27 on a team-high 10 goals and 17 assists. Fellow senior forward Karch 25 3 33 Bachman sits right behind him with 25 points on eight goals and 24 7 31 shares the team lead in assists with Green with 17. Sophomore defenseman Derek Daschke is the top-scorer from the blue line 6 with 19 points on eight goals and 11 assists. Junior forward Casey • Starters in bold Gilling has seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points. WEEK 19 - MIAMI The RedHawks have struggled defensively this season, ranking 55th in the nation in scoring defense at 3.62 goals allowed per game. Senior Ryan Larkin has seen the bulk of the action, starting in 16 of THE LAST TIME ... the 16 games this season. Lark holds a 5-10-1 record with a 3.64 goals against average and a .897 save percentage with one shutout on the season. Freshman Ben Kraws has started in seven games Defeated a ranked opponent at home: with a 1-4-2 record, a 3.36 goals against average and a .888 save percentage. Thanks to the works of Daschk, Gilling, and Green, MU’s power play sits at 21.8 percent (19-for-87) WMU: No. 4/3 Denver (3-1), Jan. 24, 2019 and ranks 18th in the nation. Green has 12 of his 27 points on the power play, including four goals. Gilling has 10 of his 22 and Daschke has eight of his 19 on the power play. Miami’s penalty kill ranks Defeated a ranked opponent on the road: tied for 56th in the nation at 75 percent (78-for-104). WMU: No. 4 Denver (2-1), Nov. 22, 2019 ANOTHER ONE Senior defenseman Cam Lee is the third Bronco this season to earn a spot on the NCAA’s Three Stars Series sweep: of the Week. Lee came in as the No. 3 star after a five-point weekend in Western Michigan’s sweep WMU: vs RPI (8-2, 6-2), Feb. 7-8, 2020 of RPI. Lee had two assists in the series-opening win over the Engineers and then had two goals and an assist as WMU completed the sweep on Saturday. Lee joins Wade Allison and Paul Washe as Opponent: North Dakota (@ WMU) (0-1 OT, 28 OT), Dec. 6-7, 2019 NCAA Stars of the Week recipients and was also named the Bauer NCHC Defenseman of the Week. Shutout: ON FIRE WMU: @ No. 11/11 North Dakota (2-0), Nov. 16, 2018 (Gorsuch in net) WMU’s offense has been rolling in the last eight games, with a big help from the team’s power play unit.