For the first time in the history of the program, western Michigan hockey heads for Frozen Four.
The best classified broncos recovered from a first -time deficit with a pair of goals at 4:12 at the end of the second period and the start of the third to eliminate UMASS series heads during the Fargo region final on Saturday evening in Fargo, Dakota from the North.
The Broncos (32-7-1) will face the winner of the Manchester region (NH) on Sunday-either the Boston College with 1 heads of series, or Denver with 3 series-in the national semi-final of the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, April 10 (ESPN2). The national final will be played on April 12. On the other side of the support, the University of Boston with 2 seeds advanced outside the Toledo region after eliminating Cornell, which upset the state of Michigan with 1 heads of series on Thursday. BU, on the other hand, will face the winner of the Allentown region (Penn.) On Sunday between Uconn and Penn State.
On Saturday, after the minutemen took an advance of 1-0 halfway through the first, WMU took advantage of the major penalty of 5 minutes with 1:47 to play in the period on Ayday Suniev (which also received a game of play) for hitting from behind, which means that the penalty would continue during the duration, whatever WMU. Barely 22 seconds after the penalty, Liam Valente equalized the scoring at 1. The penalty continued in the third period and with less than a minute remaining over the advantage of man, Tim Washe marked the possible winner.
First year goalkeeper Hampton Slukynsky stopped 28 of the 29 shots to give the Broncos their third victory of the NCAA tournament, in 10 appearances.
