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UNO 1 WMU 2 13:06 left in the 2nd Period. Patrick Galivan with two 1st Period goals 35 seconds apart.

UNO 2 WMU 2 10:16 left in the 2nd Period. UNO ties the game with their 2nd power-play goal of the period. WMU has all four penalties called in the 2nd Period.

Counting the band, there must be at least 40 people there. I take it students are not yet back.

Tied after 2.

Thanks for the heads up - I would have forgotten it. Although the only reason I'm watching is that our hockey team rarely gets a TV game. Probably a good reason for that. 'Nuf said.

MHB, at least you get ESPNU-our lovely Comcast system still does not get it. I signed the online petition to get it. Like that is going to do anything. The funny thing is, I keep Comcast only for Comcast Local. This year, WMU sports has barely been on it. I guess I got a decision to make soon.

UNO 2 WMU 2 End of the 2nd Period. Shots on Goal UNO 15 WMU 18.

Wow, there is no one there. I know the students are still on break, but it's embarassing what shambles our hockey program is in currently. The fan support today clearly shows that.

UNO 3 WMU 2 9:44 left in the 3rd Period.

Too bad so few there as it is a pretty tight game. They are missing a good one. UNO just scored again.

It's just nice that I can watch them on real TV, much better than an internet feed. Also, the announcers are familiar with the CCHA.

They had a great short segment showing the new locker rooms and gushed about how first class the facilities are now. It looked great, first class.

Max Campbell hits the post!

C'mon guys - Let's Go Broncos! Pull this one out. Any win on TV is good pub for the program no matter how small the audience.



I feel for you guys on cable but I remember it well.

UNO 4 WMU 2 FINAL WMU Stats:Galivan 2G 2PIM, LoVecchio 1A 4PIM, Campbell 1A 2PIM, Frank 1A, O'Connor 2PIM, Lupa 2PIM, M.Clackson 4PIM, Paeth 2PIM, Kuhn 19 Saves.

Empty netter. 4-2, game over.

Another disappointing finish for the Broncos. Swept at home. Tough road ahead, Michigan, Bowling Green who just beat Miami.

I can't "not watch" when the Broncos are on. Ever.

Man, this game started out promising. The first goal by Galivan was nice, but the second one 35 seconds later was even better. Lovecchio had a 1 on 1 breakaway where the defender went down, so he held it and then passed it across to Galivan for the score.
Hope you guys were able to see both of those, or at least replays.
It really looked like the puck handling skills were hurting them as UNO was able to grab passes almost at will, and keep them in the same situation.
Kudos to the effort by Paeth when he saved the first empty net attempt.
Similar to MHB, I can't not go to the game when they are in town.

KzooColt Wrote:Man, this game started out promising. The first goal by Galivan was nice, but the second one 35 seconds later was even better. Lovecchio had a 1 on 1 breakaway where the defender went down, so he held it and then passed it across to Galivan for the score.
Hope you guys were able to see both of those, or at least replays.
It really looked like the puck handling skills were hurting them as UNO was able to grab passes almost at will, and keep them in the same situation.
Kudos to the effort by Paeth when he saved the first empty net attempt.
Similar to MHB, I can't not go to the game when they are in town.

I was one of the 500 (at the most) people at Sunday's game. And regardless of the students "not being back," as someone mentioned already, it shows you the absolute shambles the program is in. 500 people? What a joke. Classic Western: Good opening period, horrible second period, brutal third period. I called the game-winner on the fifth breakaway of the night. It was inevitable. How many breakaways can you give up in a game before a team cashes in?

WMU's blue line corps, undersized and all, really struggles with basic defensive positioning. A middle of the road team in UNO was cherry picking all game and the Broncos did nothing to stop them. Seemed like every couple minutes a red jersey was creeping around the blue line only to catch a long pass and easily beat a WMU defender.

The third period was completely demoralizing as well. In the final 10 minutes, the Mavs completely dominated the Broncos like they were men playing against boys. The UNO offensive transition was this: Knock Bronco player off puck, take puck, skate into offensive zone, get scoring chance. Repeat.

The Broncos played worse as the game went on. Stupid penalties (another Jimmy hallmark) crippled the team as UNO went on three straight power plays at one point including 5-on-3 for at least 60 seconds. Of course, the first two UNO goals were PP tallies.

The only highlight of the night was the gold jerseys. Sharp. Too bad the team doesn't play like that.

Hey, Kathy B. made it very clear that a winning hocky program was not important. How do you think fans and students are going to react? Crowds will drop, attendence will fall off. When the red ink gets too BRIGHT for even her to ignore, things will change. Not before then I'm afraid.

Moving the game to Sunday so it could be televised had to hurt attendance for that specific game (where have we seen that before?) but BP is dead on target. It will get uglier earlier if the UM/MSU games at Lawson turn in to 8-2 losses.

Before the game they gathered every student they could find and packed them behind the announcers so it looked like the student section was full - they found about 25 students.