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[Erik C.]

Championship Game
7:00 PM



Television:

Campus Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Enrollment: 25,045
Conference: CCHA
3rd GLI Tournament Appearance, last appearing in 1986
GLI Championships Won: 1, last won in 1986

Coach: Andy Murray

Team Roster

#	Player Name	Pos.	Class
1	Frank Slubowski	Goalie	Sophomore
2	Mike Leone	Forward	Senior (Redshirted)
4	Garrett Haar	Defense	Sophomore
5	Dan DeKeyser ©	Defense	Junior
6	Matt Stewart	Defense	Sophomore
7	Kenney Morrison	Defense	Freshman
8	Robert Francis	Forward	Sophomore
9	Brett Beebe	Forward	Senior
10	Josh Pitt	Forward	Freshman
11	Dennis Brown	Defense	Junior
12	Ben Miller	Forward	Senior
13	Chase Bailsy	Forward	Junior
14	Colton Hargrove	Forward	Freshman
15	Jordan Oesterle	Defense	Sophomore
16	Nolan LaPorte	Forward	Freshman
17	Justin Kovacs	Forward	Sophomore
18	David Killip	Forward	Sophomore
20	Alex Carpenter	Forward	Sophomore
21	Trevor Elias	Forward	Senior
23	Dane Walters ©	Forward	Senior
24	Shane Berschbach	Forward	Junior
25	Mike Cichy	Forward	Junior (Redshirted)
27	Ben Warda	Forward	Senior (Redshirted)
28	Luke Witkowski ©	Defense	Senior
29	Will Kessel	Forward	Sophomore
33	Nick Pisellini	Goalie	Senior
55	Lukas Hafner	Goalie	Freshman

From USCHO

This year, WMU is clearly the favorite in the field. The No. 8 Broncos (11-4-1, 8-3-1-1 CCHA) are currently in second place in the CCHA with 26 points, four points behind the two teams tied for first place, Miami and Notre Dame. The Broncos had their six-game win streak snapped in the last game they played in the first half, a 2-0 loss to Michigan Dec. 15. Sophomore Frank Slubowski (1.98 GAA, .918 SV%) has been the goalie of record in all 16 of WMU’s games this season. Three of WMU’s leading scorers are defensemen: Kenney Morrison (4-6–10), Dennis Brown (0-9–9) and Danny DeKeyser (2-6–8). The Broncos are knotted for seventh in the nation with three other teams in scoring defense, allowing 2.00 goals per game. WMU’s scoring, however, is 42nd in the nation (2.38 goals per game). The Broncos captured the GLI championship in 1986 in their second tournament appearance.

Campus Location: Houghton, Michigan
Enrollment: 7,034
Conference: WCHA
48th GLI Tournament Appearance, all as either host or co-host
GLI Championships Won: 9, last won in 1980

Coach: Mel Pearson

Team Roster

#	Player Name	Pos.	Class
3	Bradley Stebner (A)	Forward	Junior
5	Justin Fillion	Defense	Sophomore
7	Jujhar Khaira	Forward	Freshman
8	Jacob Johnstone	Forward	Junior
9	Dennis Rix	Forward	Junior
10	Tanner Kero	Forward	Sophomore
11	Daniel Holmberg	Forward	Junior
12	Ryan Furne	Forward	Junior
13	Aaron Pietila	Forward	Senior
14	Chad Pietila	Forward	Senior
15	David Johnstone	Defense	Sophomore
16	Steven Seigo (A)	Defense	Senior
17	Mikael Lickteig	Forward	Senior
18	C.J. Eick	Forward	Freshman
19	Blake Pietila	Forward	Sophomore (participating in World Juniors)
20	Blake Hietala	Forward	Sophomore (Redshirted)
21	Tommy Brown	Defense	Senior
22	Malcolm Gould	Forward	Freshman
23	Alex Petan	Forward	Freshman
24	Daniel Sova	Defense	Junior
25	Carl Nielsen ©	Defense	Senior
26	Jimmy Davis	Defense	Sophomore
28	Milos Gordic	Forward	Junior (Redshirted)
29	Walker Hyland	Defense	Freshman
30	Jamie Phillips	Goalie	Freshman
31	Pheonix Copley	Goalie	Freshman
33	Patrick Anderson	Forward	Freshman
34	Riley Sweeney	Defense	Sophomore
35	Kevin Genoe	Goalie	Senior

From USCHO

Michigan Tech (4-10-3, 3-8-3 WCHA) is coached by former UM associate head coach, Mel Pearson. The Huskies enter the GLI looking for their first win since Nov. 17, a 2-1 overtime victory that capped a weekend sweep of Bemidji State. Since that win, MTU is 0-4-3. The Huskies have played in every GLI since the tournament’s inception in 1965, but they last captured a GLI title in 1980. They last played for a title in 2007.

This point has been edited by Erik C.: 30 December 2012 - 06:45 PM

[Erik C.]

Goal scorer's goal, popping the water bottle. Huskies strike first.

[Erik C.]

Found out I also missed a goal getting wiped out by goalie interference from earlier.

[Erik C.]

Many a close call for Slubowski.

[Erik C.]

Josh Pitt gets the hook for contact to the head. And the Broncos are already missing players.

[Erik C.]

Almost a climatic finish of the period for the Broncos. Kill off the major, then get a good scoring chance seconds before the horn.

[Erik C.]

Hietala made that look easy.

[Erik C.]

Don't get careless now.

[Erik C.]

Murray wants to talk about it.

[Erik C.]

Leone's kicking himself.

[Erik C.]

Nice kill so far by Tech, especially Copley.

[Erik C.]

If Tech can keep the shutout here, I think Copley gets the John MacInnes Trophy.

[Erik C.]

The Broncos are changing goalies NOW?

[Erik C.]

And only to pull him for an extra attacker a minute later.

[Erik C.]

Ballgame.

[Erik C.]

heh So Tech gets another one after another bad check by a Bronco.

[Erik C.]

On that note, the hosts win the GLI for the first time in 32 years.

[Old School Hockey]

Way to go MTU! Thanks for making us Yoopers proud!

[Erik C.]

If Tech can keep the shutout here, I think Copley gets the John MacInnes Trophy.

Sure enough. 70-70 in both games this weekend does it for him.