Hockey

Tonight The Kalamazoo Wings try to get back into their playoff series against the Toledo Walleye as they host Game 3.  They are down 2-0 and will be without their captain the rest of the way.

The Lawson Loonies will have to be in mid season form quickly into the 2017-18 hockey season because the Broncos open the (NCHC) conference portion of their season hosting new crowned NCAA champions Denver University on November 3rd and 4th.

The Western Michigan Bronco Hockey team lost 5-2 on the first night of the NCHC "Frozen FaceOff" conference tournament. But experts say the team still has a chance of grabbing a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Hockey Tournament.

Going into the NCHC conference tournament tomorrow, the Western Michigan Bronco Hockey team is ranked #4 in the all-important PairWise Power Rankings, which is a very strong indicator of what teams will be invited to the NCAA Hockey Tournament.

Michael Rebry's goal just 34 seconds into overtime completed a series comeback and put the WMU Bronco hockey team into the NCHC's Frozen Faceoff this coming weekend in Minneapolis.

The 8th Ranked Western Michigan Broncos open post-season play this weekend at Lawson Ice Arena, against Nebraska-Omaha. And thanks to retiring WMU President John Dunn, student tickets are free.

With third place secure, and Minnesota-Duluth pretty much in second, the two games this weekend at Lawson this weekend are about one thing: Making a statement.

What began with the football team seems to be extending to the Bronco hockey team, as wins are beginning to add up as are individual awards.

He's been a sport columnist in the Detroit Free-Press for years. He wrapping up a stint on ESPN's Sports Reporters. He wrote an all-time best selling book, Tuesdays with Morrie, and then teamed with Oprah Winfrey to make it into a TV-movie. He's written other books along the same lines. and now Albom has authored a musical about hockey.

Yo! The latest entry in the unique/ugly minor league uniforms competition comes from Toledo. The ECHL's Walleye are wearing these unis Saturday night when they host Brampton.