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Western Michigan Broncos
Western Michigan Broncos.svg
University Western Michigan University
Conference CCHA
Head coach Andy Murray
1st year, 21–14–6
Captain(s) Ian Slater
Arena Lawson Arena
Capacity: 3,667
Location Kalamazoo, Michigan
Colors Brown and Gold

             
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1986 • 1994 • 1996 • 2011 • 2012
Conference Tournament Champions
CCHA: 1986 • 2012
Current uniform
CCHA-Uniform-WMU.png

The Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Western Michigan University. The Broncos are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). They play at Lawson Arena in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.[1]

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[edit] History

The Broncos program began in 1973 and joined the CCHA for the 1975–76 season. After ten seasons in the league Western Michigan won the 1986 CCHA Playoff Tournament and advanced to the school's first NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament in 1986.[2] The 1986 season marked the program's first CCHA Tournament Championship and the program's first bid to the NCAA Tournament.[3] The Broncos entered the tournament in the West Regional against Harvard and lost the two-game aggregate series, being outscored 11–4 by the Crimson.[4]

Western Michigan's next post season appearance came in 1994. Western Michigan received an at-large bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Tournament and again fell in the first round with a 6–3 loss to Wisconsin.[5]

The Broncos rebounded in the 1995–96 season after a sub-.500 season in 1994–95. Western Michigan received the program's second at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Western Michigan lost again in the first round to Clarkson 6–1.[6]

Under first-year coach Jeff Blashill, Western Michigan received an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, where they would lose their opening game 3–2 in double overtime to Denver. Denver scored two goals in the last 4:29 of the third period to force overtime.[7]

In 2011–12, for the second consecutive season, Western Michigan had a new head coach and reached the NCAA tournament. Longtime National Hockey League (NHL) coach Andy Murray was named as coach of the Broncos after Blashill left for the Detroit Red Wings.[8] WMU finished tied for second in the CCHA and won the CCHA tournament, thereby receiving an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.[9] Western Michigan lost in the first round of the tournament 3–1 to No. 1 seed North Dakota.[10]

[edit] Yearly results

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
1973–74 Bill Neal 22–7–1 5–2–1 1st
1974–75 Bill Neal 19–8–0 8–0–0 1st
1975–76 Bill Neal 18–14–2 6–10–0 4th
1976–77 Bill Neal 17–19–1 5–11–0 4th
1977–78 Bill Neal 15–17–1 7–12–1 6th
1978–79 Glen Weller 17–19–0 8–16–0 6th
1979–80 Glen Weller 18–16–2 6–13–1 5th
1980–81 Glen Weller 15–19–2 8–13–1 5th
1981–82 Glen Weller 14–19–1 11–18–1 9th
1982–83 Bill Wilkinson 11–23–2 10–20–2 t-9th
1983–84 Bill Wilkinson 22–18–2 13–14–1 5th
1984–85 Bill Wilkinson 22–16–2 18–13–1 3rd
1985–86 Bill Wilkinson 32–12–0 23–9–0 t-2nd NCAA Tournament first round
1986–87 Bill Wilkinson 23–20–0 16–16–0 5th
1987–88 Bill Wilkinson 22–17–3 17–12–3 4th
1988–89 Bill Wilkinson 14–23–6 9–17–6 6th
1989–90 Bill Wilkinson 14–24–2 12–18–2 t-5th
1990–91 Bill Wilkinson 22–17–3 16–14–2 4th
1991–92 Bill Wilkinson 16–14–6 14–12–6 4th
1992–93 Bill Wilkinson 20–16–2 17–11–2 5th
1993–94 Bill Wilkinson 24–13–3 18–10–2 4th NCAA Tournament first round
1994–95 Bill Wilkinson 17–18–5 9–14–4 t-6th
1995–96 Bill Wilkinson 27–11–3 21–6–3 t-3rd NCAA Tournament first round
1996–97 Bill Wilkinson 14–18–5 10–12–5 t-5th
1997–98 Bill Wilkinson 10–25–3 9–19–2 8th
1998–99 Bill Wilkinson 6–20–8 5–17–8 10th
1999–00 Bill Wilkinson, Jim Culhane 12–21–3 10–15–3 t-9th
2000–01 Jim Culhane 20–13–6 12–10–6 t-5th
2001–02 Jim Culhane 19–15–4 13–12–3 6th
2002–03 Jim Culhane 15–21–2 13–14–1 6th
2003–04 Jim Culhane 17–18–4 12–13–3 t-8th
2004–05 Jim Culhane 14–21–2 8–18–2 t-10th
2005–06 Jim Culhane 10–24–6 7–16–5 t-10th
2006–07 Jim Culhane 18–18–1 14–13–1 6th
2007–08 Jim Culhane 8–27–3 4–22–3 12th
2008–09 Jim Culhane 14–20–7 9–13–6 7th
2009–10 Jim Culhane 8–20–8 4–17–7 12th
2010–11 Jeff Blashill 19–13–10 10–9–9–5 4th NCAA Tournament first round
2011–12 Andy Murray 21–14–6 14–10–4–4 t-2nd NCAA Tournament first round
Total: 666–688–127

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

[edit] Coaching

The Broncos are coached by former L.A. Kings and St. Louis Blues head coach Andy Murray. In his first season, he coached the Broncos to their second CCHA Tournament Championship in school history, as well as the school's fifth NCAA Tournament Bid.

[edit] All-time coaching records

As of completion of 2009–10 season[11]

Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
2011–present Andy Murray 1 21–14–6 .585
2010–2011 Jeff Blashill 1 19–13–10 .571
1999–2010 Jim Culhane 11 158–222–48 .425
1982–1999 Bill Wilkinson 17 313–301–53 .509
1978–1982 Glen Weller 4 64–73–5 .468
1973–1978 Bill Neal 5 91–65–5 .581
Totals 6 coaches 39 seasons 666–688–127 .493

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

As of July 21, 2012.[12]

# S/P/C Player Class Pos Ht Wt DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 British Columbia Slubowski, FrankFrank Slubowski Sophomore G 5' 11" 195 lb 1990-12-31 Prince Rupert, British Columbia Alberni Valley (BCHL) —
2 Michigan Leone, MikeMike Leone Senior (RS) F 5' 11" 190 lb 1987-11-11 Dearborn Heights, Michigan Adrian (MCHA) —
4 California Haar, GarrettGarrett Haar Sophomore D 6' 1" 198 lb 1993-08-16 Huntington Beach, California Fargo (USHL) WAS, 207th overall 2011
5 Michigan DeKeyser, DanDan DeKeyser Junior D 6' 3" 198 lb 1990-03-07 Clay Township, Michigan Sioux City (USHL) —
6 Michigan Stewart, MattMatt Stewart Sophomore D 6' 0" 185 lb 1991-08-22 Brighton, Michigan Green Bay (USHL) —
7 Alberta Morrison, KenneyKenney Morrison Freshman D 6' 2" 198 lb 1992-02-17 Lloydminster, Alberta Omaha (USHL) —
8 California Francis, RobertRobert Francis Sophomore F 5' 8" 175 lb 1991-01-04 San Diego, California Green Bay (USHL) —
9 California Beebe, BrettBrett Beebe Senior F 6' 0" 198 lb 1990-02-16 Redondo Beach, California Waterloo (USHL) —
10 Ontario Pitt, JoshJosh Pitt Freshman F 6' 3" 198 lb 1992-06-03 Brockville, Ontario Ottawa (CCHL) —
11 California Brown, DennisDennis Brown Junior D 5' 11" 185 lb 1989-07-28 Cypress, California Omaha (USHL) —
12 Michigan Miller, BenBen Miller Senior F/D 6' 1" 195 lb 1989-06-08 Oakland Township, Michigan Waterloo (USHL) —
13 California Balisy, ChaseChase Balisy Junior F 5' 11" 180 lb 1992-02-02 Rancho Santa Margarita, California US NTDP (USHL) NSH, 170th overall 2011
14 Texas Hargrove, ColtonColton Hargrove Freshman F 6' 2" 216 lb 1992-06-25 Rockwall, Texas Fargo (USHL) BOS, 205th overall 2012
15 Michigan Oesterle, JordanJordan Oesterle Sophomore D 6' 0" 185 lb 1992-06-25 Dearborn Heights, Michigan Sioux Falls (USHL) —
16 Illinois LaPorte, NolanNolan LaPorte Freshman F 6' 0" 192 lb 1992-05-04 Mokena, Illinois Green Bay (USHL) —
17 Michigan Kovacs, JustinJustin Kovacs Sophomore F 5' 11" 192 lb 1991-10-13 Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan Cedar Rapids (USHL) —
18 British Columbia Killip, DavidDavid Killip Sophomore F 5' 10" 182 lb 1991-03-31 Kelowna, British Columbia Salmon Arm (BCHL) —
20 Michigan Carpenter, AlexAlex Carpenter Sophomore F 5' 8" 180 lb 1991-07-20 Portage, Michigan Tri-City (USHL) —
21 Alberta Elias, TrevorTrevor Elias Senior LW 5' 10" 175 lb 1988-07-31 Calgary, Alberta Langley (BCHL) —
23 Minnesota Walters, DaneDane Walters Senior RW 6' 0" 198 lb 1989-03-20 St. Paul, Minnesota Sioux Falls (USHL) —
24 Michigan Berschbach, ShaneShane Berschbach Junior F 5' 10" 165 lb 1991-06-19 Clawson, Michigan Indiana (USHL) —
25 Connecticut Cichy, MikeMike Cichy Junior (RS) F 5' 11" 186 lb 1990-07-08 New Hartford, Connecticut North Dakota (WCHA) MON, 199th overall 2009
27 Michigan Warda, BenBen Warda Senior (RS) F 5' 8" 180 lb 1987-08-04 Lake Orion, Michigan Michigan State (CCHA) —
28 Michigan Witkowski, LukeLuke Witkowski Senior D 6' 2" 212 lb 1990-04-14 Holland, Michigan Fargo (USHL) TAM, 160th overall 2008
29 Michigan Kessel, WillWill Kessel Sophomore F 6' 2" 214 lb 1992-01-06 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Green Bay (USHL) —
33 Illinois Pisellini, NickNick Pisellini Senior G 6' 1" 188 lb 1990-05-25 Itasca, Illinois Chicago (USHL) —

[edit] Alumni

The Western Michigan Broncos have advanced a number of players to professional hockey, including a number of alumni that played and are currently playing in the NHL:[13] Several alumni are also known for their contributions as front office members and broadcasters.

* Did not play in the NHL.

[edit] Records

Through 2011–12 season

[edit] Career leaders

[edit] Goals

Rank Goals Player Years
1 115 Dan Dorion 1982–86
2 109 Jeff Green 1986–90
3 104 Rob Bryden 1983–87
4 102 Stuart Burnie 1982–86
5 100 Ross Fitzpatrick 1978–82

[edit] Assists

Rank Assists Player Years
1 199 Wayne Gagne 1983–87
2 189 Paul Polillo 1986–90
3 178 Dan Dorion 1982–86
4 131 Mike Posma 1986–90
5 127 Chris Brooks 1992–96

[edit] Points

Rank Points Player Years
1 293 Dan Dorion 1982–86
2 271 Paul Polillo 1986–90
3 241 Wayne Gagne 1983–87
4 234 Jeff Green 1986–90
5 225 Ross Fitzpatrick 1978–82

[edit] Games

Rank Games Player Years
1 168 Brian Tulik 1987–92
2 166 Tom Auge 1987–91
3 165 Paul Polillo 1986–90
4 164 Mike Eastwood 1987–91
5 162 Rob Bryden 1983–87
5 162 Jim Culhane 1983–87
5 162 Wayne Gagne 1983–87
5 162 Pat Ryan 1983–87

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.uscho.com/m/western-michigan-broncos/mens-college-hockey/team,wmu.html
  2. ^ http://www.uscho.com/stats/teamYxY.php/western-michigan-broncos/mens-college-hockey/team,wmu/season,20102011/gender,m.html
  3. ^ http://www.ccha.com/the_ccha/ccha_history_and_records.aspx
  4. ^ http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/ice_hockey/m_w_ice_hockey_records_book/2006/2006_m_w_ice_hockey_records.pdf
  5. ^ http://insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_94.htm
  6. ^ http://insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_96.htm
  7. ^ Holt, Adam. "Late rally, Zucker’s double-OT winner send Denver past Western Michigan". uscho.com. http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2011/03/26/late-rally-zuckers-double-ot-winner-send-denver-past-western-michigan/. Retrieved 16 January 2012. 
  8. ^ AP Staff (July 26, 2011). "Former NHL coach Andy Murray hired by Western Michigan". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/hockey/2011-07-26-western-michigan-hires-andy-murray_n.htm. Retrieved April 30, 2012. 
  9. ^ Drew, David (March 17, 2012). "Western Michigan is CCHA Tournament champ after 3-2 win over Michigan". Kalamazoo Gazette. http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2012/03/live_hockey_western_michigan_v.html. Retrieved April 30, 2012. 
  10. ^ AP Staff (March 24, 2012). "North Dakota 3, Western Michigan 1: Broncos ousted in first round of NCAA hockey tournament". Detroit Free Press. http://www.freep.com/article/20120324/SPORTS08/120324010/Live-scoring-Western-Michigan-hockey-taking-on-North-Dakota-in-NCAA-tournament. Retrieved April 30, 2012. 
  11. ^ [1] USCHO Western Michigan Men's Hockey: Year-By-Year
  12. ^ "2012-13 Roster & Bios". Western Michigan University Athletics. http://www.wmubroncos.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4600&SPID=1928&SPSID=24452. Retrieved July 21, 2012. 
  13. ^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/alumni.php?tmi=8932

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