Action Continues at Wings Stadium

As we enter into the second day of games at the Kalamazoo weekend, we have another slate of good games ahead of us, and a number of good games that rounded out the second half of the day yesterday.

In our 5 o’clock game yesterday, DePaul faced off against Northern Illinois.  DePaul got out to a quick start, jumping out to an early 3-1 lead in the first that would only keep growing to a 5-2 lead after two.  Hoever, Northern Illinois would not be denied and saw Anthony McMahon put the team on his back and score four of his team’s five third period goals to turn the game around and get Northern Illinois their first win of the weekend, 7-6.

Also in D2 action, Western Michigan took on Akron in front of one of our largest crowds of the year.  The first period saw two lead changes as neither team was willing to give the edge, leading to a 4-3 Western Michigan lead as the first period ended.  However, the second period was a different story as Western turned on the jets and never looked back, distancing that lead to four.  Akron would fight hard to come back from the deficit and scored two third period goals, but Western Michigan would not be denied in their home rink in this one as they would go on to win 9-5.

In a heated Division I matchup, Michigan State and Grand Valley State went down to the wire in our lower scoring game of the weekend.  Grand Valley State got things started on a goal by Garet Polish, and that would be all the scoring we would see for almost two full periods as both goalies, Aaron Mizgaslki (GVSU) and Tucker Gilliland (MSU) would turn away every shot that was thrown at them.  It took until just shy of three minutes into the third period for Michigan State to even up the score on a goal by Jake Bolyard that would send the game to overtime. After overtime didn’t see a winner declared, it would be Michigan State who came out on top as Dylan Kamen scored the game winner in a shootout.

Stay tuned for more action as we progress through day two!