KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan hockey team spends another week among the nation's best, coming in at No. 5 in both the DCU/U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Polls on Monday.
WMU is coming off of a split at No. 7 Minnesota-Duluth, falling on Friday to the Bulldogs 5-4 before winning in overtime on Saturday, 3-2. The Broncos (17-6-0, 9-5-0-1-0-0 NCHC) currently sit in third place in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and are the second-highest ranked program in the NCHC. This is the 13th week in the top 15 for WMU and its seventh in the top 10.