KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan hockey team spends its third-straight week ranked in the nation's top 10, coming in at ninth in both the US College Hockey Online and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls.
The Broncos sit in third place in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference heading into a pivotal series against North Dakota on Friday, at 6:30 p.m., and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. The Fighting Hawks received votes in the USCHO.com poll, placing them unofficially at No. 22. The two teams met previously in November, with Western Michigan sweeping UND in Grand Forks for the first time in program history.