{"id":129800,"date":"2021-10-22T23:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T04:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=129800"},"modified":"2021-10-22T23:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T04:05:46","slug":"no-17-western-michigan-stuns-no-1-michigan-no-7-quinnipiac-handles-no-6-north-dakota-no-12-providence-rallies-past-no-8-denver-in-wild-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/10\/22\/no-17-western-michigan-stuns-no-1-michigan-no-7-quinnipiac-handles-no-6-north-dakota-no-12-providence-rallies-past-no-8-denver-in-wild-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 17 Western Michigan stuns No. 1 Michigan, No. 7 Quinnipiac handles No. 6 North Dakota, No. 12 Providence rallies past No. 8 Denver in wild Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five different players scored goals as No. 17 Western Michigan upset top-ranked Michigan, 5-2, in Ann Arbor on Friday (Photo: Ashley Huss\/Western Michigan Athletics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visiting Western Michgan took a 3-0 lead before the midway point of Friday’s game against No. 1 Michigan as the 17th-ranked Broncos skated to a 5-2 victory.<\/p>\n

Five different players scored goals for Western Michigan, which improves to 3-0-0 while Michigan suffers its first loss to drop to 4-1-0.<\/p>\n

Aidan Fulp gave the Broncos the early lead scoring with 53 second remaining in the first. That was followed by second period goals by Rhett Kingston and Ethen Frank.<\/p>\n

Once Michigan’s offense solved netminder Brandon Bussi at 10:28 of the second, Western immediately responded with a back breaking Dylan Wendt goal 2:05 later.<\/p>\n

Bussi finished the game with 23 saves.<\/p>\n

Michigan becomes the third team to drop a game in its first weekend holding the number one ranking. Massachusetts was swept by Minnesota State in the opening week of the season. The Mavericks ascended to number one the following Monday but dropped a game to St. Cloud State the following weekend.<\/p>\n

Now Michigan, after knocking off Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota State to win the IceBreaker last weekend, has fallen in the first of two with the Broncos this weekend.<\/p>\n

The pair will square off at Western Michigan’s Lawson Arena on Saturday.<\/p>\n

FULL SCOREBOARD<\/a> | USCHO BETTOR’S EDGE<\/a>\u00a0| USCHO.com POLL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

No. 7 Quinnipiac 5, No. 6 North Dakota 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

In one of the most anticipated games in the short history Quinnipiac’s Frank Perrotti Arena, the host Bobcats sent home the capacity crowd happy.<\/p>\n

Graduate transfer Oliver Chau scored twice and the Quinnipiac defense held a potent North Dakota offense to just 16 shots on goal as the Bobcats defeated the Fighting Hawks, 5-2, in the first game of a two-game series.<\/p>\n

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That's right, a POWERPLAY goal for the Bobcats! Lee from Lombardi and Leyh doubles our lead.<\/p>\n

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— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n