Quentin Miller made 17 saves for the shutout, and sixth-ranked Western Michigan beat Notre Dame 4-0 on Saturday night at Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Indiana, to finish a sweep of the non-conference home-and-home series. The Broncos scored three times in the first period and improved to 4-0-0. Notre Dame fell to 2-2-0.
How the goals came
Nicholas Sykora opened the scoring at 6:40 of the first period, his second goal of the season, from Tyler MacKenzie and Zack Sharp. Ty Henricks made it 2-0 at 12:13, assisted by Theo Wallberg and Adam Benák, and Bobby Cowan added his third of the season at 16:32 from Sharp.
Benák, who scored his first college goal Friday, got his second at 5:29 of the second period, set up by William Whitelaw and Wallberg. Wallberg and Sharp each finished with two assists.
In goal and on special teams
Western Michigan outshot Notre Dame 39-17 and has a 90-37 shot edge across the two games. Miller, an NCHC weekly honoree last week, stopped everything he saw for the shutout. Nicholas Kempf made 35 saves for the Irish. Neither power play scored, with the Broncos 0-for-2 and Notre Dame 0-for-1. Notre Dame’s Michael Schermerhorn was given a cross-checking major in the third period.
What’s next
Western Michigan visits No. 2 Michigan, also unbeaten, on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at Yost Ice Arena, then plays an exhibition against Wisconsin on Oct. 24.
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