Unanswered goals and scoring spurts seemed to be the dagger against Western Michigan at the Lawson ice Arena before 3,535 fans. UMD was 2-for-4 on the power play, while Western’s only goal was on the power play, which was 1-for-4. Jared Thomas completed the scoring and made it 6-1 at 11:48 of the third period. It was the culmination of three unanswered goals for UMD, who also had Peter Krieger, on the power play, and Billy Exell score. Krieger scored at 8:53 of the third, while Exell scored in the latter half of the second period. Western Michigan lit the lamp only once from Cam Lee on the power play at 11:09 of the second frame. It was not the most celebrated goal, but it gave WMU hopes for a potential comeback. UMD was already up by three goals at this point thanks to a three-goal first period performance. Riley Tufte made it 3-0 at 18:27 after goals from Nick Wolff and Exell’s first of the night.