For the first time in the history of Western Michigan University, they are national champions in hockey, winning by a score of 6-2 over Boston University for the NCAA championship. The Broncos were in control for most of the game,

Western Michigan hockey has never been on the NCAA national championship stage –– it’s the program’s first-ever Frozen Four in a season full of firsts. The Broncos’ hockey program hasn’t won a national title ever and are looking for their first athletic national championship since 1965, when the men’s cross country team won it all.

Michaels’ wrist shot past BU goalie Mikhail Yegorov gave the Broncos a 4-2 third-period lead, and freshman goalie Hampton Slukynsky – despite having the yips at times on shots that were never quite frozen under his pads, leading to two goals and two near-goals – hung on, allowing his team to add two late goals.